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Our client, a leader in the Defence & Security sector, has an exciting opportunity for a Senior ILS Engineer. This permanent position will place you within a progressive, dynamic environment where you'll work with cutting-edge technologies and systems, including the world's first Integrated Sonar System and the market-leading S2150 digital Hull Mounted Sonar. Our client's ILS team provides essential supportability and support solutions consultancy, maximising customer capabilities by ensuring products are supportable and supported at optimum Whole Life Cost.

Key Responsibilities

Under the mentorship of the head of Support, you will use sound engineering judgement to ensure products are developed to be supportable.

Key responsibilities include:

Tailoring the scope and scale of ILS activities to meet User, Customer, and project requirements.
Working collaboratively with designers to enhance the reliability, maintainability, and usability aspects of designs.
Providing input to develop optimal support solutions for each customer.
Completing various analyses such as life cycle cost analyses, level of repair analyses, sparing analyses, and failure modes and effects analyses.
Eliciting and deriving support requirements and proposing methods for verification.
Developing supportability cases and conducting analyses to provide assurance of support solutions.
Performing reliability modelling and maintainability analysis.
Assessing potential system failures due to human error.
Preparing technical manuals and troubleshooting guides.
Assisting with system hazard analysis and implementing obsolescence strategies.
Supporting continuous improvement of processes, policies, and procedures.

Skills, Qualification and Experience

The Ideal candidate will have:

A bachelor's degree in engineering, a technical equivalent, or equivalent experience from navy, army, or air force.
Knowledge and experience in Reliability & Maintainability, including Reliability Prediction, RBDs, FTAs, FMECAs, MTAs, and FRACAS/DRACAS.
Experience in reviewing work produced by domain specialists in areas such as Integrated Logistics Support, Operational Analysis, Whole Life Cost Modelling, and Training Development.
The ability to achieve Security Clearance (SC) or higher with no caveats.
A full driving license, as the role requires occasional travel to various sites and customer locations.
Experience using PTC Windchill, Isograph or similar modelling software.

Personal Attributes

To succeed in this role, you will:

Display excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build rapport quickly with diverse internal and external customers.
Resolve conflicts effectively, promoting harmony within the team.
Possess excellent communication skills, with the ability to adapt your style to meet others' needs.
Be capable of providing mentorship and guidance to less experienced co-workers.

Benefits on Offer

Optional 9-day fortnight.
Time off in lieu (TOIL).
Flexible working hours and 1pm finish on Fridays.
Annual bonus.
Hybrid working for applicable roles.
Casual dress code.
25 days holiday with Christmas shutdown and the option to buy or sell holiday.
Options to purchase private health care, dental, and critical illness coverage via salary sacrifice.
Reward hub discounts at over 200 online stores.
4 x annual salary life cover.
Pension starting at 5% Employer / 4% Employee contributions, with options to increase employee contributions.
Are you ready to take the next step in your career? Apply now for the Senior ILS Engineer position and be part of a team that's at the forefront of technological innovation in the Defence & Security sector