Senior ILS Lead - Through-Life Support

Love Your Work; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Love Your Work is seeking a senior ILS professional to establish and own its integrated logistics support for defence products. You will design, deliver and sustain with a complete support concept, maintenance approach, spares, training and technical data to ensure operational availability.

The role is senior and hands‑on; initially you may be solo, then scale the function with cross‑functional collaboration across Design, Product, Manufacturing and programs.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in integrated logistics support or through-life support for complex technical products.
• Experience across ILS planning, logistics support analysis, maintenance, LORA, provisioning, training, technical publications and in‑service support.
• Strong defence‑sector experience; Australian and overseas defence projects preferred.
• Hardware & software products support for systems combining electronic/electro‑optical hardware with embedded and application software.
• Experience with RAM, FMECA, maintenance task analysis, LSAR data or configuration‑controlled ILS deliverables.
• Ability to lead through influence, not authority, and deliver customer-facing artifacts.

Responsibilities

• Lead ILS framework development and planning activities.
• Coordinate requirements and compliance efforts across programs.
• Execute program integration and customer interface tasks.
• Deliver RAM and safety inputs to maintenance and upgrades.
• Develop maintenance & LORA plans and provisioning strategies.
• Produce technical publications, training and support equipment plans.
• Support in‑service activities and through-life improvement initiatives.

Skills

ILS track record

Full ILS lifecycle

Defence programs

Hardware & software products

RAM & FMECA

Hands-on delivery

Standards & contracts

Commercial & program judgement

Influence & communication

Job description

Love Your Work is seeking a senior ILS professional to establish and own its integrated logistics support for defence products. You will design, deliver and sustain with a complete support concept, maintenance approach, spares, training and technical data to ensure operational availability.

The role is senior and hands‑on; initially you may be solo, then scale the function with cross‑functional collaboration across Design, Product, Manufacturing and programs.