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Boeing Defence UK (BDUK) is looking for a Reliability & Maintainability Engineer to primarily support our AH64E Programme based in Yeovil, United Kingdom. This position may occasionally be required to support the wider BDUK platform portfolio on an as required basis.

Boeing Defence UK operates an engineering matrix organisation consisting of engineering departments that deliver technical skills, expertise and products into our programmes. One of the Departments is the Product Support Engineering (ILS Engineering) which provides the product supportability infrastructure comprising the following technical areas:

• Logistic Support Analysis,
• Reliability and Maintainability,
• Reliability Centred Maintenance Analysis,
• Engineering Data Exploitation,
• Obsolescence Management,
• Integrated Logistic Support Engineering,
• Technical Publications.

The Reliability & Maintainability Engineer will support the R&M Lead Engineer reporting to the BDUK AH64E Product Support manager.

Responsibilities:

• Generate R&M and Data Exploitation artefacts to:
  • Endorse the effectiveness of the Apache maintenance program and identify opportunities to enhance reliability, maintainability, supportability and availability.
  • Support and augment current Supply Chain modelling and forecasting activities alongside the LSA Engineer with a view to optimisation of spares availability.
• Provide analytical capability to transform information and data working with the Data Exploitation Capability.
• Support and review Fault Reporting and lead to conclusion the resultant Corrective Action System (FRACAS) activities.
• Identify and explore potential R&M service improvement opportunities.
• Conduct a review of Review of Maintenance Task Analysis, Technical documentation, Trend data and utilising the principles of Data Exploitation and root cause analysis, to support recommendations that will improve reliability, maintainability, supportability and availability for assets under evaluation.
• Identify fault trends within aircraft maintenance data which could potentially impact aircraft safety airworthiness.
• Coordinate with the platform Design Organisation, BDUK Product Support Capabilities and Engineering Functions to ensure derived recommendations are underpinned by sound engineering rationale, quality and compliance requirements.
• The position will support Internal, Supplier and Customer meetings and provide inputs / feedback to Engineering and Supply Chain stakeholders as appropriate.
• Prepare material for briefings, meetings and formal working groups (Internal and External).
• Work in close conjunction with the Material & Demand Forecasting Team in reflecting the outcome of R&M analysis within the scope of SCM modelling activities.

Required Qualifications (Experience/Education/Skills):

• Proven experience of aircraft operations within a military or commercial environment
• Essential to have prior experience in the field of Reliability and Maintainability Engineering including Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA)
• Excellent IT skills to host, interrogate and exploit aircraft maintenance data
• Excellent communication skills including the ability present complex technical information to all levels of management and military personnel.
• Essential to have an understanding of either the Civil or Military Regulatory articles.
• Experience of working with International Support standards such as Def Stan 00-600, ASD/AIA Suite of S Series ILS Specifications is desirable.
• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in engineering or proven aircraft engineering or operational experience
• The ability to obtain UK Security Clearance

Preferred Qualifications (Experience/Education/Skills):

• Practitioner level knowledge of Root Cause Analysis (RCA) techniques.
• Proven ability to drive first time quality.
• An ability to read and interpret Aircraft Drawing sets and associated engineering artefacts.
• Authoring of Support Product documentation.
• Ability to work with the cross functional business stakeholders to identify optimisation opportunities.
• Previous practical experience of Aircraft maintenance is highly desirable.

Visa sponsorship and relocation support is not available for this role.

Export Control Requirements: Not an export control 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, color, 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.

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