Serco is among the leading Space Industry and Services Companies. We have over 40 years’ experience in supporting the space sector: Since the creation of the European Space Agency (ESA), our employees have been providing everyday their technical, scientific and management skills to support the full range of European cornerstone space missions.
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We currently have an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Configuration Officer, based in Noordwijk, Netherlands.
Role Responsibility
The right candidate will focus on the following tasks:
• Establishing adequate processes for proper Product configuration control, including:
o Configuration management planning.
o Configuration items identification, technical requirements base lining, production and maintenance of configuration item data list (CIDL).
o 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
Successful Candidate
Appropriate skills and specific experience in the following fields:
• University degree (Bachelor) from a recognised Institution of secondary studies or equivalent qualification in Business Administration (or Communications as relevant), with relevant experience.
• Proficient in the English language, both written and spoken, knowledge of another official ESA language is an asset.
• Experience in controlling and/or management of activities and resources in aerospace industry. For some tasks knowledge of Finance/Accounting may be required.
• Highly proficient in the use of modern activities and resource management support tools/databases of standard office automation support software packages including in particular advance usage of Excel (Ms-Office and in particular advanced use of Excel).
• Experience as user of SAP and in particular ECC and SRM modules and familiarity with relevant ESA corporate applications e.g. ESA-p) is an asset.
• Ability to rapidly understand and adapt to ESA specific context and environment including ESA corporate IT applications. Past experience with ESA in relevant activities is an asset
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Package Description
Excellent Salary
Corporate Benefits Package
Relocation Assistance (if applicable)
Further information available from the Serco Europe Recruitment Team
About the Company
Serco is one of the world’s largest providers of public services to Governments employing over 50,000 people in over 20 countries In Belgium and Luxembourg we work closely with the European Institutions providing crucial Services with over 220 staff members.
The services we provide are often of critical importance to the communities and nations we serve, Providing public services is one of the most satisfying and rewarding careers you can have, you have an ability to make a real positive difference to people’s lives and to your community and country.
As a business which delivers “front-line” public services, employing tens of thousands of people, we are constantly developing and promoting people; our need for skilled professionals is insatiable and few companies can offer as many opportunities for individuals to grow their careers
What connects the ever growing Serco workforce is a passion for delivering great service – To keep ahead we have to constantly evolve and enhance the way we deliver our services and everyone in Serco has a role to play here.
Serco provide the right environment to encourage ideas and a comprehensive Best Practice support network that enables them to put their ideas into action.
If you share our values then join with over 50,000 colleagues globally who are equally as passionate about delivering great service as you
A career with Serco offers the chance to work with both inspirational people and innovative contracts, in a dynamic and exciting environment.
We have a mandate to execute brilliantly and our people lead and inspire based on our core values, Trust, Care, Pride and Innovation.
Take pride in what you do.
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