Senior Engineering & Technical Services Leader

Northrop Grumman Corp. (AU); Richmond Shire; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development

Flexible working options

Parental leave

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Australia is seeking a senior leader to head Engineering & Technical Services for the C-27J Program. You will lead a large, multi-disciplinary engineering workforce and drive customer outcomes in a dynamic environment.

Responsibilities include strategic leadership, planning, resource management, and cross-functional collaboration to deliver safe, compliant engineering services while fostering continuous improvement and cost-effective delivery.

Qualifications

• Degree-qualified in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Proven experience leading large, multi-disciplinary teams.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a high-performing engineering and technical services team, fostering accountability and continuous improvement.
• Provide strategic, tactical and operational leadership to ensure customer requirements and contractual obligations are delivered.
• Build and maintain relationships across customers, program leadership and engineering teams.
• Oversee planning, scheduling, resource management and reporting across engineering activities.
• Drive workforce planning, capability development and succession planning.
• Collaborate across engineering, maintenance, supply chain, flight operations and training functions to achieve integrated outcomes.
• Lead delivery of engineering and airworthiness services with emphasis on safety, quality and compliance.
• Manage risk, issues and opportunities with governance and reporting.
• Champion continuous improvement initiatives for engineering systems and processes.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

Northrop Grumman Australia is seeking a senior leader to head Engineering & Technical Services for the C-27J Program. You will lead a large, multi-disciplinary engineering workforce and drive customer outcomes in a dynamic environment.

Responsibilities include strategic leadership, planning, resource management, and cross-functional collaboration to deliver safe, compliant engineering services while fostering continuous improvement and cost-effective delivery.