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RCM Engineer

Boeing
Bristol
11 months ago
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Job Description

Qualifications:

Join Boeing Defence UK (BDUK) as a RCM Engineer Engineer to support both new business opportunities and existing product platforms, focusing primarily on fixed and rotor wing aircraft. At Boeing, we are dedicated to innovation across diverse domains, from seabed exploration to outer space missions. Join us in shaping the future.

BDUK, a subsidiary of The Boeing Company, employs over 1,400 professionals in the UK and is actively delivering cutting-edge contracts to UK defence customers. Our portfolio includes transformative projects like the E-7 AEW&C and P-8A Maritime Patrol Aircraft, as well as Autonomous Systems, C4ISR Services, Support for the Chinook and Apache Fleets, Logistic Information Services and Training Services and more, reflecting our current growth phase.

The Engineering function at BDUK operates within a matrix organization, with specialized departments contributing technical expertise to our programs. This position will be part of the Product Support Engineering Department, encompassing critical areas such as Reliability Centred Maintenance Analysis, Reliability and Maintainability, Logistic Support Analysis, Engineering Data Exploitation, Obsolescence Management, Technical Publications and Integrated Logistic Support Engineering.

Key Responsibilities:

Apply RCM methodologies and techniques, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards, to facilitate and implement reliability improvements. Conduct RCM analysis within defined scope, ensuring quality and adherence to timelines. Review and process change requests stemming from maintenance feedback, failure investigations, and reliability studies. Ensure proposed changes meet agreed standards and customer requirements. Provide management reporting on progress through KPIs and close-out reports. Implement and update defined RCM tasks in relevant tools to enhance reliability foundations.

Additional Opportunities:

In addition to technical responsibilities, you will have the chance to support company initiatives such as quality improvements, safety culture promotion, Diversity and Inclusion advocacy, mentoring/coaching, STEM outreach, and other growth-focused projects.

Preferred Skills, Qualifications, and Experience:

Must be eligible to obtain UK SC security clearance. Engineering background with strong maintenance/engineering experience. Knowledge and application experience of RCM-2 or FMEA principles, practices, and applications, and/or MSG-3 methodology. Defence background preferred but not essential. Proficiency in risk and reliability management systems and techniques. Demonstrated ability to drive first-time quality improvements. Understanding of Risk & Opportunity Management principles. Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly MS Word, and Adobe Acrobat XI Pro. Ideally educated to degree level in an Engineering or related subject with 2 to 5 years of experience, or equivalent formal training in Support Engineering principles.

Join us at Boeing Defence UK to contribute your skills and grow professionally in a collaborative and forward-thinking environment.

Boeing is the world's largest aerospace company and leading manufacturer of commercial airplanes and defense, space and security systems. We are engineers and technicians. Skilled scientists and thinkers. Bold innovators and dreamers. Join us, and you can build something better for yourself, for our customers and for the world.

Relocation:

No relocation available

Export Control Requirement:

Safety Sensitive:

This is not a safety sensitive position

Contingent Upon Award Program

This position is not contingent upon program award

Experience Level:

Individual Contributor - 3

Job Type:

Regular

Job Code:

6S1NI3 (G18)

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