Job Description
The Opportunity
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Eligibility: Applicants must be Australian citizens and be eligible to obtain and maintain an active Australian Government Defence security clearance at the level required for the position.
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Join the AIR**** program and lead the development of Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) capability for one of Australia's most advanced and strategically significant Defence programs. As the AIR**** ILS Lead, you will provide technical leadership and strategic direction for ILS engineering activities, ensuring supportability considerations are embedded throughout the system lifecycle.
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Working closely with customers, engineering teams, subcontractors and industry partners, you will drive the delivery of ILS products, services and support solutions that enable long-term operational success. This is an excellent opportunity to influence a complex Defence capability, lead a specialised engineering function, and contribute to a program that supports Australia's national security objectives.
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Key responsibilities
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The AIR**** ILS Lead's primary responsibilities include:
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Providing strategic direction and technical leadership for the AIR**** ILS engineering program and support ecosystem
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Leading the development and maintenance of the Integrated Support Plan and associated ILS deliverables
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Acting as the primary ILS engineering interface for customers, subcontractors and internal Integrated Product Teams (IPTs)
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Aligning ILS activities to program milestones, engineering reviews and materiel release requirements




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Reviewing and assuring the quality of ILS deliverables, subcontractor outputs and program artefacts
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Managing ILS team planning, resourcing and stakeholder engagement to support successful program delivery
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What you'll bring
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To be successful in this role you will have:
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Extensive experience leading Integrated Logistics Support activities within complex Defence programs, including ASDEFCON environments
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Demonstrated technical leadership experience delivering engineering acquisition and support solutions across the system lifecycle
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Robust understanding of supportability, sustainment and logistics engineering principles
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Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with experience working directly with customers, suppliers and multidisciplinary teams
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Advanced analytical and problem-solving capabilities, including assessing options and balancing competing program priorities
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Experience working in Agile engineering environments and knowledge of Defence capability domains, MBSD or MBE principles will be highly regarded
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Eligibility for, or ability to obtain, an Australian NV-1 security clearance
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Proficient in AI prompting as it applies to this position and practice
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Don't meet every requirement?
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If you're excited by this opportunity but don't meet every criterion, we'd still love to hear from you. Your skills and experience may be a great fit for this role, or another opportunity within our organisation.

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