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# ILS Engineer

- **Company:** RHEINMETALL
- **Location:** Telford, UK
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Software Applications, Data Validation, Javaserver Pages, Microsoft Office, Software Configuration Management
- **Published:** October 9, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=d58f8b3588317a5d

## About the Role

* Must have a good understanding of the support engineering / ILS discipline
 * Must have experience of Def-Stan 00-60 / 00-600 and Defence Logistic Framework (superceeding JSP 886) and their tailoring / application to major defence programmes
 * Experience of ASD S3000L and its application to supportability analysis programmes
 * Must have a working understanding of SHE and product safety
 * Good listener and communicator who effectively conveys information by all modes at all levels within the project, function, customer and supplier organisations
 * Computer-literate performer with software proficiency covering a wide variety of applications, especially the Microsoft Office suite

## Description

As an ILS Engineer, reporting to ILS Lead, you will need to ensure the day to day management and performance/delivery for assigned projects, sub contracts, vendors and/or accounts, whilst applying a depth and breadth of experience relating to complex engineering problems, challenges and issues associated with related work packages., * Overall responsibility for the assigned ILS work package

 * Practical and theoretical supportability assessments on existing and new systems, Sub-Assemblies & Components. Depending on the role undertaken this will include a number of the following:
 + Supportability Analysis
 + Level of Repair Analysis
 + Spares Ranging & Scaling
 + Whole Life Cost Analysis
 + Logistic Information Repository management and update
 + Obsolescence analysis
 * Writing in-depth engineering appraisals and reports, and writing engineering procedures in a precise and logical manner, including the documentation of analyses within the respective Supportability Case
 * Providing supportability advice to other engineering and other functional departments
 * Working with other engineering departments to influence designs
 * Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) data validation and Technical Publications verification
 * The evaluation of design and supplier data, and the production of support related data and reports
 * Working with the Training capability to inform training impact statements/cases
 * Working with Support Engineers to create equipment supportability impact statements/cases
 * Working with Safety Engineers to ensure that support products are ALARP.