Sustainment Project Manager

The role

Project delivery

• Lead engineering changes, capability enhancements, obsolescence remediation, and defect resolution.
• Manage project scope, schedule, budget, quality, governance, and customer outcomes.
• Develop project strategies that meet in-service support contractual obligations and business objectives.
• Prepare and maintain plans, budgets, forecasts, and schedules to achieve milestones.
• Identify and manage project risks, issues, and opportunities.
• Lead project reviews and present progress to customers, steering committees, and senior stakeholders.
• Manage contract variations, change requests, and evolving scope.
• Guide the Engineering Sustainment Team and maintain effective relationships with customers, partners, and internal stakeholders.
• Build understanding of the solution, its capabilities, and operational application.

About you

• Tertiary qualification in Science, Engineering, Business, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated project management experience and delivery of sustainment projects; naval or Defence experience is preferred.
• Strong knowledge of project management principles, engineering change management, in-service support, and project delivery frameworks.
• Experience influencing teams and driving successful outcomes, with the ability to foster teamwork and engage stakeholders.
• Meet the requirements for Australian Institute of Project Management CPPM accreditation or similar.
• Must be an Australian citizen and hold or be able to obtain an Australian Defence Security Clearance to NV1 level.

Work arrangements

• Hybrid work between home and office may be considered.
• A nine-day fortnight or part-time work of at least 0.8 FTE may be considered.

Benefits

• Benefits include up to six weeks of leave, a 14% employer superannuation contribution, and free income protection insurance.

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