We're partnering with a leading Defence organisation seeking an experienced Engineering Lead to support the delivery of complex Defence capability projects.
This is an opportunity to play a key role in engineering governance, planning and delivery, working alongside senior Defence stakeholders to ensure successful outcomes across high-profile programs.
About the role You'll provide engineering leadership across the full project lifecycle, supporting planning, governance, stakeholder engagement and engineering assurance activities within a complex Defence environment.
Working closely with senior engineering, project and commercial teams, you'll help coordinate engineering activities, manage risk and change, develop key engineering documentation and contribute to major project reviews and decision-making.
Key responsibilities - Lead engineering planning and governance activities across Defence projects
- Develop and maintain Engineering Management Plans and related documentation
- Coordinate engineering resources, reporting and project planning activities
- Support tender evaluations, contract execution and engineering reviews
- Manage engineering risks, issues and configuration change processes
- Prepare briefing papers, decision briefs and senior stakeholder reports
- Engage with Defence, industry and project stakeholders across multidisciplinary teams
- Mentor and support engineering managers within the program
About you
You'll bring strong Defence engineering leadership experience together with a solid understanding of engineering governance and project delivery within the Australian Defence environment.
You'll ideally have experience with:
- Engineering Management Plans (EMP)
- Systems Engineering and engineering governance
- Defence acquisition or sustainment projects
- CASG engineering frameworks and processes
- Risk, configuration and change management
- Working with senior Defence stakeholders
- Major engineering reviews and project lifecycle management
Essential requirements - Active TSPV security clearance
- Previous experience delivering engineering outcomes within Defence
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills
- Ability to operate across multiple engineering disciplines and complex programs
If you're looking to contribute to nationally significant Defence capability programs within a collaborative engineering environment, we'd love to hear from you. Apply now or contact Marcus at Decipher Bureau for a confidential discussion.