Senior Quality Leader - Defence & National Security

Telus Digital Ai Data Solutions; Canberra; Vor Ort; AUD 180.000 - 240.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Great Place To Work

Flexible working

Competitive salary

Paid parental leave

Income protection

Corporate rewards

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Zusammenfassung

Downer Professional Services in Canberra leads complex defence projects, delivering high-quality outcomes for national security. The Senior Manager, Quality Assurance drives governance, audits, and continuous improvement across multiple disciplines.

A Baseline Defence Security Clearance is required, with the role based in Canberra and open to other Australian cities as a permanent placement. The successful candidate will coach managers, align quality systems with contractual obligations,

Qualifikationen

• Undergraduate degree in Quality, Engineering, Business, or related discipline.
• 12+ years in Quality Management with leadership experience.
• Experience leading multiple quality disciplines in a complex organisation.
• Strong expertise in quality management systems, audits, inspections, testing, and improvements.

Aufgaben

• Provide senior functional leadership across quality disciplines, teams, and operations.
• Lead implementation and continuous improvement of quality systems, standards, and governance.
• Ensure quality practices align with objectives, contractual requirements, regulatory obligations, and product performance expectations.
• Provide technical authority across quality assurance, audits, inspections, testing, and quality improvement methodologies.
• Oversee assurance activities to ensure products, materials, and processes meet required quality, safety, and compliance standards.
• Analyze quality performance data to identify trends, systemic risks, and opportunities for improvement.
• Lead corrective and preventative action processes to address quality issues and strengthen operational performance.
• Drive consistency of quality practices across multiple functions, product lines, and environments.
• Contribute to development of quality strategy, enterprise standards, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Partner with stakeholders to improve reliability, maintainability, and delivery outcomes.
• Build capability across the Quality function through coaching and mentoring.

Kenntnisse

Leadership

Quality management

Audits

Stakeholder engagement

Problem solving

Ausbildung

Undergraduate degree in related field

Jobbeschreibung

Downer Professional Services in Canberra leads complex defence projects, delivering high-quality outcomes for national security. The Senior Manager, Quality Assurance drives governance, audits, and continuous improvement across multiple disciplines.

A Baseline Defence Security Clearance is required, with the role based in Canberra and open to other Australian cities as a permanent placement. The successful candidate will coach managers, align quality systems with contractual obligations,