Configuration Engineer

Job Title - Configuration Engineer

Job Location - Tewkesbury OR Fleet, UK

Flexible, condensed or reduced working hours considered and hybrid working where possible.

Job ID - 560

About this opportunity and L3Harris UK

From 12 UK sites, our team of over 1,400 people deliver unique capabilities across air, land, sea, space and cyber for military, security and commercial customers, worldwide.

L3Harris in Tewkesbury and Fleet are part of our ICI division, we work closely with UK Government and Security Agencies primarily in the areas of crypto/cyber security, electronic warfare, counter drone capabilities and situation awareness projects.

The main purpose of the Change and Configuration vacancy is to provide Configuration governance and administrative support to the Change Manager, via maintenance of the configuration Product Lifecycle Management database (PLM), ensuring quality and integrity of data.

Please note, we can recruit flexibly into this role for those looking for the next step in their career or those with more senior experience.

A few of our employee benefits are:

• Flexible, condensed or reduced working hours considered and hybrid working where possible.
• Half day finish on a Friday
• 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
• Private medical insurance with optional family cover
• Pension scheme of up to 7% employer contribution
• Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
• Group income protection
• Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover and cycle to work scheme
• Employee assistance program providing mental health and wellbeing support

What the role will involve

The responsibilities of your role will include the following:

• Support the Change Manager during Change Configuration Boards (CCB) and enacting changes as directed.
• Be accountable for Change and Configuration Management Processes, working closely with colleagues to co-ordinate activity across all departments and services.
• Work closely with engineering, supply chain and Operations to ensure that the required data is configuration controlled and vaulted within our PLM database.
• Produce Change Management/ Status accounting information in a timely manner to feed into weekly forums or as required.
• Proactively focus on continuous improvement of self and service, working with others to develop strong working relationships, improve the user experience, simplify processes and improve efficiency.
• Co-ordinate and control the Change Management processes for design change including Problem reporting (PR) Engineering Changes Request (ECR) and Engineering Change Order (ECO).
• Contribute to the established Design Reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRRs)

What you’ll bring

The role of Configuration Engineer requires the following experience and skills:

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a Configuration Engineer role
• Experience of CMII best practice and principles
• Experience of both PLM and ERP systems
• Document control experience
• Strong auditing skills and is able to initiate corrective action in a positive manner.

Important to know

Due to the nature of our work many our roles require a UK nationality and the ability to obtain a security clearance. Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to government security checks.

As an equal opportunities employer, L3Harris is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join L3Harris.