Senior Configuration Engineer Stevenage – Hybrid Working 6 Month Plus ContractWorking with a Globally known Manufacturing Company within the Defence industry. They are actively seeking a Configuration Engineer on a 6 month plus contract within the Stevenage area.  This is a good opportunity for someone in the Automotive industry who is looking to work within the Defence Industry.Responsibilities:The Senior Configuration Engineer is responsible for supporting the Configuration Manager of any given Project, including responsibility for the Product definition and/or Configuration Management of a minor project or major parts of a project. Tasks will require a level of initiative and require a high concern for order and quality to maintain the integrity of all elements which constitute the design for company products.Skillset/experience required:

• High level of knowledge regarding principles of Configuration Management and the application of these within and demanding yet professional engineering environment.
• Excellent Communication Skills – Verbal, Written, Electronic, across all levels
• The ability to build rapport with stakeholders as well as positively promote the Configuration Management group through supportive and pro-active approach with internal customers.
• Awareness of relevant internal and external customer requirements and standards.
• Reflection of engineering input, through the engineering change process, into the design definition / structure, utilising the company PLM tool Windchill.
• Managing, on behalf of project, the correct design definitions for potentially multiple product variants. Successfully implementing engineering changes against the appropriate instances.
• Provision of draft Configuration Management document updates to the project Configuration Manager ahead of the appropriate review period.
• Comprehensive and timely preparation for Configuration Meetings. Provision of data to Configuration Manager and project team against agreed timescales ahead of associated meetings.
• Ensure control of project design definitions are adhered to across the development, production and in-service phases to provide comprehensive status accounting information to customer
• Focal point of contact for day to day activities with project and engineering teams
• Must be eligible  to go through Security Clearance