About the role

World Fuel Government Solutions is seeking a Defence Sustainment Engineer to support the maintenance, reliability, supportability, and lifecycle management of complex Defence systems and equipment. This role is ideal for a mechanically-minded engineer who enjoys understanding how equipment is built, maintained, supported, and improved throughout its operational lifecycle. Working within the Defence Engineering team, you will contribute to the sustainment and long-term support of complex systems through activities including maintenance planning, asset management, reliability improvement, engineering investigations, lifecycle management, and supportability engineering.

Key responsibilities

- Support sustainment and lifecycle engineering activities across Defence programs

- Contribute to maintenance planning and asset management activities

- Assist with reliability, maintainability, and supportability engineering tasks

- Support investigations into equipment performance, failures, and maintenance-related issues

- Participate in root cause analysis and problem-solving activities involving complex mechanical systems

- Develop and maintain engineering documentation, maintenance records, technical data, and supportability information

- Support engineering change and configuration management activities

- Assist with development of maintenance concepts, support strategies, and lifecycle planning

- Support preparation of technical publications, operating instructions, and maintenance documentation

- Work closely with Systems Engineers, suppliers, project teams, and Defence stakeholders

About you

- Degree in Mechanical Engineering,



Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related engineering discipline

- 3+ years of engineering experience supporting, maintaining, improving, or managing complex equipment, assets, or systems

- Experience in one or more of the following: Maintenance Engineering, Asset Management, Reliability Engineering, Sustainment Engineering, Supportability Engineering, Lifecycle Engineering, or Root Cause Analysis (RCA)

- Understanding of engineering fundamentals, asset lifecycle management, maintenance principles, and reliability concepts

- Experience working with mechanical systems, industrial equipment, engineered assets, vehicles, machinery, plant equipment, or other complex physical systems

- Robust analytical and problem-solving capability

- Strong written and verbal communication skills

- Ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary engineering teams

- Experience within Defence, Aerospace, Rail, Marine, Oil & Gas, Utilities, Manufacturing, Mining, or other highly regulated industries (preferred)

- Exposure to Defence sustainment programs, Integrated Product Support (IPS), Integrated Logistics Support (ILS), or other asset support and lifecycle management activities (preferred)

About us

World Fuel Government Solutions works directly on Defence engineering and sustainment programs, providing exposure across engineering, supportability, reliability, maintenance, and lifecycle management. The team is collaborative and highly supportive, with experienced Defence engineers and technical specialists committed to developing broad engineering capability.

📌 Defence Sustainment Engineer (Melbourne)
🏢 World Fuel Services (Australia
📍 Melbourne