Configuration Manager

Role: Configuration Manager

Location: High Wycombe

Are you a skilled Configuration Management (CM) professional looking for your next challenge? This is your opportunity to lead the modernisation of CM systems within a cutting-edge engineering environment, driving innovation through scalable, automated, and integrated processes!

Key Responsibilities:

Leadership & Team Management:

• Lead a high-performing Configuration Management (CM) team, promoting collaboration and innovation. Mentor and develop team members, ensuring alignment with CM goals and fostering continuous improvement.

CM Processes & Execution:

• Design and implement scalable, resilient CM processes to manage the full lifecycle of configuration items. Ensure alignment with organisational objectives and deliver quality, secure, and reliable solutions.

Change Control & Version Management:

• Oversee change control and version management systems, ensuring transparency, traceability, and real-time reporting of configuration items.

Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement:

• Work with cross-functional teams to streamline CM workflows. Provide stakeholders with transparent data for informed decision-making and promote clear communication.

Tools & Automation:

• Optimise CM tools and drive automation to improve efficiency and accuracy in processes.

Compliance, Governance & Reporting:

• Align CM practices with policies and industry standards. Monitor performance, identify improvements, and ensure risk mitigation across projects.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a relevant field.
• Proven experience in CM, lifecycle management, and tools like Git, Jenkins, and Jira.
• Familiarity with standards such as Def Stan 05-57, ISO10007, or EN9100.
• Strong leadership, communication, and organisational skills.
• SC Clearance (or eligibility).

Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements
• Early Friday finishes, time-off-in-lieu, and annual bonuses.
• Holiday buy/sell and Christmas shutdown.
• Comprehensive pension plans starting at 5% employer contributions.
• Health, dental, and critical illness plans.
• Discounts, life insurance, and a reward hub

Hybrid working model with regular travel to operational sites and occasional UK or international trips.