ILS Manager in Hampshire, Portsmouth

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 rolefocused on reliability, maintainability, and through-life engineering for software-intensive electronic systemsrather 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 (R&M) engineering principles.

• Direct experience supporting complex, integrated hardware and software architectures.

• Comprehensive understanding of relevant defence ILS/IPS standards and guidance.

• Exceptional stakeholder management, communication, and technical reporting skills.

• Flexibility to work on-site on the South Coast 1 day per week.

• Security Requirement: Must hold, or be eligible to successfully undergo, UK SC Security Clearance.

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