GGS is a global brand offering technical publications services and technology consultation. We are committed to impacting clients’ business outcomes with focus on enhancing customer experience. GGS was founded in 1988 in the US and now has operations in 7 locations across 4 countries with more than 500 employees globally. GGS has a history of serving clients from verticals such as Aerospace, Automotive, Defense, Farm Equipment, Commercial Vehicles, Energy, Heavy Equipment, Construction and Industrial, Mining, Rail, Oil & Gas.

PRIMARY DUTIES & FUNCTIONS:

· Exercise Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) and Maintainability signoff authority on Change Requests/Engineering Change Proposals, drawings and models going through the Configuration Change Board and design approval processes.

· Develop maintainability factors, allocations/predictions for new concepts/designs.

· Create and develop a LORA (Level of Repair Analysis), FEMCA (Failure Modes, Effects, and Criticality Analysis), RAM Data (Repair and Maintenance), Provisioning, and Maintenance Task Analysis (MTA)

· Create and develop Mean Time Before Failure (MTBF) and Mean Time To Repair (MTTR) reports.

· Develop maintainability and supportability requirement inputs to design specifications, trade studies and tradeoff analysis.

· Assess emerging design for requirements compliance and recommend design alternatives to enhance supportability and maintainability.

· Identify materials in customer inventory to serve as an alternative to new design.

· Design/develop special tools for field use. Develop Change Requests and Engineering Change Proposals for ILS areas of responsibility in the technical data packages.

· Perform analyses and computer modeling to support “repair/retrofit verses discard” and repair level decisions and to develop/assess alternate support/maintenance concepts.

· Translate engineering and other technical information into source data for ILS material developers.

· Investigate customer inquiries and provide responses and materials.

JOB SPECIFICATIONS:

· Hands on experience in maintenance and support of complex systems in a military environment.

· Experience in development of maintainability allocations and predictions for use in the systems engineering process.

· Familiar with US military logistics support structure, policies and procedures, preferably experience with GEIA-STD-0007 and MIL STD 1388 specifications.

· Personal computer skills (competent with MS Office applications) and must be familiar with Compass, Powerlog, and SLICwave software.

· Excellent interpersonal and communication (oral and written) skills.

· Occasional short-term travel required.

· Must be a US citizen.

GGS offers a competitive salary and benefits package, including medical, dental and vision benefits, as well as a 401(k) plan with company match and tuition reimbursement.

GGS Information Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The objective of the Company is to recruit, hire, train and promote into all job levels, the most qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, military service, marital status or sexual orientation (M/W/D/V).

  Experience:

• LORA (level of repair analysis: 2 years (Required)
• Powerlog or SLICwave: 1 year (Preferred)

Ability to Relocate:

• Sterling Heights, MI 48310: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Willingness to travel:

• 25% (Required)