ILS Officer

Location: Mill Bay

Location:

Ottawa, Canada In fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow's possible.

For decades, Ottawa has been a global technology leader. Today, Canada’s capital holds one of the brightest and most diverse technological ecosystems in North America. Voted as Canada’s best place to live 2017 by Maclean's, Ottawa offers a low cost of living with a high quality of life. The Thales Ottawa office has been a major supplier and long-term trusted partner to DND, enabling the Canadian Armed Forces and the Canadian Coast Guard to achieve mission success.

Victoria, B.C., Ottawa, ON., Halifax, N.S., (CAN.), Hybrid

Position Summary

Thales has a vacancy for a Supportability and Reliability Analyst (ILS Officer) to conduct, contribute and assist in the preparation and delivery of various Supportability Engineering and Product Support Analyses, plans and reports with the objective of improving the support system of an equipment and / or a system and optimizing the maintainability, availability and the life cycle cost.

Key Areas of Responsibility

Review vendor documentation and identify maintenance and support requirements.

Collect, organize and expedite the necessary technical data to conduct Product and Logistics Support Analysis (LSA) activities such as Functional Analysis;
Failures Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis;
Reliability Centered Maintenance Analysis;
Level of Repair Analysis;
Maintenance Task Analysis and Sparing Analysis.

Determine required spares and spares quantities to support equipment by reviewing technical publications and usage data as well as interacting with Thales engineering, procurement and service delivery personnel, Technical Authorities or ship staff.

Review Maintenance Plans, Preventive or Corrective Maintenance Schedules, and Instructions and Performance Test and operational data to propose amendments to eliminate or control equipment failures or to improve maintainability, increase ship availability or reduce life cycle costs.

Develop Maintenance Plans, Preventive or Corrective Maintenance Schedules, and Instructions and Performance Tests as well as Spare Parts List and accompanying Provisioning Technical Data for any new equipment or modification to existing ship systems.

Identify the maintenance or spares required to support Short Work Periods or Docking work Periods. Manage the data within Logistics Support Analysis Record (LSAR). Conduct Lifecycle Cost Analysis and report Thru Life Costs. Assist in the preparation and execution of various Supportability plans or B2B processes. Support Engineering personnel with the development of Engineering Change proposals.

Review elements of the technical data package to ensure that the technical data reflects the latest system/equipment configuration of the ships, is complete, accurate and consistent across the support solution. Prepare Statements of Work to procure supportability services and perform the role of Technical Authority in the delivery of the services.

Minimum Qualifications

An Engineering degree or Technologist diploma in mechanical, electrical, electronic, industrial, reliability or naval engineering.

Five years or more experience conducting Logistics Support Analysis in maintenance and supply support of complex systems or equipment.

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Preferred Qualifications

Previous experience working with Logistics Support Analysis application software such as Omega

PS, Reliasoft RAM, Eagle ELT, SLIC2B, PTC Windchill Risk and Reliability, and/or Analyzer.

Background in naval systems and equipment is desirable.

Experience supporting an operational military asset. Experience developing Integrated Logistics Support Plans, Processes or Procedures.

Experience identifying and addressing Logistics Support Analysis deficiencies in Technical Publications.…