Configuration Lead in Leiston

At Amentum, we are driven by an unyielding commitment to innovation, integrity, and collaboration, tackling significant challenges in science, security, and sustainability. If you are passionate about making a real impact and want to be part of a community that values ethical excellence, this is the place where your ambition can thrive. We believe that success comes from continuously pushing boundaries and working together to deliver on our promises.

We offer an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients, and communities. People are our greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent. In addition to the benefits you would expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for us. We are happy to discuss hybrid, part-time, and flexible working hours, patterns, and locations to suit you and our business.

Join Sizewell C, one of the UK’s flagship nuclear megaprojects, supporting national Net Zero ambitions. As Configuration Lead, you will ensure robust configuration management across delivery programmes—establishing technical clarity, controlling change, and maintaining a reliable project baseline on a highly complex, multi-disciplinary infrastructure project.

Key Responsibilities:

• Implement and maintain configuration management plans aligned to project scope.
• Develop and improve CM procedures, standards, guidance, tools, and forms.
• Define configuration item criteria and oversee identification and recording of CIs.
• Ensure baselines, changes, records, audits, and status reports are established and maintained.
• Administer change control processes and support programme teams through approvals.
• Produce and oversee Configuration Status Reports for management decision-making.
• Provide CM training and coaching to programme teams and mentor CM Engineers.
• Engage stakeholders across technical, engineering, and programme functions.
• Work with Engineering Data/IM teams to ensure CM requirements are delivered in tools and datasets.

Here's What You'll Need:

• Strong capability in applying and coordinating configuration management on large, complex programmes.
• Ability to define practical CM procedures aligned to project needs.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret engineering procedures.
• High standards of accuracy, organisation, proactivity, communication, and teamwork.
• Experience delivering CM within major infrastructure or similar environments.
• Solid understanding of engineering principles and multi-disciplinary project environments.

Desirable:

• Knowledge of CM standards (ISO 10007, EIA 649, GEIA-HB-649, Def Stan 05-57).
• Experience with PLM tools.
• CM certification (e.g., CM2) or engineering degree.
• Experience on nuclear/EPR projects (HPC or similar).

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion, and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business, and we genuinely believe that we all succeed by supporting one another through our culture of caring. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees. We aim to embed inclusion in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we are more connected, and we are more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you are pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks. We partner with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.