Principal Supportability Engineer

What`s the opportunity?

An opportunity has arisen in a fast-moving team for a Principal Supportability Engineer to develop their skills working on a wide range of dynamic projects. This role would suit an ILS Engineer, Supportability Engineer or Logistics Engineer with experience working in either the Defence or Commercial environment

What will you be doing?

As a principal supportability engineer you will:

*Define support requirements for the product.
*Influence the product design to enhance supportability through life.
*Identify the support needs through application of support analysis addressing; Whole Life Cost, Level of Repair, Maintenance Tasks, Reliability Centred Maintenance, Logistics information, Tools and test equipment etc.
*Develop and communicate the product support strategy and associated plans.
*Develop the support system architecture
*Scope the range and scale of resources, (manpower, skills, information and equipment) required to support the product through life.
*Ensure that the support products / systems are available and effective to deliver support at entry into service.
*Progressively validate, verify and report design compliance with the support requirements.
*Manage small to medium sized ILS work packages on behalf of the Project ILS manager

What are the benefits for you?

*You will gain significant knowledge and experience of ILS application to Weapon-system and to Missile development
*You will be able to influence systems as they develop from concept to delivery and gain first-hand experience of working with military customers.
*•The variety of project work will enable you to apply the breadth of your supportability engineering skillset and experience and expand upon it.
*MBDA offers a comprehensive learning and development programme to enable the development of skills that support both technical delivery and broader professional development.
*As part of supporting various suppliers and engagement with other MBDA sites, Travel may be required both within the UK and within Europe

What`s great about joining this team?

*You will be joining a team with a strong pedigree in the delivery of Supportability engineering and a strong focus on delivery of a supportable product.
*You will have the opportunity to share in that experience and contribute to our learning as we continue to develop our approaches and techniques.
*Integrated Logistics Support personnel are deployed across the full spectrum of MBDA projects from initial concept through to final modification.
*This diversity and our integration with other engineering disciplines provide a motivating and challenging working environment and a great opportunity to advance your career.

Who and what we are looking for from you?

*Degree qualified or equivalent in an engineering / numerate discipline.
*The ability to solve challenging problems within tight timescales and budgets.
*Experience in the application of ILS/Supportability Engineering (LSA, LSAR, RCM, MTA, LORA, Initial Provisioning etc. to recognised guidelines and standards: JSP 886, Def Stan 00-45, Def Stan 00-60, Def Stan 00-600, ASD S2000M etc.) during the development of complex products is desirable.
*Good interpersonal and communication skills, verbal and written.
*Strong negotiation and persuasion skills
*The ability to work individually well or within a team.

Why you should come and work at MBDA

*MBDA, a world leader in missiles and missile systems, is a multi-national group with 10,000 employees on industrial facilities in France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom,, and the United States
*With some of the most sophisticated technology in defence, MBDA is Europe`s leading guided weapons company and with this in mind we continually look to broaden our existing talent base whilst maintaining a strategic edge, by exploiting new markets and new applications for our world-class technology base
*Our success is based on the dedication of our people and we strive to offer each and every employee an enjoyable, challenging and rewarding career
*Our work is complex, challenging and innovative. It takes a range of professionals across the full engineering and commercial spectrum to carry it out. Whatever field our people specialise in, they all share the same mind-set: a drive to make things work better and to redefine the established standards

What you would get

Competitive salaries, flexible working, paid overtime (subject to level), a comprehensive pension scheme, discounted private healthcare scheme, sporting activities, fantastic site facilities, bonus schemes (subject to level), and superb learning and development opportunities.

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