About the role

Multiple L3 project management contracts are open on Defence capability programs, including space / SATCOM and related enterprise work. Focus is delivery: scope, schedule, budget, risk, governance and industry engagement.

Key responsibilities
Project plans, schedules, forecasts and performance reporting
Milestone delivery through approved governance
Risk, issue and dependency management
Coordination across Defence, industry and international partners
Support to RFT / approach to market, FMS elements and industry workshops
Capability development submissions and transition to service
Briefs, business cases and governance artefacts

About you
Proven Defence or complex government PMFIC / ODCS awareness




Comfortable with acquisition, integration, test/acceptance and sustainment handover
Transparent, concise reporting to senior leadership
Available within 4 weeks, primarily in office Canberra
SATCOM, space, ICT/network or Defence facilities experience
Complex systems integration experience
AIPM, PMP or equivalent
Australian Citizens with a current Defence security clearance

Contract rate $130–$145 per hour + GST. 8-hour day. ABN contractors. Rate depending on skills and start date.

📌 Defence Project Manager Canberra
🏢 Aventrix
📍 Canberra