At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead ILS activities for a complex defence electronics programme and ensure supportability.
- Company: Join a leading defence organisation focused on innovative electronic systems.
- Benefits: Competitive day rate, hybrid working, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: 6-month contract with potential for further opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in defence technology while working with cutting-edge systems.
- Qualifications: Experience in ILS management and strong knowledge of reliability and maintainability.
The predicted salary is between 61816 - 75552 £ per year.
We are seeking a seasoned ILS / IPS practitioner to drive the supportability and sustainment of a complex defence electronics programme. This is a specialist technical management role focused on reliability, maintainability, and through-life engineering for software-intensive electronic systems rather than a general supply chain management position.
Contract Duration: 6 Months
IR35 Status: Outside IR35
Day rate: Up to £550 per day
Working Pattern: Hybrid (1 day per week on-site, Isle of White, negotiable)
Security Clearance: Must hold or be eligible to obtain UK Security Clearance (SC)
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the overall planning, coordination, and delivery of all ILS activities across the programme lifecycle.
- Formulate and maintain ILS strategies, management plans, schedules, and associated deliverables.
- Collaborate closely with systems, software, hardware, safety, and reliability engineering teams to integrate supportability considerations early.
- Define and optimise long-term maintenance, support, and sustainment solutions.
- Undertake and coordinate technical analyses, including FMECA, FRACAS, reliability predictions, and maintainability assessments.
- Drive Maintenance Task Analysis (MTA), Level of Repair Analysis (LORA), spares modelling, and support equipment specification.
- Address software supportability requirements, including configuration control, release management, fault diagnosis, updates, and obsolescence planning.
- Proactively manage ILS risks, supplier performance, deliverables, and customer reporting.
- Act as the principal ILS representative to programme stakeholders, Tier 1 partners, and the end customer.
Required Skills and Experience:
- Significant experience acting as an ILS Manager, ILS Lead, IPS Lead, or Principal Supportability Engineer.
- Proven track record delivering ILS across complex defence, military, or secure electronic systems (experience with land systems or mission systems is highly advantageous).
- Strong practical knowledge of reliability and maintainability.
ILS Manager employer: Bulb Resourcing
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