Principal Engineer - Support Engineering (AR&M)

Principal Engineer – Support Engineering (AR&M)

Location:              Filton (flexible time on site)

Duration:             12 months

Rate:                   £50 per hour PAYE or £67.47 per hour Umbrella

The Principal Engineer – Support Engineering (AR&M) will be the primary Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the delivery of AR&M modelling and element deliverables. Activities will be undertaken alone or as the lead of an AR&M team, with appropriate support of the Engineering Manager and AR&M Consultant Engineer.

The following activities are typical of work that may be carried out by the Principal Engineer – Support Engineering (AR&M), in full or part dependent on the role and the place the project is in the engineering lifecycle:

• Produce the full range of AR&M deliverables, including the AR&M Case and Case Reports.
• Provide oversight of AR&M administrative functions to maintain records within the Support Engineering department and to facilitate ILS activities.
• Undertake the evaluation and sign-off of the impact of engineering change on support deliverables for systems and equipment.
• Provide leadership and guidance to the AR&M engineering team.
• Provide technical expertise and a knowledgeable interface to suppliers and customers on AR&M matters.

Proven Ability / Key Skills

• Expert understanding and ability to articulate the relationship between Availability, Reliability and Maintainability (AR&M) and how Reliability and Maintainability affect equipment / system Availability and through life cost.
• Expert understanding and be able to articulate how AR&M outputs influence the design and interrelate with ILS and Safety activities. This will include how AR&M data, evidence and issues are presented, reported and interpreted within the AR&M Case.
• Expert understanding in the development and tailoring of AR&M Requirements.
• Expert understanding in the different reliability and availability models, modelling tools, their benefits, limitations, suitability and how to produce them.
• Expert understanding in Failure Mode, Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA), interpreting results / outputs and how these influence the design, support RCM and Safety activities.
• Expert understanding in, and performing of, Level of Repair Analysis (LORA) and how it can influence Design and Support Engineering decisions.
• Expert understanding in maintainability and maintenance considerations and how this influences the design, through life cost and Support Engineering decisions.
• Expert understanding and ability to develop and undertake Data Reporting, Analysis and Corrective Action System (DRACAS) to support the development of ILS deliverables and design change decisions.
• Expert understanding of the AR&M Case and AR&M Case Reports and their purpose.
• Expert understanding of Testability, test methods and types of equipment used.
• Expert understanding of BIT, BITE including benefits and limitations.
• Expert understanding of HUMS, types of equipment and how the outputs can influence maintenance and support strategies.
• Expert understanding of Support Solution Optimisation and the tools and techniques used throughout the life of the equipment and be able to communicate this to customers and stakeholders.
• Extensive level of domain knowledge over the full range of AR&M disciplines and how they relate to ILS and Safety. Knowledge of delivering AR&M in appropriate phases of the programme lifecycle.
• Knowledge of the complete engineering lifecycle and how support activities align to it, with some proven ability of operating in a number of phases.
• Have a strong awareness of Product Safety and SHE.

Additional

Please note, due to the sensitive nature of the project involved all applicants must be capable of gaining a UK MOD Security Clearance to SC level.