Product Support - RCM Lead

About Boeing Defence UK

Boeing Defence UK (BDUK) is looking for a Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM) Team Lead to support Fixed Wing and Vertical Lift Boeing platforms. BDUK is a subsidiary of the Boeing Company, employing over 2,000 people in the UK and delivering exciting contracts to UK Defence Customers including the E-7, P-8A, Chinook & Apache Fleets.

The Product Support Engineering Department delivers technical skills, expertise, and products into our programmes. This role sits within this department, contributing to areas such as Reliability Centred Maintenance Analysis, Reliability and Maintainability, Logistic Support Analysis, and more.

The Role: RCM Team Lead & SME

As the RCM Lead and Subject Matter Expert (SME), you will leverage your strong communication and analytical skills to champion and embed RCM philosophies and techniques. You will report to the BDUK Product Support Engineering Manager and serve as a key technical authority, collaborating with department specialists to drive excellence and innovation in RCM implementation.

Key Responsibilities:

• RCM Leadership: Lead a pan-platform team to execute RCM analysis, ensuring adherence to scope, quality, and schedule.
• Capability Development: Enhance BDUK's RCM capabilities through continuous improvement and knowledge sharing.
• Change Management: Evaluate and process change requests based on maintenance feedback, failure investigations, and reliability studies, incorporating lessons learned.
• Standards Compliance: Ensure all changes comply with industry standards and best practices.
• Customer Engagement: Understand customer needs, provide expert advice on RCM methodologies.
• Progress Reporting: Deliver clear reports on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and project outcomes.
• RCM Tool Integration: Ensure defined RCM tasks are accurately reflected and updated within relevant tools and systems.
• Reliability Foundation Strengthening: Maintain and improve the organisation's reliability approach through systematic methods.

In addition to your technical activity, there is opportunity to support company initiatives such as quality improvements, promoting a safety culture, Diversity and Inclusion, mentoring, STEM outreach, and projects supporting company growth.

Basic Qualifications:

• Eligibility for UK SC Security Clearance (applicants must be able to obtain the necessary clearance).
• Subject Matter Expertise in RCM, including MSG-3, RCM-2, and FMEA methodologies.
• Proven ability to lead, mentor, and develop junior engineers.
• Strong background in maintenance and engineering with practical application skills.
• In-depth knowledge of risk and reliability management systems and techniques.
• Familiarity with the principles and practical application of risk and opportunity management.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in a defence-related environment is advantageous but not essential.
• A commitment to first-time quality in engineering outputs.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Ideally holds a degree in a relevant engineering discipline and/or formally trained in support engineering.

Successful candidates must satisfy the Company's Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment process. This position requires the ability to obtain United Kingdom Security Check. Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status. This is a locally hired position in the UK. Candidates must have current legal authorisation to work immediately in the United Kingdom.