Configuration Change Coordinator

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the end-to-end change process and maintain records of proposed changes.
• Monitor change requests through assessment, approval, implementation and closure; facilitate reviews and support Change Control Boards.
• Coordinate impact assessments with multidisciplinary teams and communicate approved changes to stakeholders.
• Verify implementation, maintain configuration baselines and provide evidence of change-control activity.
• Monitor standards and governance compliance; prepare reports, metrics and KPIs.
• Identify risks and process bottlenecks, support audits and contribute to continuous improvement.
• Support the Configuration Control Manager and Business Excellence team.

Essential requirements

• Experience coordinating change management, project controls, configuration management or governance processes.
• Strong organisation, administration, attention to detail, communication and stakeholder management.
• Experience maintaining registers, logs, databases and controlled records, and producing reports and performance metrics.
• Strong Microsoft 365 skills, particularly Excel, SharePoint, Word and Teams.
• Ability to analyse impacts, risks and dependencies and coordinate multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience in structured project environments and in defence, infrastructure, construction, engineering or major projects.
• Knowledge of configuration management principles and lifecycle management.

Additional relevant knowledge

• Familiarity with change control boards, engineering change processes or project governance frameworks.
• Working knowledge of BIM, ISO 9001, ISO 10007 or ISO 19650 principles.

Workplace and contract

• Permanent role, 42.5 hours per week, at Devonport Dockyard, Plymouth.
• The work is at a live Ministry of Defence facility.

Security and eligibility

• BPSS security clearance is required; the process may take up to eight weeks.
• The source states candidates must hold a passport from a NATO or MISWG member country and have resided in the UK for the past five years.