ILS Manager
Job Description
We are seeking a seasoned ILS / IPS practitioner to drive the supportability and sustainment of a complex defence electronics programme. This is a specialist technical management rolefocused on reliability, maintainability, and through-life engineering for software-intensive electronic systemsrather than a general supply chain management position.
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Contract Duration: 6 Months
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IR35 Status: Outside IR35
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Day rate: Up to £550 per day
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Working Pattern: Hybrid (1 day per week on-site, Isle of White, negotiable)
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Security Clearance: Must hold or be eligible to obtain UK Security Clearance (SC)
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Key Responsibilities\n
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Lead the overall planning, coordination, and delivery of all ILS activities across the programme lifecycle.
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Formulate and maintain ILS strategies, management plans, schedules, and associated deliverables.
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Collaborate closely with systems, software, hardware, safety, and reliability engineering teams to integrate supportability considerations early.
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Define and optimise long-term maintenance, support, and sustainment solutions.
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Undertake and coordinate technical analyses, including FMECA, FRACAS, reliability predictions, and maintainability assessments.
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Drive Maintenance Task Analysis (MTA), Level of Repair Analysis (LORA), spares modelling, and support equipment specification.
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Address software supportability requirements, including configuration control, release management, fault diagnosis, updates, and obsolescence planning.
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Proactively manage ILS risks, supplier performance, deliverables, and customer reporting.
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Act as the principal ILS representative to programme stakeholders, Tier 1 partners, and the end customer.
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Significant experience acting as an ILS Manager, ILS Lead, IPS Lead, or Principal Supportability Engineer.
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Proven track record delivering ILS across complex defence, military, or secure electronic systems (experience with land systems or mission systems is highly advantageous).
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Strong practical knowledge of reliability and maintainability (R&M) engineering principles.
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Direct experience supporting complex, integrated hardware and software architectures.
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Comprehensive understanding of relevant defence ILS/IPS standards and guidance.
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Exceptional stakeholder management, communication, and technical reporting skills.
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Flexibility to work on-site on the South Coast 1 day per week.
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Security Requirement: Must hold, or be eligible to successfully undergo, UK SC Security Clearance.
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