Logistics Engineer – Cape Town

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB

The main purpose of the job is 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.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• 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

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS

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.

Remuneration package:  Negotiable

To apply, please e-mail the below documents in a single PDF file to: recruit@prebless.com

• Cover letter, and
• Curriculum Vitae (CV)

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