Defence Engineering Deputy PM – NV1 Cleared, Onsite Canberra

Pinaka; Canberra; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Pinaka is seeking a Deputy Project Manager to lead defence engineering and technical delivery in Canberra, with NV1 security clearance and Australian citizenship. Majority onsite work.

You will coordinate requirements, system design, integration planning and V&V, manage artefacts, schedules and risk, and maintain documentation and evidence for progress and assurance. Selection criteria include experience in the defence capability space and ability to pass OSA process.

Qualifications

• Experience in the Defence capability space
• Ability to pass OSA process

Responsibilities

• Support complex engineering and technical delivery work across requirements, system design, integration planning and V&V execution.
• Coordinate specialist inputs (engineering, safety, regulatory, certification) into artefacts while maintaining alignment with schedule, dependencies and assurance expectations.
• Maintain detailed documentation, decision records and evidence close out to keep technical progress transparent and assured.
• Requirements updates, design inputs, V&V evidence and certification documentation.
• Managed technical registers: actions, decisions, risks, dependencies.
• Integrated updates into schedule, risk and reporting frameworks.

Job description

Pinaka is seeking a Deputy Project Manager to lead defence engineering and technical delivery in Canberra, with NV1 security clearance and Australian citizenship. Majority onsite work.

You will coordinate requirements, system design, integration planning and V&V, manage artefacts, schedules and risk, and maintain documentation and evidence for progress and assurance. Selection criteria include experience in the defence capability space and ability to pass OSA process.