Location: Stevenage (2-3 days per week onsite)Duration: 6 month initial contractRate: 50ph UMB (Inside IR35) Role details:Our client, a leading defence company, are looking for Configuration Engineers to join their team on a contract basis. The Senior Configuration Engineer is responsible for supporting the Configuration Manager of any given Project, including responsibility for the Product definition and/or Configuration Management of a minor project or major parts of a project. Tasks will require a level of initiative and require a high concern for order and quality to maintain the integrity of all elements which constitute the design for products. Tasks include: Reflection of engineering input, through the engineering change process, into the design definition / structure, utilising the company PLM tool Windchill.Managing, on behalf of project, the correct design definitions for potentially multiple product variants. Successfully implementing engineering changes against the appropriate instances.Review of engineering changes for respective project to ensure business process is applied and approbation controls laid out by projects are adhered to. Acceptance or Rejection of changes as appropriate.Provision of draft Configuration Management document updates to the project Configuration Manager ahead of the appropriate review period.Comprehensive and timely preparation for Configuration Meetings. Provision of data to Configuration Manager and project team against agreed ..... full job details .....