Defence Support Digital Lead

The Ministry of Defence would like to explore the benefits of Digital Supportability Cases including the use of digital twins by taking advantage of the customer’s digital backbone investment to gain asset support advantage.

We are looking for an experienced support specialist who can interface with our digital specialists to architect and design digital support solutions including digital twins. 

Your purpose:

• Be responsible for developing our digital supportability cases capability including the use of digital twins to gain asset support advantage.
• Establish and lead a team to undertake the functions of our Defence support digital capability and lead our support digital projects through their lifecycles.
• Work with our engineering and bid teams to establish Supportability Digitisation Plans including capability assessments/mobilisation plans and contribute to the project risk register and tender response.
• Support the project mobilisation process, working with tools, SMEs and technical leadership to create the digital supportability cases and support digital twin solutions.
• Provide detailed advice and support to our teams around how changing technologies might help enhance and streamline their individual support processes, and then work with them to implement these technologies and capture the resulting benefits.
• Optimise delivery, enhance quality, and exceed client requirements, by being innovative and cost effective.

What you will bring?

• Proven years of experience and acknowledged subject matter expert in the support and/or maintenance domain with the ability to understand and translate customer use cases.
• Practise in developing support enterprise, commercial and systems processes.
• Experience of applying standards such as ASD and PLCS.
• Knowledge in specifying, assuring and accepting Health Usages and Monitoring Systems (HUMS) and any associated HUMS data exploitation systems.
• Skilled in developing and managing supportability arguments and data sources.
• A fault and root cause analysis practitioner.
• Has a good understanding of supply chain management and inventory data exploitation.
• A good communicator and able to influence the digital solution architect and design team
• Degree level or equivalent qualification, be a member of a professional institution and be chartered (or working towards chartership). Complimentary or additional qualifications may include Data Systems, Data Analytics and/or Project Management.
• Experience in delivering a supportability or asset management digitisation programme.
• Your passion for the subject is something that we’ll want you to share across our teams and clients using your strong communication and collaboration skills.

Why work for Atkins?

People join us because they share a desire to be at the forefront of the ADS&T Business Unit and deliver outstanding projects. We empower our people to be the professional individuals they want to be, working on projects they feel proud of, making a difference to the world they live in and the legacy they leave behind.

We develop individuals through a portfolio of training and development courses designed to help you make the best of your abilities and talents. We encourage participation in all forms of training and have an active programme of in-house as well as external training for all our staff.

Meeting your needs:

When you start with us, you'll enjoy "Total Reward", a package that can be tailored to your lifestyle, career and personal needs. From flexible holidays to life assurance, health & wellbeing benefits, and career planning for the senior stage of your career.

Making sure you're supported is important to us. So, if you identify as having a disability, tell us ahead of your interview. And let's talk about any adjustments you might need.

Read more about 'Total Reward'.

More about us:

Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, is a leading global consultancy with over 80 years of design and engineering expertise. With us, you'll be surrounded by the skills, knowledge and support to help you succeed. Together, we can deliver projects which have a positive, sustainable impact on the world.

Check out some of our recent, most exciting projects.

Training:

Atkins is committed to developing its people both personally and professionally. Our colleagues have the advantage of access to a high ranging training portfolio and development activities designed to help make the best of individual’s abilities and talents. We also actively support staff in achieving corporate membership of relevant institutions.

Flexible Working:

Atkins recognise that there are many well qualified people who are looking to further their career, but who cannot commit to full time employment.

We support flexible working arrangements and are interested to discuss how we can accommodate individual requirements.

Diversity & Inclusion:

ATKINS, part of the SNC Lavalin Group, is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability.

Security Clearance:

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

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