Configuration Engineer

As a Configuration Engineer, you will be responsible for ensuring the programme maintains control of its product definition data throughout its life-cycle through implementation of Configuration Management principles. Configuration Management is the discipline through which a project provides assurance to its customers and governing authorities of product safety and integrity. As a [] you will be responsible for:

• Manage product definition changes for assigned projects through the configuration processes.
• Lead the planning and implementation of configuration management principles, business rules, processes and procedures.
• Coordinate interaction between RR change process and external organisations including support of internal and external Configuration Audits.
• Determine change track for each Problem Report.
• Review change documents for process adherence, including quality checking of PCB presentations, and manage their further processing until closure.
• Lead the change meetings and record decisions in the change management system (including agenda preparation and documenting minutes).
• Coordinate selection of the change effectivity for modification packages.
• Represent Rolls-Royce with partner companies in Configuration or Change process meetings, process working groups and Change Boards.
• Collect and report change metrics according to the process and project requirements.
• Provide support in response to business and customer configuration queries.
• Where required, travel to consortium offices based in Europe.
• Comply with Rolls-Royce Security and Export Control Policies.
  
  Higher Education in Engineering (minimum BTEC/HNC or other equivalent).
• Well organised and self-motivated with good interpersonal skills to be able to communicate effectively with internal and external customers and organisations.
• Experience in a configuration position.
• A broad product knowledge and experience of project and/or programme management.
• The ability to deal with ambiguity.
• IT literate with the ability to work within a range of IT systems.
  
  We are AMS. We are a global total workforce solutions firm; we enable organisations to thrive in an age of constant change by building, re-shaping, and optimising workforces. Our Contingent Workforce Solution (CWS) is one of our service offerings; we act as an extension of our clients' recruitment team and provide professional interim and temporary resources., AMS, a Recruitment Process Outsourcing Company, may in the delivery of some of its services be deemed to operate as an Employment Agency or an Employment Business.