Configuration Management

**Kraken Robotics | Underwater. Understood.** **NEW CAREER OPPORTUNITY** Build your career with Kraken Robotics. Make a difference to others. If innovation drives you, and you want a career that makes a difference to the world, helping humanity overcome the challenges in our oceans - safely, efficiently, and sustainably -** then come join us at Kraken Robotics.** **Kraken Robotics**is currently recruiting for a** Configuration Management Specialist**to join our** Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Office.** Full-Time - Permanent | Job Reference: KRSI-2025-09 **ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES** As a Configuration Management Specialist with Kraken Robotics, you will play a key role in the support, definition, and maintenance of Kraken's product portfolio. The CM Specialist will be responsible for managing the baseline of Kraken’s products, maintaining records of their variation within projects, and management of interactions between different disciplines and departments in support of product delivery. This individual will need to understand the "big picture" of how Kraken operates to properly support the definition of change related risks and should have a passion for the development of processes. The Successful applicant will have excellent interpersonal skills, a passion for continual improvement, and an interest in understanding how business processes interact with Engineering, Production, Quality, and Supply Chain Management. This role can be based in Kraken's office in Dartmouth, NS and may require travel to support operations in Kraken’s entities outside of Canada. **Key Responsibilities**: - Develop and maintain baseline documentation related to Kraken products, track changes, and drive transparency of change requirements; - Coordinate and chair weekly meetings related to Product Configuration and management of change related risk; - Maintain Engineering Change Records, progress reporting on related actions, change effectivity logs, and develop documentation packages for issue to production; - Maintain and encourage communications between Engineering, Purchasing, Project Management, and Production to ensure change impacts are captured and clearly communicated; - Support the development and implementation of corporate configuration management processes, procedures, and best practices. - Support production and engineering through the build and management of products within projects, while maintaining the documentation related to Kraken’s standard offerings. **QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE** - Bachelor of Engineering, or Diploma in Engineering Technology; - Experience with production Assembly and Quality documentation considered an asset; - Experience within production environments considered an asset; - Experience in the use Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Packages considered an asset; - Experience in the use Product Data Management (PDM) Packages considered an asset but not required; - Experience with Configuration Management or Change Management Organizational practices considered an asset but not required; - Strong Interpersonal, analytic, and problem-solving skills are essential; as well as written and oral communication skills. **PREFERRED SKILLS** - Exceptional organizational and interpersonal skills. - Excellent communication skills - written and verbal. - Ability to work on tight deadlines and prioritize workload, with a high level of accuracy. - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. - Ability to work on own initiative and work collaboratively in a team environment. - Self-motivated with a pro-active approach and committed to continual improvement.