ILS Engineer (Defence Sustainment / Product Support)

We're recruiting for a Defence industry contract role focused on sustainment improvement and product support. This position suits an ILS / IPS / Supportability/Reliability-focused engineer who enjoys analysing maintenance and reliability data, finding repeat failure drivers, and producing evidence-based recommendations.

Key responsibilities:

- Analyse FRACAS and maintenance / reliability / serviceability / operational datasets
- Review, validate, structure and consolidate data from multiple sources
- Identify trends, recurring failures, data gaps and contributing factors
- Support RAM and supportability analysis and define practical improvement actions
- Produce clear reporting, briefings and recommendations with traceable evidence
- Contribute to ILS/IPS deliverables and documentation (acquisition + in-service support)
- Support activities such as LSAR, Maintenance Task Analysis (MTA), spares/provisioning as required
- Engage with engineering, maintenance,



sustainment and supply chain stakeholders

About you:

- Defence experience in logistics engineering / ILS / IPS / supportability / sustainment / product support / reliability engineering
- Demonstrated experience with FRACAS (or equivalent failure/maintenance/reliability data)
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail (comfortable working through imperfect data)
- Strong written communication (transparent, structured, evidence-based outputs)

Highly regarded:

- LSAR, LORA, FMEA/FMECA, MTA, provisioning/spares analysis
- Aviation / aerospace / uncrewed systems exposure
- Exposure to maintenance management / reliability / asset support systems

Eligibility (mandatory):

- Australian Citizen
- Active AGSVA security clearance (Baseline or higher), or clearly able to meet clearance requirements for commencement
- Able to work in Brisbane on a hybrid basis

📌 ILS Engineer (Brisbane)
🏢 Chandler Macleod Group
📍 Brisbane