Weapons Technician

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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.

Benefits We offer opportunities to grow with flexible benefits to suit you in every stage of your life and career, including:

• Competitive salary package
• Career progression in a global company
• Training and development opportunities
• Supportive and inclusive team culture
• Exposure to cutting-edge defence technology
• Work on critical defence contracts with long-term stability

Working with Serco on the MTTT Contract, you will report to the Senior Weapons Technician and play a pivotal role in maintaining the Mini Typhoon, Typhoon, and Toplite (MTTT) systems.

Your responsibilities will include servicing, diagnosing, and repairing weapon systems, coordinating maintenance resources, liaising with stakeholders, and providing expert technical guidance. The role is predominantly electronics-based, with elements of mechanical work. We welcome applications from former R.A.N. Electronics Technicians, who bring valuable skills and experience to this role.

You will also be responsible for supervising subcontractors and ensuring quality assurance across multiple locations, including Commonwealth and Serco Defence sites.

In this role, you will directly contribute to enhancing the operational readiness of MTTT systems, optimising performance, and strengthening Defence capability.

• Maintain and service Mini Typhoon, Typhoon, and Toplite (MTTT) systems.
• Respond to URDEF tasking, ensuring timely and effective resolution of system issues.
• Repair Line Replaceable Units (LRUs) using automatic test equipment (ATE) in accordance with contract arrangements.
• Coordinate maintenance activities and resources efficiently.
• Provide expert technical advice and guidance.
• Supervise subcontractors to ensure compliance and quality assurance.
• Conduct stakeholder liaison to support contract operations.
• Participate in inventory stocktakes and contract-support activities.
• Generate close-out reports and compile Objective Quality Evidence (OQE) for task close-out.

• Experience in R.A.N systems or weapons maintenance, repair, and quality assurance
• Strong technical knowledge of defence-related systems and equipment
• Minimum technical Trade certificate / Cert IV Mechanical / Electrical or Electronic Engineering
• Proficient in the use of IFS Asset Management system or equivalent CMMS
• Australian Drivers Licence
• Ability to coordinate maintenance resources and supervise contractors
• Experience in stakeholder engagement and providing expert guidance
• Willingness to travel and work across different locations and vessels
• A commitment to upholding the highest standards of trust and responsibility
• A passion for training and a desire to contribute to Defence operations in Australia

• This position carries trust and responsibility. A comprehensive probity assessment, including a Police Check, is a key part of the selection process for this role.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a NV1 defence security clearance or higher

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 addressing some of the world's most urgent and complex challenges. We focus on serving governments globally. The work we do touches the lives of millions in Australia, New Zealand, and Hong Kong, and offers opportunities to leverage skills across our core capabilities in Health, Defence, Maritime, Justice, Immigration, and Community Services. We celebrate diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds and cultures, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTQI+, veterans, and people with disability. By joining Serco, you'll have access to Employee Networks led by colleagues who are passionate about diversity, inclusion, and belonging.

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Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia