Engineer Professional Cmd&V

Description:

The key duties of the position include
The Role
Are you an experienced Engineering Manager or have experience in a related field?
Are you interested in applying your expertise and knowledge to support the development of exciting, world-leading Defence technology?
Would you like to join a dynamic team in a great workplace and work in an interesting role?
The Electromagnetic Warfare and Intelligence Systems Maritime Program Office (EWIS-M SPO) is seeking a highly motivated and skilled Systems Engineer with experience leading a team to achieve complex technical and engineering outcomes for the Nulka Program. The role is located in Adelaide, with the occasional domestic travel required. As an Engineering Professional in EWIS-M SPO, you will lead a program of acquisition and sustainment activities that are not only complex systems, but are critical to equip the Australian Navy to meet their operational challenges into the future. You will be relied upon to utilise specialist professional knowledge to assess risks associated with developmental and advanced technologies, including recommendations to mitigate technology development risk in a complex environment.
We are looking for a collaborator who will be able to understand the needs of our stakeholders and produce outcomes and results according to their requirements. You will have exceptional stakeholder engagement; excellent verbal and written communication and negotiation skills; and a proven history of exercising assigned engineering authorities and relevant Material Governance Authority delegations. The right person for this role will show the flexibility to respond to the changing context and shifting priorities of the Defence environment and the agility to realign resourcing to meet new demands. In this leadership role, you will provide support and guidance to your team to ensure they are sensitive to Defence Strategic direction and to excel, while exercising a significant degree of independence.
About our Team
EWIS-M SPO provides acquisition and sustainment support for a number of maritime electronic warfare systems and specialist signals intelligence capabilities. The SPO delivers these capabilities to both the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and the United States Navy. This role will form part of the Nulka Program within EWIS-M SPO. The program comprises acquisition and sustainment activities critical to equip and sustain both Navies to meet their operational challenges into the future. EWIS-MSPO operates under a continuous capability development and delivery framework to support maritime electronic warfare.
The successful applicant will participate in an integrated team, including APS, military and contractor staff, to ensure the acquired Electronic Warfare capabilities are delivered to the ADF and supported in accordance with operational and compliance requirements, budget, and service agreements. EWIS-M SPO has a demonstrated high performing culture and significantly above-average employee satisfaction ratings based on recent Culture and Behaviours surveys. The successful candidate can expect to be challenged in their role and supported by an inclusive and considerate team and leadership group.
Our Ideal Candidate
EWIS Maritime SPO is seeking an Engineering Manager who is able to demonstrate initiative and the ability to apply established engineering principles, techniques and methods to solve problems relating to the acquisition, sustainment, design, development, integration and evaluation of EWIS Maritime Capabilities.
Key attributes and experience we are looking for:

• Substantial track record of successful management of engineering projects in the electromagnetic warfare domain using appropriate engineering practices;
• Engineering experience in the electronic warfare domain with an understanding of supporting technologies (including but not limited to RFSOCs, DFRMs) both hardware/software;
• Ability to manage complex system installations, integration and technical regulatory requirements;
• Demonstrated focus on timely resolution of issues;
• A thorough understanding of engineering disciplines;
• Demonstrated experience managing diverse teams in a complex environment;
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with ability to negotiate and build relationships with stakeholders;
• Sound commercial and business acumen and a demonstrated understanding of the Defence Industry sector in Australia.
• High-level organisational skills, self-drive and initiative with the ability to influence others to achieve tasks and business objectives.
• A Positive Vetting (PV) security clearance is required, however the right candidate may be able to commence on a Negative Vetting 2 clearance subject to obtaining and maintaining a PV clearance.