About this job

We are recruiting a Configuration Management Engineer (CME) for Sapienza to work on our Customers Site (ESA-ESTEC). The successful candidate will interface projects and programmes of the Navigation Directorate (NAV) for all aspects of Configuration (CM) and information management.

Responsibilities

• To provide expertise of NAV’s digital information systems
• To intermediate between NAV and its internal and external users as part of the services rendered by the Configuration and Data Management unit.

• To be responsible for the continuous oversight for the NAV information and records flow and supports actively the Directorate’s digitalisation activity as part of ESA’s Digital Agenda. This includes:
  • control over the Directorate’s repositories, tools and information related processes as well as external support services.
  • direct interface to the Directorate’s users and steering effectively related administration activities is an essential to the task.
• To take actively part in documenting and reviewing existing and projected new processes related to the use of digital system configuration and documentation systems and other relevant IT tools. It includes the following regular duties in particular:
  • Product Configuration support:
    • Analyse and contribute to the specification of relevant processes for Segment and System CI identification, verification and control in support of NAV engineering activities
    • Support implementation and maintain programmatic, contractual and technical Baselines
    • Contribute to the generation of product documents such as Product Tree, CIDL, ABCL, CSAR and CSR (Configuration Status Report)
    • Follow-up and document product configuration evolutions from as-contracted, as-designed, as-developed, as delivered, as-deployed, as-installed to as-operated
    • Perform configuration audits, inspections and CI identification
    • Configure, operate, report from and improve CM databases
  • Project Change Control support:
    • Prepare and follow-up as secretary of an entrusted Configuration Control Board (CCB) including improvement of the CCB Terms of Reference
    • Support processing and disposition of CCB documents for review and approval including improvement of the relevant DMPs (Document Management Plan)
    • Provide status data and maintaining a well-structured record system for relevant CM processes and transactions, Contribute to or maintain entrusted project documentation such as BRN (Baseline Release Note) CISL, DRL and DRDs where requested
    • Support preparation formal CM requirements for inclusion in industrial contracts
  • Review support:
    • Support technical and non-technical project reviews by managing the relevant documentation in tools and provide product CM expertise
    • Register, distribute and archive documents, as well as provide of reproductions of documents and media
    • Regular review of the status of documents in the different archive and storage locations and align this information in the Documentation and Configuration Management System database
    • Generate and maintain the documentation and configuration tracking lists
    • Support the management of the User Account List to the Directorate‘s servers and services
  • Information Management:
    • Define and supervise processes and procedures for information and documentation workflows
    • Identify information contents for digitalisation and automated processing
    • Interface external Documentation Processing Support Services (DPSS) defining detailed procedures and overseeing the execution of the upload and configuration of NAV related information and documentation
    • Organise document logistics for events such as project reviews, audits and specific contract milestones
    • Supervise and take corrective actions to maintain quality of document metadata and compliancy with ESA and NAV policies and requirements
    • Identify information types and records and adequate processes for handling them
    • Liaise with corporate IT functions for the operation of NAV relevant IT
• Proactive generation and review of document templates, information structures, metadata, system functions, procedures and processes related to the systems in use by end users and the Navigation Documentation and Configuration team.
• Organization of the Navigation documentation office logistics including, but not limited to procedures, media and ledgers.
• Support to the Directorate Information and Records Officer (DIRO) in discharging relevant functions such as implementation of the Documents and Record Schedule, as well as ESA’s governance on data, records, archives and data protection.

The CME will report to the Head of the Configuration and Data Management unit. The above tasks must be implemented in line with applicable Directorate’s Engineering and CM processes, ESA standards and the Directorate ISO certified QMS in close collaboration with relevant Configuration Management functions. The work can entail to handle unclassified and classified material.

Profile

• Master’s in engineering or equivalent university degree from a recognized Institution of secondary studies
• At least 4 years of relevant experience in Configuration Management,
• Office productivity: PC (desktop, laptops), mainly in a MS Windows based application environment such as Office 365, in particular good knowledge in MS Excel, o Expertise in applying and configuring at least one PLM, asset management or CM process relevant tool such as Windchill, Jira, SAP, Eclipse, Hardcat, WAND, ClearCase/ClearQuest
• Expertise in applying at least two CM process relevant standards such as ECSS-M-ST-40C, NASA IVV-10, CM-II-100, ITIL, SAE EIA-649, DOD-STD, MIL-STD, ISO 10007, IEEE Std-828, SEI-CMMI,
• Knowledge of industrial product data representation such as ISO 10303
• High level of autonomy and pro-activeness
• Excellent communication skills and professional maturity that is required to carry out complex tasks and high level of responsibility
• Eligibility to national personal security clearance relevant to ESA NAV programmes,
• Availability for occasional duty travel
• Fluent in English; knowledge of another ESA member-state language is an asset

Contact:

Candidates must be eligible to work in the EU

Please send your CV (in English) as soon as possible, but no later than 24th March 2021 to jobs@sapienzaconsulting.com

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