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Job Title – Software Build and Configuration Manager

Job Location – Bristol/Barrow

Job ID – 14649

About this opportunity and L3Harris UK

From 12 UK sites, our team of over 1,400 people deliver unique capabilities across air, land, sea, space and cyber for military, security and commercial customers, worldwide.

L3Harris MAPPS (Bristol, Burgess Hill and Barrow-in-Furness) provides an Integrated Platform Management System (IPMS) for the Royal Navy sub-surface and surface fleets, notably current Astute submarine and Queen Elizabeth Class (QEC) aircraft carriers, in-build Type 26 and Type 31 frigates. This software provides integrated monitoring and control of ship propulsion, electrical functions, auxiliaries and damage control machinery and systems.

A few of our employee benefits are:

• Half day finish on a Friday

• 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days

• Private medical insurance with optional family cover

• Pension scheme of up to 7% employer contribution

• Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)

• Group income protection

• Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover and cycle to work scheme

• Employee assistance program providing mental health and wellbeing support

  What the role will involve

  The responsibilities of your role will include the following:

  The Software Build and Configuration Manager is a member of the software team and compliments the Technical Managers within the projects for technical content. This Role is internally focused, combining engineering judgement and leadership with the ability to co-ordinate, plan, control and deliver a project.

• Manages configuration management and other legacy tools

• Ownership and maintenance of processes, procedures and low-level documentation associated with the Configuration Management and related documents.

• Assist in providing direction to the company on Change and Configuration Management and driving agreed changes through to completion.

• Assist in providing direction to the company relating to Engineering toolsets, managing obsolescence, patching, administration and strategy for future enhancements and direction for both COTS and internally developed tools.

• Ensuring that the team is following the agreed project delivery lifecycle, and any problems are identified, understood and resolved (use of Six Sigma Green Belt techniques beneficial).

• Assist with developing an achievable Schedule which is agreed with all parties and approved for the team to work against.

• Assists in the collection and reporting of metrics. KPI’s/ TKR’s.

• Undertake configuration audit activities (i.e. FCA/PCA).

• Actively contribute to improvements using the company’s e3 methodology, encouraging and facilitating change to realise efficiencies (Lean, Green Belt, etc.)

  What you’ll bring

  The role of Software Build and Configuration Manager requires the following experience and skills:

• The Candidate will be expected to have the following knowledge skills and experience Jira, GIT, Jenkins or similar CI tools.

• Understanding and experience of Engineering lifecycles.

• Experience and knowledge of Systems Engineering disciplines such as Verification and Validation methods, the importance of contractual compliance and system or systems integration.

• Technical understanding of the product under development

• Degree or equivalent in an Engineering discipline preferably Software based

  Important to know

  Due to the nature of our work many our roles require a UK nationality and the ability to obtain a security clearance. Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to government security checks.

  As an equal opportunities employer, L3Harris is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

  We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join L3Harris.

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L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.