Principal Engineer (Configuration Control)

The Principal Engineer (Configuration Control) will work with the Product Engineering and Project Management Teams to establish, maintain and monitor the configuration plans, baselines and changes for products and programmes for a submarine business.They will have a good knowledge of engineering and business practices that require configuration control and management and will be able to work with the Engineering Managers, appropriate Technical Authorities and Project Managers to ensure the correct controls and reporting processes are put in place. This will ensure that products, systems and supporting documentation are delivered in a safe, assured and controlled manner.Typical dutiesTypical duties will be able to understand and report the programme status for engineering activities related to configuration status and the control of baselines, and will be able to identify and report problem areas.They will be able to work with the relevant stakeholders to establish recovery plans.They will have a good understanding of the relevant industry standards that will cover the configuration control and processes they will apply and will work with Support and Product Engineering Managers as appropriate to support the effective delivery of products, documentation and programmes to the Customer.
Support the development of design solutions to agreed time, cost and quality in accordance with project or business milestones by establishing and maintaining the appropriate configuration control baselines. Comply with the contractual requirements and undertake work in accordance with company, safety, environmental, contractual and local business processes, standards, procedures and documentation.Understand and articulate the impact of good and bad configuration control and baseline management across all areas of the submarine systems, the platform, it’s through-life support and the documentation.Ensure the configuration control baselines and the processes to monitor and check them are complete and will provide the appropriate levels of evidence for assurance, control and contractual purposes.Ensure configuration control requirements are correctly flowed down to suppliers and support the review and monitoring of their subsequent performanceSupport the development of estimates for the scope of work and resources required to deliver it in order to support bids, proposal development and project planning activities for configuration control and baseline management activities.Develop Configuration Management Plans and ensure configuration baselines are correctly established. Be able to pass on information and guidance to project and business teams in order to help grow the understanding of the need to configuration control and the management of baselines
Typical key deliverables:
Configuration baselines and the processes and mechanisms to monitor and govern all aspects of products and systems throughout the engineering lifecycleConfiguration Management Plans and input to the Project Management PlanControlled baselines for design and project documentationThe processes and mechanisms to manage and control design change and the subsequent documentation that is generatedTechnical input and appropriate configuration status reporting for LCM deliverables and Design Reviews, including Sub-Contract Design ReviewsConfiguration governance on project documentation and deliverables such as System Requirements Documents; Verification Cross-Reference Index; Integration, Test, Evaluation and Acceptance Plans and Qualification Plans (list is not exhaustive)Configuration control audit information and reporting to support project and business reviews
Key skills
Knowledge of how asset hierarchies and breakdown structures including WBS, PBS, BOM are developed and are interdependent, to ensure that the product artefacts and deliverables are managed and controlled in a structured mannerKnowledge of the complete engineering lifecycle with some experience of operating in a number of phases.Good communication skills and be able to interact with the Customer, Suppliers and business stakeholdersIdeally hold a CM2 certification
 AdditionalThis role can be based from client sites at the following locations: Barrow, Broadoak, Filton, Frimley and WeymouthHybrid working: 1-2 days needed on-site per month