Principal Configuration Engineer in Belfast

At Short Brothers, a Boeing Company, our teams design, build and support advanced aerostructures, space and defence solutions with safety, quality and trust at the heart of everything. The Principal Configuration Engineer is responsible for establishing, maintaining and reporting the product’s configuration throughout its lifecycle, supporting the conformity and certification processes.

Benefits include:

• 36‑hour working week (half day Friday)
• Generous holidays
• Flexible schedules
• Defined contribution pension scheme
• Generous life cover
• Occupational sickness scheme
• On‑site occupational health department
• Employee assistance program
• Professional development and growth
• Coaching and mentoring
• Opportunities for advancement
• Enhanced maternity pay

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Generate product definition by interpreting engineering documentation and associated change authorities into a format used to drive the extended enterprise / Supply Chain.
• Standardise engineering data to ensure compliance with engineering standards documentation.
• Release Engineering Datasets in various PDM systems.
• Produce Engineering Bills of Material and ensure the product’s configuration information is maintained in accordance with Configuration Management rules throughout its lifecycle.
• Work with customers and internal functions to provide documented data‑management solutions for design & build and build‑to‑print programmes.
• Provide guidance to IPDT functions on advance material ordering.
• Support the reconciliation process by liaising with Design, Methods, Quality and the customer to resolve and report disconnects between the Engineering Bill of Material for each component deliverable and the Quality As‑Built Conformity List.
• Represent the department at meetings and presentations to provide technical leadership and expert advice on configuration issues to both internal and external suppliers and customers.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to staff members within Configuration Management.

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum of a Degree in an engineering‑related subject and at least 4 years of relevant configuration engineering experience, or an HNC in an engineering‑related subject and at least 7 years of relevant experience.
• Clear and fluent understanding of Configuration Management rules and associated CM business processes.
• Working knowledge of the company and customer systems associated with product configuration.
• Excellent communication skills, articulate and concise.
• Team player at site and group level.
• Sound IT systems experience.

Export Control Requirements

This is a Non‑United States Position.

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 race, colour, ethnicity, 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 are a Disability Confident Committed employer and welcome applications from candidates with disabilities. Applicants are encouraged to inform our recruitment team of any accommodations required during the recruitment process. Accommodations may include but are not limited to conducting interviews in accessible locations that accommodate mobility needs, encouraging candidates to bring and use assistive technology such as screen readers, and offering flexible interview formats such as virtual or phone interviews.