Supportability / ILS / TTLS Engineer

JOB SUMMARY
The Supportability Engineer (SE) will be responsible for assisting the Integrated Logistic Support Manager (ILSM) and other functions to influence my clients product design to account for logistic supportability considerations; identifying safety, supportability and maintainability requirements are accounted for through-out its lifecycle. This will include input into (and conduct of) appropriate Supportability analysis tasks; typically to include Levels Of Repair Analysis (LORA), Maintenance Task Analysis (MTA), Maintenance and Logistic Demonstrations.
Capable of creating a cost-effective support solution, the SE will be able to define spares ranging and scaling, plan and conduct trial/proof installations, evaluate technical publications and associated support procedures. You will be required to ensure accurate and timely maintenance/support information is provided into the wider support programme and multiple stake holders.
Able to work just as easily on their own, using initiative, as in a multi-disciplined engineering team, the SE will be comfortable with handling liaison with external agencies for delivery and configuration management of technical publication solutions to ensure timely review, quality, and delivery of documentation.


BENEFITS

• Discretionary Half Year Bonus
• Hybrid Working
• Flexible working hours
• Holidays - 25 days + 8 Bank Holidays + Holiday Purchase Scheme
• Pension - Employer 3% and Employee 5% contribution
• Life Cover - 3 x base salary
• BHSF Cash Healthcare Plan
• ?Two weeks leave for Reservists to attend yearly training/camp

JOB DUTIES

• Conduct Supportability Analysis tasks, including maintenance task analysis (MTA), ease of maintenance assessment (EMA), Levels of Repair Analysis (LORA) identifying maintenance process, procedure and resource requirements (e.g. spares, tools, test equipment, facilities, packaging, codification and training needs).
• Collation of logistic information from internal and external stakeholders and suppliers.
• Influence design for supportability at design reviews, identifying and managing the support impact of any design change.
• Review technical publications to ensure accuracy and configuration.
• Support the introduction into service, and ongoing sustainment of the overall support solutions.
• Conduct and support logistic demonstrations
• Participate in vehicle trials, providing vehicle supportability expertise.
• Manage all Technical Publications activities throughout the tendering, production and delivery processes to ensure that customer requirements are met or exceeded.

The above statements are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities required.

CRITICAL OUTPUTS

• Provide influence of programme planning to incorporate Supportability Engineering deliverables.
• Ensure all Technical Publications are produced to customer specification and that the operating, maintenance, and repair procedures are precise, configured and competently documented to specification.
• Implement agreed support solution tasks in accordance with the agreed schedule.
• Maintain technical configuration of publications, engineering/logistic support libraries or repositories.

EXPERIENCE
ESSENTIAL

• ONC/HNC in a related engineering discipline
• Working knowledge of military vehicles and support systems, eg NATO codification, AESPs, REME, DLODs
• Able to achieve security clearance to SC level
• Working knowledge of DefStan 00-600, Defence Logistics Framework (or JSP886 Vol 7) and Defence Lines Of Development (DLODs).

DESIRABLE

• Experience of working with and/or creation of technical publications, documents, and reports.
• Working knowledge of applying SA techniques, including LORA, EMA, MTA.
• Experience of logistic demonstrations.