Customer Services Obsolescence and Lifecycle Engineer in Chippenham, United Kingdom
Customer Services Obsolescence and Lifecycle Engineer
Chippenham
Excellent Rate of Pay
6 Months Initially (vision to extend)
My client is looking for a Customer Services Obsolescence and Lifecycle Engineer to expand their growing team. The successful candidate will provide active involvement to the company obsolescence management process from both the customer and company perspectives and will provide regular obsolescence reporting of our products to both the business and our customers.
The Role Will Involve
- To develop and maintain a product/component database
- To perform analysis of both the company’s and 3rd party products using recognised analytical
tools to identify current and future obsolescence issues.
- To perform regular reporting of product availability to our customers and define
obsolescence statuses of each product to component level.
- To build a relationship with third party equipment or ‘COTS’ suppliers to forecast future
availability and alternative solutions at a unit or system level.
- To notify our customers of product availability issues and options in a timely manner
- To work closely with various engineering departments within the company to identify and
resolve obsolescence issues which may involve organising ‘last time buys’ or re-design.
- To provide technical reports to engineering management to justify ‘last time buy’ or ‘redesign’
strategies for individual products as and when required.
- Provide input with relation to whole life cost models for future contract bids.
The Ideal Candidate Has:
- Highly motivated and driven personality.
- Experience in the UK rail industry
- Excellent communications skills and understanding of task and time management.
- HNC / HND or Degree level education in electronic engineering or a closely related subject.
- Good knowledge and understanding of electrical and electronic components.
- Familiar with ‘product lifecycle management’ and related change and validation processes.
- Understanding of obsolescence management standards (BS EN IEC 62402).
- Good IT skills, especially with regards to databases and data handling
For more information, email your C.V to j a k e . p a r k e r @ v i t a l . u k . c o m
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