ILS Engineering Lead

Ils Engineering Team Leader

Quest Global is an organization at the forefront of innovation and one of the world's fastest growing engineering services firms with deep domain knowledge and recognized expertise in the top OEMs across seven industries. We are a twenty-five-year-old company on a journey to becoming a centenary one, driven by aspiration, hunger and humility.

We are looking for humble geniuses, who believe that engineering has the potential to make the impossible, possible; innovators, who are not only inspired by technology and innovation, but also perpetually driven to design, develop, and test as a trusted partner for Fortune 500 customers.

As a team of remarkably diverse engineers, we recognize that what we are really engineering is a brighter future for us all. If you want to contribute to meaningful work and be part of an organization that truly believes when you win, we all win, and when you fail, we all learn, then we're eager to hear from you.

We are looking for someone to lead and develop our growing ILS Engineering team. As our client demand grows, this is an exciting opportunity to lead the growing function within the UK Defence business. We are looking for someone who can lead the engagements with our clients, develop winning proposals, hire/manage the growing team and technical lead ILS Engineering activities.

Key leadership responsibilities include:

• Recruiting and managing in developing ILS team
• Being the lead technical point of contact for all ILS related aspects

You will be responsible for managing a team, providing the following ILS services, supporting, guiding and mentoring them as needed:

• Design for Supportability input into the design process
• Definition of Systems or product support strategies, solutions and plans
• Definition of Systems Line Replaceable Units (LRUs) and Supportability BOM (SBOM)
• System or product Reliability modelling, including Failure mode effects and criticality analysis (FMECA), Reliability Block Diagrams (RBD) and Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) definitions.
• Reliability, Availability and Maintainability analysis
• Range and scaling of spares
• Definition of maintenance schedules and procedures for preventative, predictive and corrective maintenance
• Definition of training strategies
• Production of Whole Life Cost Models
• Definition of Packaging, Handling, Storage, and Transportation solutions
• Definition of obsolescence strategies
• Management of product and component obsolescence

Work Experience:

• Significant experience in Leading ILS teams within the Defence sector
• Experience contributing to bid responses, understanding customer requirements, and providing ILS plans
• Experience of leading and managing teams
• Experience in defining strategic Support solutions
• Experience in the service support of low volume, high value, products and systems in a highly regulated environment
• Knowledge and experience of applying through-life support standards such as DEF STAN 00-600, 00-40, 00-42, Mil Std 217F
• Strong knowledge of MOD support frameworks and their application as a supplier
• Degree or HND/HNC qualified in electrical or mechanical engineering, or relevant experience in the Defence Industry