Senior Engineering Manager

Cubic Corporation; Townsville City; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Cubic Defense in Townsville seeks an experienced engineering leader to manage the CTC-LIS program. You will oversee engineering, technical, and project management teams, drive the technology roadmap, and coordinate international technical engagement to deliver innovative training solutions.

With a strong background in program management and defense procurement, you will mentor staff, manage performance, and align technical outcomes with business goals while fostering safe, efficient operations.

Qualifications

• Minimum twelve years of related technical or engineering experience with ten years in project engineering/management.
• Experience with Commonwealth procurement processes.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and develop technology roadmaps.
• Strong analysis, design and improvement of engineering processes.
• Proven ability to manage deadlines, cost and schedules.

Responsibilities

• Leads the CTC-LIS engineering, technical team, Project Managers and deep maintenance team to deliver technical solutions for the Program.
• Actively contributes to management activities to ensure optimum results for the Program.
• Liaise with other Cubic engineering centres to ensure cohesion with CTC-LIS efforts.
• Develop obsolescence plan for CTC-LIS based on inputs from CDNZ.
• Mentor teams and provide performance feedback and coaching.
• Lead efforts to secure best customer solutions across proposals, roadmaps and projects.
• Support business development with technology road mapping and product management.
• Lead strategic technical relationships and drive innovation within CDAus and CTC-LIS.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Technology roadmaps

Project management

Staff development

Communication

Education

Engineering degree

Advanced engineering degree or related qualification

Job description

Company Details

This role acts as the overall technical manager for CTC-LIS engineer, technical, project management and deep maintenance teams, gatekeeper for design reviews, external interface to international technical engagement, development and control of technology roadmaps, communications across the CTC-LIS technical leadership team.

Business Unit

Cubic Defense

Job Summary

This position is responsible for the technical solutions delivered by the Combat Training Centre-Live Instrumented Systems program, ensuring that solutions innovatively win the customer, align with the business strategy and deliver superior value and return to our customers and the end user. Incumbents of this position will communicate the technical vision for the CTC-LIS Program and manage the technical roadmaps and architecture to deliver innovative performance based training outcomes.

This role acts as the overall technical manager for CTC-LIS engineer, technical, project management and deep maintenance teams, gatekeeper for design reviews, external interface to international technical engagement, development and control of technology roadmaps, communications across the CTC-LIS technical leadership team.

Incumbents of this position operate under limited supervision and direction and regularly exercise discretionary and substantial decision-making authority.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Leads the CTC-LIS engineering, technical team, Project Managers and deep maintenance team to deliver technical solutions for the Program
• Actively contributes to the CDAus Management and ITS Management activities to ensure optimum results for the Program
• Liaise and co-ordinate with other engineering centres within Cubic to ensure cohesion with CTC-LIS efforts
• Ensure the development of an obsolescence plan for CTC-LIS based upon inputs from CDNZ
• Undertakes timely selection of replacement staff while fostering an environment conducive to staff retention
• Trains and develops team members to improve individual and organisational performance
• Manages direct reports to ensure they have regularly monitored performance and development plans in compliance with company processes
• Provides ongoing staff performance feedback, guidance and coaching
• Leads efforts to seek best customer solutions across CTC-LIS proposals, innovation, technology roadmaps and projects.
• Supports business development with technology road mapping and product management to align with customer needs
• Supports development of a realistic Technical refresh and managed services plan that is in line with CTC-LIS and CDAus strategy and goals.
• As part of the CTC-LIS Leadership Team feeds into strategies for growth – organically, through innovation, support and acquisition.
• Develops strategic technical business relationships
• Responsible for management of the CTC-LIS’s innovation roadmap and process in support of continuous improvement and effecincy (CIE) objectives.
• Responsible for achieving overall CIE goals, to include meeting customer co-funding for innovation.
• Develops the CIE, technical and innovation plan, to include managing the origination, research, evaluation and development of CIE innovations that align with CDAus and CTC-LIS strategy.
• Leads project, innovation, technical refresh, and managed services meetings, and mentors teams through the processes, coordinating effective communication between teams and senior management.
• Identify critical partnerships to achieve innovation outcomes.
• Ensures alignment between engineerings, project managers, technical team and the other departments of CTC-LIS.
• Lead special projects as assigned
• Develops and maintains customer/partner relationships that ensure optimal engagement, and return to the company.
• Leads and establishes a safety culture among the engineering team by following all rules and procedures, reporting that promotes safe work practices
• Actively contributes to, and participates in, company health and safety initiatives

General Duties and Responsibilities

• Comply with Cubic’s Quality Management System
• Comply with Cubic Occupational Health, Safety and Environment policies and procedures
• Ensure own health and safety and that of others by following all rules and procedures, reporting and managing all hazards in the work area and actively contributing to, and participating in, company health and safety initiatives
• Comply with security in accordance with established policies and procedures of the organisations
• Comply with Cubic Human Resources Procedures
• Other duties as requested

Minimum Job Requirements

Qualifications

• Tertiary degree in Engineering or related technical discipline
• Advanced engineering degree or commercial qualification is desirable.

Skills/Experience/Knowledge

• Minimum of twelve years of related technical or engineering experience including ten years of project engineering/management, program management / supervisory responsibility.
• Must have experience in Commonwealth procurement processes.
• Must have proven ability to lead cross-functional teams, communicate technical vision and develop technology/product roadmaps
• Proven ability to analyse, design and implement efficient engineering business processes.
• Ability to work under deadlines and associated cost/schedule constraints.

Personal Qualities

• Excellent communication, negotiation and presentation skills. Effective interpersonal skills to interact in sensitive and/or complex situations.

Competencies

• Living One Cubic: Identifies with the larger organisation and their role within it, shares resources, responds to requests from other parts of the organisation, supports larger organisational initiatives and sees them as more important than local or personal goals.
• Ethics & Compliance: Demonstrates high level of trust and respect for others and maintains compliance with Cubic's polices, mission and values.
• Business Acumen: Knowing how business strategies and tactics operate in the marketplace
• Communication: Clearly conveying information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message.
• Problem Solving and Decision Making: Making high quality decisions in a fast paced environment; assessing the situation and determining when it is appropriate to use an accelerated approach and when to slow down the process and apply a more analytical approach; committing to an action that takes into consideration time, resources, constraints and probable consequences.
• Technical / Professional Knowledge & Skills: Having the required level of technical and professional skill or knowledge in position-related areas; assimilating and applying new job‑related information
• Planning and Organising: Establishing courses of action for self and others to ensure that work is completed efficiently.
• Process Improvement: Commits to actions that improve existing processes, products and service through empowerment and management by data.

Condition of Employment

Hold a current Security Clearance

Successful outcome of a National Police Check

Worker Type

Employee

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