Strategic Engineering Resource Planner

Hanwha Defence Australia; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

9 Day fortnight

Flexible working

Defence Reservist Leave

Professional Development

Health & Wellbeing Platform including

Job summary

Hanwha Defence Australia, part of Hanwha Aerospace, is building Australia’s defence future. We’re seeking an Engineering Resource Planner to align resources with priorities across engineering and project activities, coordinating across PM, Engineering, Production, Test & Evaluation, MROU and others.

You’ll develop integrated schedules, manage capacity and constraints, and support forecasting and recovery planning, with an emphasis on cross‑functional collaboration and driving delivery milestones.

Qualifications

• Experience in resource planning, capacity management, project scheduling within a complex environment.
• Ability to balance resource demand, capacity and competing project priorities.
• Experience supporting engineering, production, testing, logistics or operational functions.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management across technical and functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate resource and capacity planning across projects, optimising shared personnel, facilities and equipment.
• Develop and maintain integrated schedules, providing visibility of activities, dependencies, priorities and key milestones.
• Identify and resolve resource constraints and competing priorities across multiple projects and functions.
• Analyse changing resource and schedule demands, supporting forecasting, mitigation and recovery planning.
• Coordinate Vehicle Operator resources, including allocation, utilisation, competency, availability and forward workforce planning.

Skills

Resource planning

Capacity management

Project scheduling

Integrated planning

Project controls

Analytical reasoning

Stakeholder management

Education

Project Management degree

Engineering degree

Job description

Hanwha Defence Australia, part of Hanwha Aerospace, is building Australia’s defence future. We’re seeking an Engineering Resource Planner to align resources with priorities across engineering and project activities, coordinating across PM, Engineering, Production, Test & Evaluation, MROU and others.

You’ll develop integrated schedules, manage capacity and constraints, and support forecasting and recovery planning, with an emphasis on cross‑functional collaboration and driving delivery milestones.