Engineering Configuration Manager

Engineering Configuration Manager

Location: Bristol (Hybrid – 60% onsite, increasing to 80% onsite from September)
Rate: £38.00 per hour Umbrella / £28.41 per hour PAYE
Contract: Until July 2027 with strong likelihood of extension
Hours: 35 hours per week over 4.5 days
Security Clearance: BPSS+ (to be completed by the client)

We are recruiting for an experienced Engineering Configuration Manager to join a leading aerospace engineering organisation on a long-term contract. This is an excellent opportunity to work within a highly collaborative engineering environment, supporting complex aircraft programmes and playing a key role in engineering change and configuration management activities.

Working within a cross-functional team, you will be responsible for driving engineering configuration activities across the full product lifecycle, ensuring changes are delivered efficiently while maintaining compliance, quality and programme objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage engineering configuration and change management activities from initial proposal through to implementation.
• Coordinate engineering change process deliverables across multiple stakeholders.
• Support configuration management activities throughout the aircraft lifecycle.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Programme, Manufacturing, Airworthiness and other business functions to ensure programme milestones are achieved.
• Identify risks, manage priorities and implement corrective actions where required.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives and digital transformation projects.
• Champion configuration management best practice across engineering teams.
• Provide guidance and support to multidisciplinary teams on configuration processes and methods.
• Support workload planning to ensure delivery commitments are maintained.

Key Skills & Experience

We're looking for candidates with strong experience in engineering configuration management and end-to-end engineering change processes.

Essential experience includes:

• Proven experience managing engineering configuration or technical change processes.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end Configuration Management (CM).
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience coordinating engineering changes across multiple teams and disciplines.
• Ability to manage competing priorities within a fast-paced engineering environment.
• Aerospace experience is highly desirable, although candidates from other highly regulated engineering sectors will also be considered.

Desirable experience:

• Product Data Management (PDM) tools.
• Configuration management toolsets.
• Engineering digitalisation or automation experience.
• Python or SQL knowledge.
• Experience using Skywise or similar digital platforms.
• Knowledge of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems.

Ideal Background

Suitable candidates may currently be working as:

• Engineering Configuration Manager
• Configuration Manager
• Engineering Change Manager
• Change Process Manager
• Engineering Change Coordinator
• Product Configuration Manager

Experience within aerospace is preferred; however, candidates from defence, automotive, rail, marine or other complex engineering environments with transferable configuration management expertise are encouraged to apply.

If you have a strong background in engineering configuration management and are looking for your next contract opportunity, we'd like to hear from you. Apply today with your latest CV for immediate consideration.