Senior Project Manager - SSN AUKUS Build Program

ASC; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Additional leave

Parental leave

Subsidised childcare

Health & wellbeing initiatives

Professional development

Job summary

ASC, Australia’s submarine company, seeks a Senior Project Manager to lead the SSN AUKUS Build Program bid delivery and governance. You will guide complex bids, CCP development, and strategic opportunities across multi-disciplinary teams to ensure executable, governance-aligned proposals.

You will validate scope, schedules, resources and costs, with experience delivering capital, defence or complex asset programs. An NV1-level clearance will be required.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years in a complex project environment at PM level.
• Experience leading development of complex bids, proposals and CCPs in large, multifaceted environments.
• Strong ability to validate and optimize project schedules, resource plans, cost estimates and delivery strategies.
• Proven cross-disciplinary collaboration with engineering, commercial, finance and delivery stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the project delivery aspects of complex bids, proposals and CCPs, ensuring solutions are achievable and delivery ready.
• Review and validate project scope, schedules, resource plans, cost estimates and delivery strategies to support successful outcomes.
• Collaborate with project, engineering, commercial and bid teams to develop robust and executable customer proposals.
• Identify, assess and manage delivery risks, assumptions, dependencies and opportunities.
• Act as the key link between bid teams, technical specialists and delivery stakeholders to ensure alignment across all proposal activities.
• Ensure proposals meet governance requirements and align with organisational capability.

Skills

Project management

Bids & CCPs

Delivery governance

Stakeholder collaboration

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical/business/project discipline

Job description

Senior Project Manager - SSN AUKUS Build Program

ASC is Australia’s submarine company. We built the Royal Australian Navy’s Collins Class submarines, sustain them, and are now delivering their Life of Type Extension to increase the boats’ service lives. We have also been selected by the Australian Government to sustain and jointly build the nation’s conventionally armed, nuclear-powered submarines – the largest and most complex industrial undertaking in Australia’s history.

Our work is interesting and meaningful, contributing directly to Australia’s national security. We offer rewarding roles that provide the opportunity to grow your career, and the flexibility to balance life and work. A career at ASC is like no other, delivering a deeper purpose of which we can all be proud.

About the Opportunity

Join the team helping deliver Australia's SSN AUKUS submarine build program. As Senior Project Manager – Future Scope, you'll provide project delivery leadership and assurance across complex bids, contract change proposals, and strategic opportunities, ensuring scope, schedule, resources, cost, risk, and delivery requirements are realistic, integrated, and aligned with organisational capability. Working across multidisciplinary teams, you'll help shape future work by ensuring proposals are executable, aligned with organisational capability, and meet governance and program requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead the project delivery aspects of complex bids, proposals and Contract Change Proposals (CCPs), ensuring solutions are achievable and delivery ready.
• Review and validate project scope, schedules, resource plans, cost estimates and delivery strategies to support successful outcomes.
• Collaborate with project, engineering, commercial and bid teams to develop robust and executable customer proposals.
• Identify, assess and manage delivery risks, assumptions, dependencies and opportunities throughout the bid development process.
• Act as the key link between bid teams, technical specialists and delivery stakeholders to ensure alignment across all proposal activities.
• Ensuring proposals meet governance requirements, support strategic objectives, and align with organisational capability.

About you

• Tertiary qualifications in technical, business or project management discipline or equivalent experience in a systems engineering, naval construction or complex asset management / development environment.
• A minimum of 8 years’ experience in a complex project environment at a Project Manager level (or equivalent), including at least five years demonstrated success in leading complex projects or portfolios.
• Proven experience leading the development of complex bids, proposals, contract variations and Contract Change Proposals (CCPs) in large, multifaceted environments.
• Strong capability to challenge, validate and optimize project schedules, resource plans, cost estimates and delivery strategies to ensure successful outcomes.
• Demonstrated success working across multidisciplinary teams, partnering with engineering, commercial, finance, project controls and delivery stakeholders.
• Highly developed analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to assess delivery feasibility, organizational capacity, risks, assumptions and dependencies.
• Experience supporting major capital, Defence, engineering, infrastructure or business transformation programs, including governance and assurance activities.

This role requires a current National Police Clearance and an Australian Defence Security Clearance to an NV1 level. Your eligibility for this role is dependent on you obtaining and maintaining such clearance.

Whilst ASC will accept all applications for this role, as this role requires an ability to access protected US defence technology, applicants holding nationality of certain foreign countries will not be eligible.

To check your eligibility please visit the Australian Government Security Vetting Agency website.

• Up to 10 days additional leave every year so you can rest and recharge.
• Generous parental leave so you can give your family the focus it deserves.
• Subsidised childcare to ease the financial pressure on your family.
• Health and wellbeing initiatives so you can perform at your best at work.
• Professional development opportunities to advance your career.

About ASC

ASC’s 3,000-plus staff offer a depth of submarine design, project management, supply chain, construction and engineering experience and expertise that is unparalleled in Australia’s defence industry. Established in 1985, the company’s work on Australia’s conventionally armed, nuclear-powered submarine build and the Collins Class Life of Type Extension takes place in Osborne, South Australia, with sustainment shared across Osborne and Henderson, Western Australia. ASC also plays a leading role in training Royal Australian Navy submariners.

Established in 1985, ASC is Australia’s submarine company.

Our 1900-plus staff offer a depth of submarine design, construction, project management, supply chain, and engineering expertise unparalleled in Australia’s defence industry.

We are the builder and sustainer of Australia’s Collins Class submarines, and the Australian Government’s choice to jointly build and sustain conventionally armed, nuclear-powered submarines in Australia.

We also have responsibility for delivering Australia’s Collins Class submarines Life of Type Extension (LOTE) program and play a leading role in training Royal Australian Navy submariners.

Established in 1985, ASC is Australia’s submarine company.

Our 1900-plus staff offer a depth of submarine design, construction, project management, supply chain, and engineering expertise unparalleled in Australia’s defence industry.

We are the builder and sustainer of Australia’s Collins Class submarines, and the Australian Government’s choice to jointly build and sustain conventionally armed, nuclear-powered submarines in Australia.

We also have responsibility for delivering Australia’s Collins Class submarines Life of Type Extension (LOTE) program and play a leading role in training Royal Australian Navy submariners.

Established in 1985, ASC is Australia’s submarine company.

Our 1900-plus staff offer a depth of submarine design, construction, project management, supply chain, and engineering expertise unparalleled in Australia’s defence industry.

We are the builder and sustainer of Australia’s Collins Class submarines, and the Australian Government’s choice to jointly build and sustain conventionally armed, nuclear-powered submarines in Australia.

We also have responsibility for delivering Australia’s Collins Class submarines Life of Type Extension (LOTE) program and play a leading role in training Royal Australian Navy submariners.

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