Defence Engineering Transition Lead

Amentum; Townsville City; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Amentum is a global leader in engineering and project management, seeking a Defence Transition Manager to lead the transition of complex maritime capabilities from acquisition into service within a Defence environment. You will provide engineering leadership across transition planning, certification, design acceptance, inspection and testing to ensure technical maturity and sustainment readiness.

Location Cairns, QLD; 40 hours weekly. NV1 clearance required.

Qualifications

• Tertiary Engineering and professional Project Management qualifications and experience.
• Experience developing project, engineering, risk, certification, acceptance or transition documentation
• Have demonstrated experience exercising delegated engineering or technical authority
• Significant engineering experience within a Defence acquisition, sustainment or engineering-governance environment
• Demonstrated experience supporting complex materiel capabilities through acquisition, introduction into service or transition to sustainment
• Experience working within, or directly supporting, a Defence Authorised Engineering Organisation
• Experience completing or supporting technical investigations
• Demonstrated experience supporting technical certification, Design Acceptance or equivalent engineering-assurance activities
• Knowledge of engineering change, configuration management and technical baselines
• Experience identifying and analysing in-service engineering and support requirements
• Understanding of Fundamental Inputs to Capability (FIC) and their application to introduction into service
• Hold an active Negative One (NV1) Security Clearance
• Be able to satisfy applicable ITAR export-control requirements, including eligibility to achieve and maintain required US Government Third Party Retransfer approval.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with relevant internal and external stakeholders, including Defence Business Units, CASG Business Units, Military Units, Defence Headquarters Staff and Industry Partners.
• Coordinate, chair and participate in stakeholder meetings, including documenting decisions, actions and agreed outcomes and progressing assigned actions as required.
• Prepare and contribute to project, engineering, transition and decision-support documentation, including:
• Project Business Cases
• Project Execution Strategies
• Integrated Project Management Plans
• Project Engineering Plans
• Safety Case Reports
• Risk Assessments
• Technical Certification Plans
• Acceptance Test and Inspection Plans
• Project Progress Reports
• Project Decision Briefs
• Project presentations
• Project Collaboration Agreements
• Transition Plans
• Commercial Tasking Statements
• Participate in technical inspections and test activities for project equipment.
• Review technical inspection and test results and provide recommendations concerning the acceptability of technical outcomes.
• Complete technical investigations supporting project requirements or assist Technical Analysts in planning, conducting and documenting technical investigations.
• Exercise technical authority within the scope and limits of an allocated delegation, including performing an Alternate Principal Engineer function when formally authorised.
• Contribute to identifying and analysing the in-service support requirements of capabilities transitioning from Major and Minor Acquisition Projects into the receiving sustainment organisation.
• Contribute to Fundamental Inputs to Capability (FIC) assurance, analysis and briefing products for capabilities transitioning into service and sustainment.
• Support the project office in planning, coordinating and achieving introduction-into-service milestones for internal and external acquisition projects.
• Support the Design Acceptance of Class 1 Significant engineering changes for Minor Project capabilities that are transitioning, or have transitioned, into sustainment.
• Identify technical, supportability and transition risks that may affect introduction into service or transfer to sustainment.
• Prepare clear technical advice, recommendations and briefing products for Commonwealth consideration.
• Provide progress updates against allocated activities, milestones, risks and dependencies.

Skills

Engineering experience

Project management

Risk assessment

Technical authority

Defence domain knowledge

Documentation experience

Interdisciplinary liaison

Security clearance NV1

Education

Tertiary engineering

Project management qualifications

Job description

Amentum is a global leader in engineering and project management, seeking a Defence Transition Manager to lead the transition of complex maritime capabilities from acquisition into service within a Defence environment. You will provide engineering leadership across transition planning, certification, design acceptance, inspection and testing to ensure technical maturity and sustainment readiness.

Location Cairns, QLD; 40 hours weekly. NV1 clearance required.