Senior ILS Engineer

Senior ILS Engineer

Great Baddow, Chelmsford, Essex (hybrid working 2-3 days per week onsite) – 6 month duration – Pay rate £33 p/h PAYE basic (£37.80 p/h including holiday pay) or £44.40 p/h Umbrella

We are looking to recruit a Senior Integrated Logistics Support Engineer to work for our defence client on complex naval projects. You will be responsible for producing ILS deliverables to the required standard, as directed by the ILS Manager / Principal ILS Engineer, to achieve the stated requirement. You will undertake review and assessment of engineering data pertaining to the support deliverables and provide engineering and technical guidance on ILS Engineering support disciplines to internal and external stakeholders.

Typical duties include:

• Act as the focal point of contact for ILS activities relating to specific programmes as directed by the ILS Manager / Principal ILS Engineer.
• Support the peer reviewing of specific ILS deliverables to ensure the delivered output achieves the stated requirement.
• Manage and drive their own areas and activities of analysis, monitoring their own progress, quality and performance, reporting as required and seeking assistance when necessary.
• Pro-actively seek direction and guidance in the identification and sourcing of suitable Subject Matter Experts and design documentation, required to support the ILS activities.
• Adopt and apply the company and project analysis tools as required and directed to meet the needs of the project.
• Contribute to bid preparation and cost models.  Developing an understanding of the technical specification aligned to the functional area of activity.
• Monitor and manage time and cost reporting for themselves as requested.
• Provide inputs to monthly line management reporting.
• Comply with business requirements relating to (attendance, time keeping and reporting, expenses incurred, professional behaviours, security and commercial considerations).
• Deputise for the Principal ILS Engineer as required.

Requirements:

• Working knowledge of the principles of one or more of DefStan 00-25, 00-40/41/42/43/44, 00-600, JSP 886 or DLF.
• Understand the purpose, components and processes associated with each element, including identification of dependencies and relationships with other discipline areas.
• Working knowledge of the application of LSA and LSAR techniques at all stages of the Project Life Cycle.
• Have a practical knowledge and understanding of Product Safety.
• Proven ability within ILS and able to demonstrate a practical knowledge and understanding of:  MTA, LORA, ARM (FTA, RBD, FMECA), RCM, R&S, Facility Analysis, NATO Codification, Obsolescence Management, PHS&T analysis, TLC and LSAR as well as common software applications / tools.
• Familiarity with ARM, ILS and TLC Modelling Software Applications and Tools.
• Ability to construct a reasoned and rational argument for the output produced and generate staged reports that support the support solution as required.

Additional information:

The successful candidate will need to be able to gain a UK MOD Security Clearance to SC level. A new SC application will be sponsored if required.