About the position
to address supportability during system/product design and analysis as well as define and deliver the associated logistics support elements in order to establish the Operating Support Baselines and ensure system through-life support.
Please note that this is not a business/operations logistics position.
JOB DESCRIPTION
- Ensuring systems are designed for supportability through contributing the logistic aspects of the system architecture, specifications, ICDs and physical designs.
- Creating Physical Breakdown Structures (PBSs) and executing Physical Configuration Audits (PCAs) to ensure the integrity of the product data packs.
- Influencing the equipment design to ensure supportability through providing the logistic components of the system architecture, functional and performance specifications and ICDs, system designs, systems analysis and trade studies.
- Verifying that prime equipment is supportable through executing Logistics Support Analysis (LSA) in accordance with MIL-STD-1388, including: conducting reliability estimations, executing Failure Modes, Effects & Criticality Analysis (FMECA), identifying preventive & corrective maintenance tasks, analysing maintenance procedures and resources and proposing design, operations or support improvements.
- Providing operational support (Field Engineering) including, investigating failures and conducting root cause analysis, collaborating on engineering changes to resolve deficiencies and developing work instructions / amended task descriptions.
- Ensuring logistic work is correctly tailored to the intended operational context by developing support concepts, preparing Logistic Engineering Management Plans (LEMP) and preparing maintenance & support verification plans.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
Qualification:
- Tech (Eng) (NQF 7) with 6+ years relevant experience in a product development engineering environment; OR
- Eng/ B.Sc (Eng) with 4+ years relevant experience in a product development engineering environment; OR
- Eng with 3+ years relevant experience in a product development engineering environment
Experience:
- Conducting physical configuration audits
- Using Configuration Management Systems (CMS).
- Using Computerised Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS)
- Executing Logistic Support Analysis (LSA), inclusive of: structuring Physical Breakdown Structures (PBSs), conducting reliability estimations, executing Failure Modes, Effects & Criticality Analysis (FMECA), identifying preventive & corrective maintenance tasks, analysing maintenance procedures and resources, drawing conclusions from LSA data, proposing design/operation/support recommendations and creating RAM & LSA information reports
- Verification and validation of logistic support packages
Knowledge:
- Recognised domain knowledge of logistic engineering, for high-tech products and large-scale integrated products.
- Logistic and systems engineering methods, procedures, tools and techniques.
- Configuration management practices and systems
- Logistic Engineering Standards, particularly MIL-STD 1388-1A /2B, MIL-STD 1629A and S1000D /S3000D
Desired Skills:
- written and verbal communications
- Analytical problem-solving
- Ability to multi-task
