ILS Engineer
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Sponsorship likelihood
This employer has issued visas recently
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Salary
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£46,100
Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role likely qualifies for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 2129 (79% match) is an eligible occupation, with a going rate of £46,100, and Rheinmetall is a licensed sponsor. That is our reading of the rules. Whether they issue a Certificate of Sponsorship is still their call.
This could also be SOC 2122 (Mechanical engineers) or SOC 2481 (Quality control and planning engineers). We read the code off the advert, so it is our best guess, not the employer's.
New graduate or PhD holder? Pick one of the lower rates.
What each route needs for this job
| Occupation code | New entrant 70% of going rate | STEM PhD 80% of going rate | Relevant PhD 90% of going rate | Standard rate 100% of going rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2129 Engineering professionals not elsewhere classified Most likely code | £33,400 | £36,900 | £41,500 | £46,100 |
2122 Mechanical engineers Also possible | £33,400 | £37,400 | £42,100 | £46,800 |
2481 Quality control and planning engineers Also possible | £33,400 | £33,400 | £37,500 | £41,700 |
We use the lowest threshold across the plausible codes. Likelihood is Possible at most when the pay clears only a lower rate, or only under a less likely code. How the Home Office picks the code
About the role
ILS Engineer
Engineering | Hybrid, Telford | Full Time, Perm
About RBSL
Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL) is a defence engineering company based in the UK. We design, manufacture and support military vehicles used by the British Army and international customers.
Position Overview
As an ILS Engineer, reporting to ILS Lead, you will need to ensure the day to day management and performance/delivery for assigned projects, sub contracts, vendors and/or accounts, whilst applying a depth and breadth of experience relating to complex engineering problems, challenges and issues associated with related work packages.
Position Duties And Responsibilities
- Overall responsibility for the assigned ILS work package
- Practical and theoretical supportability assessments on existing and new systems, Sub-Assemblies & Components. Depending on the role undertaken this will include a number of the following:
- Supportability Analysis
- Level of Repair Analysis
- Spares Ranging & Scaling
- Whole Life Cost Analysis
- Logistic Information Repository management and update
- Obsolescence analysis
- Writing in-depth engineering appraisals and reports, and writing engineering procedures in a precise and logical manner, including the documentation of analyses within the respective Supportability Case
- Providing supportability advice to other engineering and other functional departments
- Working with other engineering departments to influence designs
- Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) data validation and Technical Publications verification
- The evaluation of design and supplier data, and the production of support related data and reports
- Working with the Training capability to inform training impact statements/cases
- Must have a good understanding of the support engineering / ILS discipline
- Must have experience of Def-Stan 00-60 / 00-600 and Defence Logistic Framework (superceeding JSP 886) and their tailoring / application to major defence programmes
- Experience of ASD S3000L and its application to supportability analysis programmes
- Must have a working understanding of SHE and product safety
- Good listener and communicator who effectively conveys information by all modes at all levels within the project, function, customer and supplier organisations
- Computer-literate performer with software proficiency covering a wide variety of applications, especially the Microsoft Office suite
RBSL strives to be an employer of choice and to foster a culture in which our employees are supported to build a career they can be proud.
Through our contracts to deliver world-class products and support services, we offer great opportunities for personal development and career advancement via specialist technical roles, essential support functions, and broader leadership positions.
In addition, RBSL offer:
- Competitive salaries reviewed each year against market rates
- Annual bonus incentive scheme for all employees
- 37 hours over 4.5 days working week
- Employer pension contributions up to 10%
- Hybrid and flexible working
- Life assurance cover
- 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays
- Holiday purchase scheme
- Health cash plan
- Salary sacrifice benefits including cycle to work and electric vehicles schemes
- Access to high street and gym discounts and cashback
- Long Service rewards with additional holiday
- Enhanced maternity and paternity benefits
- Free access to onsite gym
Contact Person: Iwona Kurpiewska
This description is the source posting as it read when we added it. We are not affiliated with Rheinmetall, so check their own site for the current details.
Where this offer sits in the market
Engineering professionals not elsewhere classified (SOC 2129) · UK · ONS ASHE 2025 · basic pay · ~167k in sample- Middle half £37,856–59,488
- Median £46,280
- Going rate £46,100
- Threshold £41,700
- New entrant £33,400–41,500
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Does this job guarantee visa sponsorship?
Not necessarily. Rheinmetall holds a sponsor licence, but sponsorship for a specific hire is always the employer's decision. Be upfront in your application that you'll require it.
What salary is needed for this role to be eligible?
The offer must clear both the general threshold and the SOC 2129 going rate of £46,100. New-entrant and shortage discounts can lower it.