LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST

Our client is looking for a Life Cycle Management Specialist with the qualifications listed below:

JOB DESCRIPTION:

The Directorate of Combat Support Equipment Management (DCSEM 7) Life Cycle Materiel Managers are responsible for the life cycle management of Army simulation systems. Currently, DCSEM 7 supports several Army Simulation Systems and Live Fire Target Systems. The Directorate is also in the process of divesting equipment from legacy systems while concurrently receiving and integrating several new Army Simulation Systems.

• Develop and maintain equipment checklists;
• Coordinate quality assurance (QA) on new equipment by working closely with the LCMM;
• Coordinate the distribution of equipment to client’s formations. Distribution of equipment must be tracked to the end user to ensure visibility on the status of distribution and quality of service;
• Provide written maintenance instructions to address support requirements (in garrison or deployed) for new and in-service equipment and systems;
• Perform technical analysis and interpretation of Statement Operational Requirements (SOR);
• Initiate proposals for developmental projects which address stated requirements and fall within the limits of available resources;
• Develop technical data and inspection standards that govern fabrication of prototypes;
• Provide input to the Technical Authority (TA) when preparing Statement of Works (SOWs) and technical specifications;
• Assist the TA with any pre-tender conferences required to clarify the specifications to ensure that complete and satisfactory proposals are received;
• Suggest test methods and procedures to establish failure modes and measures to correct them;
• Suggest instructions to overcome deficiencies caused by faulty operation or maintenance;
• Suggesting and recommending system modifications which improve or maintain a system’s effectiveness;
• Reviewing and amending Canadian Forces Technical Orders (CFTO’s) of assigned systems IAW with client’s policies;
• Assisting the TA with the revision of Technical Data Packages (TDP) to incorporate design changes made to a system during its life cycle;
• Maintaining a sound knowledge of the assigned system operations to function as technical advisor to the Equipment Management Team (EMT) and in interdepartmental committees and meetings;
• Assisting the LCMM with his/her assigned system;
• Reviewing the latest engineering data available from military and commercial sources;
• Consulting, advising, and providing input on occasion to other directorates in the preparation of SORs against which systems must be designed, developed, procured, tested, evaluated, and accepted;
• Providing technical services by determining if equipment complies with Canada’s Controlled Technology Access and Transfer (CTAT) regulations and the United States International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR);
• Recommending to the Technical Authority whether an item is a controlled good;
• Ensuring that the Demilitarisation Code (DMC) assigned is valid and changing it if it is determined to be incorrect;
• Ensuring that the decision is recorded in information systems (Canadian Government Catalogue of Materiel (CGCM), DRMIS and Records, Document, and Information Management System (RDIMS);
• Providing direction to the TA for the disposal of obsolete equipment in accordance with CTAT and ITAR regulations and Environment Canada and Director General Land Equipment Program Management (DGLEPM) Environmental Health and Safety Management System (EHSMS) policies affecting the storage and disposal of equipment containing hazardous materials;
• Assessing the demilitarization requirements and producing a demilitarization strategy;
• Ensuring that the item’s DMC is verified as valid and changing it if it is determined to be incorrect when a NATO Stock Number (NSN) is challenged by the CTAT office;
• Preparing disposal plans and technical demilitarization instructions as required; and
• Consulting with the Repair and Disposal (R&D) sections, directly or via the Supply Manager, to verify that demilitarization is performed at the Canadian Forces Supply Depots (CFSD).