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.