ILS Manager

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

ILS Manager

Engineering | Challenger 3 Programme | Bristol, Telford or Washington | Full Time, Perm

About the Company

Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL) is a defence engineering company based in the UK. We design, manufacture and support military vehicles used by the British Army and international customers.

Position Overview

As the ILS Manager for the Challenger 3 Programme you will become a key part of our team, leading and executing your technical area to enable the successful delivery of our products and services.

You will report directly to the Engineering Lead and will be accountable for and lead the teams developing the Supportability aspects of Challenger 3

Responsibilities:

Position Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide leadership of the Supportability team ensuring that the relevant SQEP is present across the team. This may be through your own directly managed staff or through the utilisation of staff managed in central engineering functions as dictated by the business'' engineering operating model.
• Taking accountability for the Supportability engineering of Challenger 3.
• Working jointly with the other first line engineering domain leads to ensure a coherent and balanced technical solution, acceptable to the customer and business.
• Defining, managing and overseeing completion of the system and sub-system Supportability development lifecycles, resulting in the output of qualified system and sub-system designs with the required evidence at project milestone points (e.g. critical design review, system qualification review, etc.).
• Working in conjunction with the other domain leads to gain customer acceptance against the full suite of System Requirements.
• Leading and/or attending design reviews to support maturity management and ensure/assure adherence to the system and sub-system development lifecycles.
• Ensuring that there is a high quality of technical output across the Supportability engineering team, including the management of key technical decisions and issues to successful conclusions.
• Providing the primary engineering interface to the customer including the definition and agreement of requirements and management of the customer acceptance process.
• Representing the business at customer meetings and reviews for your area of responsibility.
• Reporting on your area of responsibility and representing the project at business level reviews.
• Generation of project documentation and customer deliverables to the contract data requirements list schedule.
• Providing engineering input to customer submissions including cost estimating and programme plans.

WHAT QUALIFICATIONS YOU SHOULD HAVE

• Formal qualification to degree level in an appropriate discipline (e.g. Systems Engineering, Electronics, Mechatronics, Electrical or Software) or equivalent.
• Ideally Chartered Engineering (CEng) status.
• Must have a good understanding of the support engineering / ILS discipline.
• Must have significant experience of Def-Stan 00-60 / 00-600 and JSP 886 and their tailoring / application to major UK MoD defence programmes
• Experience of ASD S3(Apply online only)L and its application to supportability analysis programmes
• Must have knowledge of AFV requirements, design, development, and test and an understanding of the various aspects of AFV capability and performance
• Programme experience at senior level that has demonstrated relevant domain knowledge and leadership skills across large multi-disciplined engineering teams
• Experienced in engineering reviews of bids and programmes
• Experience of Product Safety in a complex product environment
• Strong practitioner, by experience and expertise, in Engineering with a detailed and comprehensive understanding of engineering principles, concepts, systems, theories and practices
• Experience of the practical application of processes and tools used in Engineering
• Customer/end user focus/experience as well as supplier technical management
• Able to operate at a senior engineering management level with a high credibility and strong senior customer, business and supplier stakeholder management and communication skills
• Knowledge and application of appropriate Defence Standards for military vehicles.

WHAT WE OFFER YOU

RBSL strives to be an employer of choice and to foster a culture in which our employees are supported to build a career they can be proud.

Through our contracts to deliver world-class products and support services, we offer great opportunities for personal development and career advancement via specialist technical roles, essential support functions, and broader leadership positions.

In addition, RBSL offer:

• Competitive salaries reviewed each year against market rates
• Annual bonus incentive scheme for all employees
• 37 hours over 4.5 days working week
• Employer pension contributions up to 10%
• Hybrid and flexible working
• Life assurance cover
• 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays
• Holiday purchase scheme
• Health cash plan
• Salary sacrifice benefits including cycle to work and electric vehicles schemes
• Access to high street and gym discounts and cashback
• Long Service rewards with additional holiday
• Enhanced maternity and paternity benefits
• Free access to onsite gym

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

RBSL is an Equal Opportunities Employer. The company is committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of age, sexual orientation, gender, pregnancy, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, disability, medical history, skin colour, marital status, genetic information or parental status. We base all our employment decisions on merit, job requirements and business needs.

Please be aware that many roles working for RBSL will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.