# Obsolescence Engineer

**Company**: Boeing Defence United Kingdom Limited
**Location**: GBR - Gosport
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Aerospace & Defence

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## Description

Boeing Defence United Kingdom (BDUK) is looking for an Obsolescence Engineer to support its portfolio of emerging and current programme requirements.

As an Obsolescence Engineer, you will support the Obsolescence Capability Lead reporting to the BDUK Chinook Product Support Manager. You will be part of the Product Support (PS) Engineering Department, which consists of various technical areas, including Obsolescence Management.

Key responsibilities:

- Support the Obsolescence Capability Lead in providing Obsolescence Management Services for the BDUK Portfolio

- Assist in preparing material for briefings, meetings, and formal working groups

- Highlight obsolescence issues or opportunities and support mitigation and development plans

- Attend internal, supplier, and customer meetings as required

- Liaise with Systems functions to ensure Support Engineering and obsolescence remain informed and aligned with wider BDUK developments

- Liaise with the Customer on specific areas of Obsolescence

- Assist in coordinating Support Engineering deliverables

- Liaise with Boeing International obsolescence personnel

Requirements:

- Ability to obtain UK SC security clearance

- Thorough understanding of Support Engineering, specifically obsolescence in the Military environment

- Understanding and previous experience in Obsolescence Management

Preferred qualifications:

- Ability to analyse Engineering data

- Technical experience of UK CH-47 Chinook

- Ability to work with cross-functional business stakeholders

- Proven ability to drive first-time quality

- Education to degree level in a relevant Engineering subject

Benefits:

- Competitive salary and annual incentive plans

- Continuous learning and development opportunities

- Inclusive culture

- Excellent Adoption and Parental leave options

- 23 days plus UK public holidays and a Winter Break

- Pension Plan with up to 10% employer contribution

- Company-paid BUPA Medical Plan

- Short Term Sickness: 100% pay for the first 26 weeks

- Long Term Sickness: 66.67% of annual salary from 27th week

- 6x annual salary life insurance

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## Skills

### Required
- Obsolescence Management
- Support Engineering
- Military environment
- UK SC security clearance

### Nice to have
- Engineering data analysis
- UK CH-47 Chinook
- Cross-functional stakeholder management
- First-time quality
- Degree in Engineering

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