Assistant Configuration Officer
- Reference NL-HP-4841
- Location Noordwijk, The Netherlands
- Closing date 25 July 2022
HE Space is a successful international space company. For 40 years, we have been supporting our customers with qualified experts in the field of engineering, science and administration. We are currently looking for a Assistant Configuration Officer to support our customer in the Netherlands.
Key Tasks and Responsibilities
As part of the Business Management Controlling & Administration, you will have the following responsibilities:
- Establishing adequate processes for proper Product configuration control, including:
- Configuration management planning. -Configuration items identification, technical requirements base lining, production and maintenance of configuration item data list(CIDL). -Management of configuration evolution, baselines verification, as-built control and inspections
- Establishment of configuration control methods, procedures and standards;
- Establishing and/or assuring that adequate configuration control methods, procedures and standards are established and/or maintained, consistent with applicable standards/requirements;
- Preparing formal requirements for inclusion in industrial contracts;
- Participating in Project Reviews;
- Conducting configuration audits and configuration inspections;
- Supervising the processing and disposition of Change Requests and/or Change Proposals;
- Providing status data and maintaining a well-structured record system; acting as secretary to appropriate Boards established for the processing of changes;
- Establishing and maintaining the approval system for all documents under formal ESA control, and maintaining the associated DRLs and DRDs;
- Supporting the supervision and maintenance of the documentation library and archives;
- Proposing automated methods and tools required to increase performance of configuration and documentation control tasks.
Skills & Experience
You will have the following qualifications and relevant experience:
- University degree (Bachelor) from a recognised Institution of secondary studies or equivalent qualification in Business Administration (or Communications as relevant), with relevant experience;
- Proven experience in Configuration Management in Space Companies / Organizations;
- Adequate knowledge and understanding of the applicable ESA Configuration Management requirements and standards such as MS-ESA-RQ-100, MS-ESA-RQ-108, ECSS-M40;
- Good knowledge of the specific activities and/or organisation, of the applicable configuration management working procedures and support tool(s) are an asset;
- Previous experiences in fields like Product Assurance, System Engineering and Production Control are an asset;
- Fluency in English is mandatory; knowledge of another European language is an advantage.
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