Product Support Engineers Yeovil, England
Job description
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About the Role:
Boeing Defence United Kingdom (BDUK) is looking for Product Support Engineers to support existing Boeing product platforms, mainly Fixed and Rotor Wing aircraft.
At Boeing, we are innovators on a mission to connect, protect, explore and inspire. From the seabed to outer space, you will learn and grow; contributing to work that crafts the world. Find your future with us.
BDUK is a subsidiary of the Boeing Company and currently employs over 1,400 people in the UK. We are responsible for delivering several exciting contracts to our UK defence customers including new capabilities like the E-7 AEW&C and the P-8A Maritime Patrol Aircraft, Autonomous Systems, C4ISR Services, Support for the Chinook & Apache Fleets, Logistic Information Services and Training Services and are very much in a growth phase.
BDUK engineering function operates a matrix organisation consisting of engineering departments that deliver technical skills, expertise and products into our programmes. This role will be in the Product Support Engineering Department. The Department consists of the following technical areas:
- Reliability Centred Maintenance Analysis
- Reliability and Maintainability
- Logistic Support Analysis
- Engineering Data Exploitation
- Obsolescence Management
- Technical Publications
- Product Support Engineering.
As a Product Support Engineer, you will help to facilitate and implement Product Support Engineer philosophies and techniques whilst remaining compliant with the appropriate regulatory standards. You will report to the BDUK Product Support Engineering Manager whilst being technically supported by our other capability specialists within the department.
In your role, you shall:
- Assisting in developing/maintaining plans and processes to ensure Product Support outputs meet technical data regulatory and company requirements.
- Production of routine Product Support Outputs.
- Conducting tasks to identify, collate, analyse, document and provide coherent and actionable data information relevant to Product Support
- Assisting in briefing both internally and externally on Product Support engineering activities and communicating progress with the Product Support department
- Liaising with Engineering, R&M, ILS, Publications, RCMA, LSA, Supply Chain and other Product Support Departments in both Boeing UK and USA to glean and/or provide data and information to support their tasks and activities.
- Ensure Data Governance and Data Assurance is maintained, and to deliver Data Integrity and Data Quality.
- Identifying and progressing Continuous Improvement initiatives.
- Supporting internal and external audits and reviews to ensure products and data information meet requirements.
- Work as advised by the Lead Technical Support Engineer and the BDUK Support Engineering Manager
You may also get the opportunity to work on a variety of other programmes, business development opportunities and contribute to engineering excellence across the company as part of your ongoing career development with Boeing.
Aside from your technical work, there is the potential to support company initiatives, for example, quality improvements, promoting a safety culture, promoting Diversity and Inclusion, mentoring and coaching, STEM outreach and a number of focus projects to support the growth of the company and its employees.
Skills, Qualifications and Experience:
The preferred candidate will have most of the following, with some considered crucial:
- Crucial to be able to acquire UK SC security clearance
- You will be educated to degree level in a relevant STEM subject
- Ideally, some understanding of Support Engineering in the Military environment
- Must be proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite
- Strong analytical skills with a focus for detail
- Strong written and oral communication skills
Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.
Work Authorisation: This position does not have sponsorship approval. This requisition is for a locally hired position in the UK. Candidates must have current legal authorisation to work immediately in the United Kingdom. Boeing will not attempt to acquire Immigration and labour sponsorship for any applicants.
Security Clearance: Willingness and eligibility to undergo and acquire a SECURITY CHECK/CLEARANCE is required.
Relocation: Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position. Candidates must live in the immediate area or relocate at their own expense.
Virtual Work Option: Hybrid
Equal Opportunity Employer:
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not accept unlawful discrimination in our recruitment or employment practices on any grounds including but not limited to; color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military and veteran status, or other characteristics covered by applicable law.
We have teams in more than 65 countries, and each person plays a role in helping us become one of the world’s most innovative, diverse and inclusive companies. Applicants are encouraged to share with our recruitment team any accommodations required during the recruitment process.
