Ground Systems Delivery Lead: GNSS & Infra (Up to 50% Travel)

Lockheed Martin Corporation; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Additional leave

Career development opportunities

Employee discounts

Support for travel

Health and wellness programs

Job summary

Lockheed Martin Australia is seeking a Ground Systems & Infrastructure Engineer to lead end-to-end delivery of SouthPAN Ground Reference Station deployments across Australia and New Zealand, coordinating engineering, construction, infrastructure, test and readiness activities.

The role blends technical leadership with project delivery, requiring collaboration with customers, subcontractors and multidisciplinary teams to ensure safe, compliant, and high-quality infrastructure solutions.

Qualifications

• Experience leading engineering or infrastructure delivery projects within a structured engineering and regulatory environment.
• Strong project management capability, including management of technical, schedule and program risks.
• Experience working on infrastructure, civil construction, telecommunications or other complex engineering projects.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, communication and problem-solving skills, with the ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams and subcontractors.
• The ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining focus on safety, quality and delivery outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, delivery, commissioning and transition to operations of SouthPAN Ground Reference Station infrastructure projects.
• Manage project scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk and stakeholder expectations to achieve successful delivery outcomes.
• Coordinate subcontractors and suppliers, ensuring technical, cost and schedule commitments are met.
• Resolve technical and delivery issues during installation, testing and commissioning activities.
• Develop project documentation, engineering artefacts and customer deliverables to support program execution.
• Collaborate with engineering, test, sustainment and program teams to deliver integrated technical and operational outcomes.

Skills

Project leadership

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Cross-functional teamwork

Job description

Lockheed Martin Australia is seeking a Ground Systems & Infrastructure Engineer to lead end-to-end delivery of SouthPAN Ground Reference Station deployments across Australia and New Zealand, coordinating engineering, construction, infrastructure, test and readiness activities.

The role blends technical leadership with project delivery, requiring collaboration with customers, subcontractors and multidisciplinary teams to ensure safe, compliant, and high-quality infrastructure solutions.