Specialist Exercise Planner

Cubic Transportation Systems; Sydney; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Cubic Transportation Systems in Sydney, Australia seeks a Specialist Exercise Planner to support Fleet Lethality by planning, coordinating, and managing complex maritime training exercises with Defence stakeholders and exercise teams. The role emphasizes readiness, capability development, and mission preparedness in a dynamic environment.

The successful candidate will develop exercise scenarios, manage participating elements, and drive continuous improvement through lessons learned to strengthen

Qualifications

• Experience with military operations or joint exercise planning.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and multitasking abilities.

Responsibilities

• Develop exercise scenarios for maritime training.
• Coordinate participating elements and manage exercise execution.
• Lead lessons-learned activities to improve readiness and performance.

Job description

About the Company

Business Unit: Cubic Defense Company Details: When you join Cubic, you become part of a company that creates and delivers technology solutions in transportation to make people’s lives easier by simplifying their daily journeys, and defense capabilities to help promote mission success and safety for those who serve their nation. Led by our talented teams around the world, Cubic is committed to solving global issues through innovation and service to our customers and partners. We have a top-tier portfolio of businesses, including Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) and Cubic Defense (CD). Explore more on Cubic.com.

Job Details

The Specialist Exercise Planner plays a key role within the Fleet Lethality organisation, responsible for supporting the planning, co-ordination, and management of complex maritime training and exercise activities, and working closely with Defence stakeholders, Force Commands, and exercise management teams, to ensure the delivery of operationally focused training outcomes that enhance force readiness, capability development, and mission preparedness.

The Specialist Exercise Planner supports the development of exercise scenarios, co-ordination of participating elements, management of lessons learned activities, and continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen organisational performance and operational effectiveness. The position requires a strong understanding of military operations, joint exercise planning processes, stakeholder engagement, and operational readiness frameworks. Success in this role is achieved through collaboration, attention to detail, sound judgement, and the ability to manage multiple priorities within a dynamic and complex environment.

Employment Type

Worker Type: Employee

Equal Opportunity Statement

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate based on any protected characteristic under applicable law.

Cubic creates and delivers technology solutions in transportation that make people’s lives easier by simplifying their daily journeys, and defence capabilities that help promote mission success and safety for those who serve their nation. Led by our talented teams around the world, Cubic is committed to solving global challenges through innovation and service to our customers and partners. We have a top-tier portfolio of businesses, including Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) and Cubic Defense (CD). CTS is an industry-leading integrator of payment and information solutions and related services for intelligent travel applications. CTS delivers integrated systems for transportation and traffic management, delivering tools for travellers to choose the smartest and easiest way to travel and pay for their journeys, and enabling transportation authorities and agencies to manage demand across the entire transportation network. Cubic Defense provides networked Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) solutions, and live, virtual, constructive and game-based training solutions for both U.S. and Allied Forces. These mission-inspired capabilities enable assured multi-domain access; converged digital intelligence; and superior readiness for defence, intelligence, security and commercial missions. Cubic is proud to have a presence in over 60 countries and employ over 5,000 people worldwide.

We are committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce and are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action-Employer. We are committed to ensuring a workplace free of discrimination based on race, colour, religion, age, disability, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, military or veteran status, and any other basis protected by applicable law. For more information on Equal Employment please visit: http://www.cubic.com/Careers/Applicant-Help To learn more, visit Cubic.com. Follow us on LinkedIn!