Maintenance Manager

CAE; Port Stephens Council; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ADF Reserve Service Policy

Wellness subsidy

Parental Leave

Employee Share Scheme

Fitness Passport

Insurance Coverage

Job summary

CAE is seeking a Maintenance Manager to lead maintenance and support across multiple sites, including Homebush, NSW. You will manage budgets, schedules and resources, ensuring certification with CASA, EASA, FAA and UK CAA, while driving safety, quality, and performance.

You will develop a skilled workforce through training and coaching, coordinate audits and regulatory obligations under ASIST, and support national travel as required.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated senior maintenance leadership in regulated environments.
• Experience leading maintenance teams with quality management systems.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Proven ability to manage budgets, resources, schedules and performance.

Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance and supply support operations across multiple sites.
• Manage resources, budgets, schedules and priorities to meet requirements.
• Ensure training devices keep certification with aviation authorities (CASA, EASA, FAA, UK CAA).
• Drive continuous improvement in maintenance, quality, safety and performance.
• Develop the workforce through training, coaching and succession planning.
• Monitor metrics and costs, take corrective actions to meet business outcomes.

Skills

Senior leadership

Regulated environment

Stakeholder engagement

People leadership

Communication skills

Education

Technical qualifications in aviation maintenance or engineering

Job description

About CAE

At CAE, our mission is clear: to help make the world a safer place. For nearly 80 years, we’ve driven innovation in simulation, training, and mission readiness to support critical operations worldwide. By leveraging advanced technologies, we empower our customers to operate smarter, faster, and more sustainably. Join a purpose-driven organisation where bold ideas are encouraged, collaboration drives progress, and your growth fuels our shared success.

Role Overview

The Maintenance Manager is responsible for the overall management and coordination of maintenance and support personnel, maintenance training and development, supply support operations, budget management, and operational maintenance requirements of CAE’s training devices across multiple sites.

This role is critical to ensuring the successful delivery of maintenance and supply support services that enable end-user training outcomes within time, cost, quality, and regulatory requirements. You will lead multidisciplinary teams, maintain regulatory certifications, oversee operational performance, and ensure CAE meets its contractual obligations under the ASIST program.

This is an opportunity to lead a high-performing maintenance function supporting advanced synthetic training systems used in defence aviation training environments.

Description

• Lead and coordinate maintenance and supply support operations across multiple sites to ensure training device availability and customer training success.
• Manage maintenance resources, schedules, budgets and priorities to meet contractual, operational and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure training devices maintain certification and compliance with applicable aviation regulatory authorities including CASA, EASA, FAA and UK CAA.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across maintenance, quality, safety and operational performance.
• Develop and lead a skilled workforce through training, performance management, coaching and succession planning.
• Monitor operational metrics, maintenance performance and costs, taking corrective action to achieve business and customer outcomes.

Minimum Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in a senior maintenance leadership or maintenance management role.
• Experience leading maintenance teams within highly regulated operational environments.
• Strong understanding of aviation maintenance compliance, certification and quality management systems.
• Proven ability to manage budgets, resources, schedules and operational performance.
• Experience working with regulatory authorities and supporting audits, qualifications and requalifications.
• Strong people leadership, coaching and performance management skills.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Ability to work across multiple sites and priorities in a complex operational environment.
• Ability to work at our Homebush, NSW site in an on-site full-time capacity.
• Ability to obtain and maintain an Australian Defence Security Clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting flight simulation training devices or synthetic training systems.
• Previous experience within Defence, aerospace or aviation training environments.
• Technical qualifications in aviation maintenance, engineering or a related discipline.
• Knowledge of supply support and logistics operations.
• Experience managing geographically dispersed teams.

Location:

Homebush, NSW

Your role may involve some national travel.

Benefits

• Opportunity to make a considerable impact on Australian defence and security.
• Exciting career paths in a truly global business.
• Access to a generous ADF Reserve Service Policy.
• Wellness subsidy.
• Generous Parental Leave.
• Employee Share Scheme.
• Fitness Passport.
• Insurance Cover.
• … and more!

Security requirements

As the Australian Department of Defence is a major client, you must be eligible to obtain a Defence Security Clearance to work in this role. Please be mindful that one of the main requirements to obtain a clearance is Australian Citizenship.

Position Type

Regular

Equal Opportunity & Accommodations

CAE is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants, regardless of race, nationality, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, neurodiversity, veteran status, age, or other characteristics protected by law. We encourage applicants who may not meet every qualification to apply. Reasonable accommodations are available.

EEO Statement

CAE is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants, regardless of race, nationality, colour, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, neurodiversity, veteran status, age, or other characteristics protected by law. We encourage applicants who may not meet every qualification to apply. Reasonable accommodations are available.

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