ILS Lead: Defence Logistics & Supportability (ESOP + Growth)

ARKEUS PTY LTD; Gold Coast City; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

ARKEUS PTY LTD is seeking an experienced ILS Manager to own the integrated logistics support function behind defence products. You will design, deliver and sustain with a through-life support concept, spares, training, technical data and evidence for operational availability.

Reporting to the VP of Manufacturing, you will build the ILS framework and deliver outcomes for Australian and international programs, translating customer requirements into practical support solutions that influence

Qualifications

• 8+ years in integrated logistics support, logistics engineering, supportability engineering or through-life support for complex technical products.
• Demonstrated experience across ILS planning, logistics support analysis, maintenance, LORA, provisioning, training, technical publications, support equipment and in-service support.
• Strong defence-sector experience; experience across both Australian and overseas defence projects is strongly preferred.
• Hardware and software products support experience for electronics/electro-optical systems with embedded and application software.
• Practical experience with RAM, FMECA, maintenance task analysis, logistics support data or LSAR environments, and configuration-controlled ILS deliverables.
• Able to personally create robust plans, analyses and customer deliverables while establishing the broader function.
• Familiarity with defence ILS standards, data-item descriptions, tender requirements and customer review/acceptance processes.
• Able to prioritise effort, estimate ILS work, manage risks and balance compliance, outcomes, schedule and cost.
• Able to lead without direct authority and communicate clearly with engineers, technicians, executives, customers, suppliers and international partners.

Responsibilities

• ILS Framework: Establish Arkeus’s ILS operating model, processes, templates, tools, governance and interfaces across the product lifecycle.
• ILS Planning: Develop and maintain Integrated Logistics Support Plans tailored to customer, contract and program requirements.
• Requirements & Compliance: Identify, interpret and manage ILS, supportability and data-item requirements for Australian and international defence projects.
• Program Integration: Build ILS activities, dependencies, reviews and deliverables into program schedules, risks, budgets and decision gates.
• Customer Interface: Act as the senior ILS point of contact for defence customers, primes and partners, including reviews, tender responses and deliverable acceptance.
• Supportability Analysis: Lead logistics support analysis, including support concepts, functional analysis, task analysis, maintenance analysis and logistics support data development.
• RAM & Safety Inputs: Work with engineering to use reliability, availability, maintainability, FMECA and failure data to improve design and support decisions.
• Maintenance & LORA: Define maintenance concepts, repair levels, preventive and corrective tasks, skill requirements, task times and level-of-repair recommendations.
• Configuration & Traceability: Maintain traceability between product baselines, software and firmware releases, support analysis, maintenance tasks, publications, training and spares.
• Spares & Provisioning: Develop provisioning recommendations, initial spares, repair pipelines, codification inputs and inventory assumptions using reliability and operational data.
• Technical Publications & Training: Define, develop or coordinate operating and maintenance publications, training needs, courseware and delivery evidence.
• Support Equipment & Infrastructure: Identify tools, test equipment, facilities, packaging, handling, storage and transportation requirements.
• Performance & Reporting: Define and report ILS and supportability measures to the VP of Manufacturing and program leadership, including availability, reliability, maintainability, support risks and deliverable status.
• Through-Life Improvement: Use field data, maintenance feedback, obsolescence risks and customer lessons to improve the product and its support system.

Skills

ILS Track Record

Full ILS Lifecycle

Defence Programs

Hardware & Software Products

Supportability Methods

Hands-On Delivery

Standards & Contracts

Commercial & Program Judgement

Influence & Communication

Job description

ARKEUS PTY LTD is seeking an experienced ILS Manager to own the integrated logistics support function behind defence products. You will design, deliver and sustain with a through-life support concept, spares, training, technical data and evidence for operational availability.

Reporting to the VP of Manufacturing, you will build the ILS framework and deliver outcomes for Australian and international programs, translating customer requirements into practical support solutions that influence