Senior Defence Transition Engineer

Amentum; Cairns Regional; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Amentum is recruiting a Transition Manager (Engineering) to lead complex maritime capability transitions from acquisition into service within a Defence environment. You will provide engineering leadership across transition planning, certification, acceptance testing and sustainment readiness.

The role demands evaluating technical evidence, identifying transition risks, and delivering defensible recommendations to Commonwealth decisionmakers, while coordinating with Defence Units, industry

Qualifications

• Tertiary engineering and professional project management qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and chair stakeholder meetings, document decisions and actions.
• Prepare project, engineering and transition documentation (e.g., Project Business Cases, Execution Strategies).
• Assess technical maturity and transition risk for capabilities moving into service.
• Review inspection/test results and advise on acceptability of outcomes.
• Exercise delegated engineering authority and support technical investigations.
• Identify in-service support requirements for transition to sustainment.
• Provide briefing products and progress updates on milestones, risks and dependencies.

Education

Tertiary Engineering qualification

Project Management qualification

Job description

Amentum is recruiting a Transition Manager (Engineering) to lead complex maritime capability transitions from acquisition into service within a Defence environment. You will provide engineering leadership across transition planning, certification, acceptance testing and sustainment readiness.

The role demands evaluating technical evidence, identifying transition risks, and delivering defensible recommendations to Commonwealth decisionmakers, while coordinating with Defence Units, industry