Defence Engineering Change & Configuration Lead

Downer; Canberra; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

Downer Professional Services in Canberra is seeking an Engineering Change Officer to manage the engineering change process for the DDG Combat System Upgrade, ensuring all proposed design, specification, and configuration changes are captured and incorporated into baseline documentation.

You will coordinate Change Control Board activities, assess changes for impact on performance, cost, and schedule, and maintain the configuration status across design and Technical Data Packs, supporting key

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Systems, Electrical, Mechanical) or equivalent experience in engineering change/configuration management on complex technical programs.
• Demonstrated experience administering formal engineering change or configuration control processes (e.g. ECP, CCB, baseline management).
• Working knowledge of configuration management standards and practices (e.g. EIA-649, MIL-HDBK-61) and requirements/configuration management tools (DOORS, CMT-U).
• Strong organisational skills with high attention to detail and ability to manage multiple concurrent change actions.
• AQF Level 6 qualification in a relevant technical domain or relevant skills and work experience such that an AQF qualification could be achieved if required.

Responsibilities

• Administer the engineering change process, including receipt, logging, and tracking of Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs) and Requests for Deviation/Waiver against the DDG combat system baseline.
• Coordinate Change Control Board (CCB) activities, including scheduling, agenda preparation, distribution of change packages, and recording of board decisions and actions.
• Assess proposed changes for impact on functional performance specifications, interface control documents, requirements traceability, cost, schedule, and platform integration (weight, power, cooling margins).
• Maintain the configuration status accounting record, ensuring the current approved baseline is accurately reflected across design, specification, and Technical Data Pack documentation.
• Support Systems Requirements Review, PDR, and CDR activities by ensuring all in-scope changes are dispositioned and incorporated prior to milestone reviews.

Skills

Engineering change management

ECP

CCB

Baseline management

Requirements traceability

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Systems, Electrical, Mechanical) or equivalent

Tools

DOORS

CMT-U

Job description

Downer Professional Services in Canberra is seeking an Engineering Change Officer to manage the engineering change process for the DDG Combat System Upgrade, ensuring all proposed design, specification, and configuration changes are captured and incorporated into baseline documentation.

You will coordinate Change Control Board activities, assess changes for impact on performance, cost, and schedule, and maintain the configuration status across design and Technical Data Packs, supporting key