Responsible Manager - SPA

Northrop Grumman; Australian Capital Territory; Vor Ort; AUD 180.000 - 250.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Professional development

Parental leave 18 weeks

Health & wellbeing program

Salary packaging

Training and education benefits

Zusammenfassung

Northrop Grumman Australia seeks an experienced aviation maintenance professional for a CASA Part 145 Responsible Manager role supporting the Special Purpose Aircraft capability. The position focuses on regulatory governance, independent oversight, and leadership beyond routine maintenance tasks.

You will influence maintenance planning and approval processes, ensuring compliance and continual improvement across the SPA Maintenance Organisation, under CAS/Part 145 with DASA mandates.

Qualifikationen

• 5+ years' aviation maintenance experience.
• Strong knowledge of DASA/CASA Part 145 regulations.
• Ability to influence and lead without direct authority.

Aufgaben

• Lead compliance with DASA/CASA Part 145 and the Maintenance Organisation Exposition.
• Provide independent oversight of maintenance standards, certification, approvals and authorisations.
• Ensure maintenance personnel remain competent and authorised.
• Oversee production planning and ensure resources and data are available.
• Maintain regulatory independence when priorities conflict.
• Engage with regulatory bodies on matters and drive corrective action.
• Collaborate with Accountable Manager and Quality/Aviation Safety leads.

Kenntnisse

Aviation maintenance

Leadership

Regulatory knowledge

DASA/CASA Part 145

Governance

Security clearance readiness

Ausbildung

Diploma-level aviation maintenance qualification

DASA/CASA licence

Bachelor of Engineering

Jobbeschreibung

AUSTRALIAN CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION: Yes

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: AU- Secret (NV1)

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

DescriptionYou've spent your career maintaining and certifying aircraft. Now help set the standard for how the entire maintenance operation performs. Northrop Grumman Australia has delivered Through-Life Support to the Royal Australian Air Force's Special Purpose Aircraft (SPA) capability at Fairbairn for more than two decades. We're now looking for an experienced aviation maintenance professional to step into a pivotal CASA Part145 Responsible Manager position supporting this unique capability. If you're an experienced LAME who has built strong technical and leadership credibility and you're considering your next career move beyond the tools, this is an opportunity to put that experience to work in a different way. You'll move from working within the maintenance system to helping lead the standards behind it.

About the Opportunity

This isn't a conventional Maintenance Manager position, and it isn't an operational delivery role. Acting on behalf of the Accountable Manager, you'll provide independent maintenance governance and regulatory leadership across the SPA Maintenance Organisation, ensuring compliance with DASA/CASA Part 145 and the Maintenance Organisation Exposition. You'll influence how maintenance is planned, authorized, performed and continuously improved, using the technical judgement you've developed over your aviation career on a much broader scale.

What You'll Own

• Lead compliance with DASA/CASA Part 145 and the Maintenance Organisation Exposition
• Provide independent oversight of maintenance standards, certification, approvals and authorisations
• Ensure maintenance personnel remain appropriately competent, trained and authorised
• Oversee production planning and ensure appropriate people, facilities, tooling, maintenance data and technical records are available
• Hold key accountabilities within the Aviation Safety Management System
• Respond to regulatory and quality findings and drive effective corrective action
• Work with the Accountable Manager, Quality Manager, Aviation Safety Manager and operational leadership
• Engage with DASA/CASA on regulatory matters
• Use maintenance performance, audit and quality data to identify opportunities for improvement
• Maintain regulatory independence when operational priorities and maintenance requirements compete

About You

• 5+ years' aviation maintenance experience
• A Diploma-level aviation maintenance qualification, DASA/CASA licence, or four-year Bachelor of Engineering
• The ability to satisfy CASA Form 4 holder requirements.
• At least two years' experience within an approved aviation organisation operating under DASA, CASA, EMAR, EASA or another NMAA-acceptable framework
• Strong working knowledge of DASA/CASA regulations and Part 145
• Demonstrated leadership experience and the ability to influence without relying on direct authority
• The ability to obtain and maintain an AGSVA Security clearance of a NV1
• The ability to obtain and hold an ASIC (Aviation Security Identification Card)

Coming from commercial or business aviation? Don't count yourself out. Your career doesn't need to have been entirely in Defence. If you've been thinking about how to take the next step beyond the tools while keeping your career firmly connected to aviation maintenance, we'd particularly like to hear from you.

What we Offer

• A fast paced and dynamic work environment to meet our high-profile program customer needs (No 2 days are the same!)
• The opportunity to work with some of the industry's most advanced aircraft types.
• A culture of team success and shared vision.
• Professional Development – further education, leadership development, professional industry memberships and unlimited access to a range of online training
• Purchased annual leave – 2 weeks
• Salary packaging including novated car leases
• Generous paid parental leave – 18 Weeks
• Volunteer and enhanced Reservist Leave
• Health & Wellbeing program & Employee Assistance Program

Everyone Matters Doing the right thing and sharing success are two values underpinning how we behave at Northrop Grumman. Here, everyone matters including candidates from diverse backgrounds. We are particularly proud of our commitment to reconciliation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as demonstrated through our Second Innovate RAP (2024-2026), and our support for Veteran employment, and welcome Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and Veterans to apply to join our team.

As a Defence security clearance is required for this role, you must be an Australian Citizen. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) are applicable, as such your nationality may be a factor in determining your suitability for this role. You will also need to satisfy police checks and employment screening verification.

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