Engineering Configuration Manager
5 days ago
Wrexham
Engineering Configuration Manager Filton (Hybrid - typically 60% onsite, subject to change) 35 hours per week | 4.5-day working pattern Contract until July 2027 (with potential extension) £28.41 per hour (PAYE) / £38.00 per hour (Umbrella) About the Role Guidant Global is partnering with Airbus to offer an exciting opportunity for an Engineering Configuration Manager to join the Digital Wing team. You'll play a key role in shaping and managing configuration across multiple aircraft programmes, working at the heart of engineering, digital transformation, and programme delivery. This is a highly collaborative role where you will influence change, drive process excellence, and support the full lifecycle of aircraft configuration management. You'll be part of a forward-thinking environment focused on innovation, digitalisation, and continuous improvement. What You'll Be Doing As an Engineering Configuration Manager, you will: • Lead and manage end-to-end engineering change processes across aircraft programmes, • Coordinate configuration management activities to ensure delivery against time, cost, and quality targets, • Work cross-functionally with Engineering, Programme, Airworthiness, Manufacturing, and wider teams, • Manage stakeholder relationships and ensure alignment across complex programmes, • Support and influence digital transformation initiatives, including PLM and automation strategies, • Oversee key configuration activities such as:, • Engineering Decision Dossiers (EDD), • Modification Proposal Dossiers (MPD), • Design Query Notes (DQN), • Service Bulletin (SB) processes and mod closures, • Identify risks, anticipate challenges, and implement effective solutions, • Champion best practice and continuous improvement across the Airbus community, • Contribute to innovation through opportunities in Digital Mock-Up (DMU) and digitalisation activities What We're Looking For We're keen to hear from candidates who bring a strong mix of technical expertise and stakeholder engagement skills. Essential: • Proven experience in Configuration Management or Engineering Change Management, • Strong understanding of end-to-end change processes, • Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, • Ability to manage priorities and deliver in a fast-paced, complex environment Desirable: • Background in aerospace or engineering environments, • Degree, HNC, or equivalent experience in Engineering or Aeronautics, • Experience with configuration and PDM tools (e.g. ICC, MCT, Primes, DPDS, ACC2), • Digital or data skills (e.g. Python, SQL, Skywise) Why Join Through Guidant Global? At Guidant Global, we connect you with world-class opportunities and support you throughout your contract journey. • Competitive hourly rates with flexible PAYE or Umbrella options, • Opportunity to work with a global aerospace leader on cutting-edge programmes, • Exposure to digital transformation and innovation initiatives, • Collaborative, inclusive working environment, • Opportunities to expand your skills across digital, engineering, and programme domains Additional Information • Hybrid working model (onsite presence required), • BPSS+ clearance required (processed by Airbus), • Occasional travel may be required, • One-stage virtual interview process, • Overtime paid beyond 35 hours where applicable Ready to Apply? If you're passionate about engineering excellence, thrive in collaborative environments, and want to play a key role in shaping the future of aerospace, we'd love to hear from you. Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. JBRP1_UKTJ