Job Description
Former Royal Navy Navigators and Principal Warfare Officers (PWOs) needed for training roles in Sydney and Perth – contribute to the Defence Industry in Australia.
Provide high‐calibre training in maritime navigation and tactical warfare.
Embark on your next adventure outside the Navy and relocate to Perth or Sydney, Australia
Generous salary and relocation package available for international candidates
Welcome applications from Commonwealth Navies
Serco is a place where you can grow
Join a team of 12,000+ professionals across Asia Pacific (APAC) and experience a place of challenge, opportunity, and reward.
Advantages
We offer lots of headroom for you to grow and flexible benefits to suit you in every stage of your life and career, including:
Career progression across long‐term Defence contracts
Access to employee wellbeing and support programs
Inclusive culture where everyone feels safe and valued
Employee Networks focused on diversity and belonging
Hands‐on use of world‐class simulators and training technology
Relocation assistance (contributions towards flights, shipping of personal goods and temporary accommodation in Sydney, Australia)
Opportunities to work on meaningful projects impacting national defence
Opportunities at both HMAS Watson (NSW) and HMAS Stirling (WA)
Make an impact at Serco
The team are extremely proud of the high‐quality maritime training services we provide on behalf of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
Responsibilities
As a Senior Maritime Warfare Instructor, you will provide specialist instruction in navigation and tactical operations to the Royal Australian Navy's Maritime Warfare Officers.
This role involves teaching in a combination of classroom education, advanced bridge simulators and occasional sea training periods on specialised training vessels, ensuring Officers are prepared to contribute to operations effectively.
Responsibilities include:
Delivering specialist navigation and warfare training




Extensive training using simulation
Supporting courses through briefings, workshops and examination activities
Contributing to the course review and development processes
Maintaining expertise in navigation and warfare tactics and systems
Providing training on a flexible, rotating shift roster
Serco is a place for you
You are a motivated, resilient and focussed professional who prides yourself on the ability to deliver training to the next generation of Navy Officers.
You are committed to becoming an integral part of Serco Defence, the leading provider of maritime services in Australia and the Asia Pacific region.
You're a respectful and professional person who demonstrates exceptional values in everything you do.
To Be Successful In This Role, You Will Have
The ability to achieve and maintain a defence security clearance of NV1 or higher
Minimum of 18 months experience as a Navigating Officer or Principal Warfare Officer on a RAN Frigate or Destroyer, within the last 5 years, or Commonwealth equivalent
Excellent organisational and time management skills, including the ability to show initiative and work effectively under pressure
Are you ready to do important work that really matters?
At Serco, we bring together the right people, the right technology, and the right partners to create impactful solutions that address some of the world's most urgent and complex challenges.
We focus on serving governments all over the globe.
The work we do has touched the lives of millions in Australia, New Zealand, and Hong Kong, and offers unique opportunities to leverage your skills across our core capabilities in Health, Defence, Maritime, Justice, Immigration, and Community Services.
We seek and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds and cultures, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTQI+, veterans, and people with disabilities.
By joining Serco you'll have access to Employee Networks led by colleagues who are passionate about diversity, inclusion and belonging.
Impact a better future at Serco.
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📌 Senior Maritime Warfare Instructor Based In Sydney, Australia (New South Wales)
🏢 Serco
📍 New South Wales