Senior Project Manager

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Project Manager to join our Hunter Class Delivery team based at Osborne Naval Shipyard, South Australia. Reporting to the Head of Program Integration, we are seeking an experienced Project Manager to drive the delivery of a complex defence shipbuilding program, managing large-scale technical projects with significant interdependencies, evolving requirements, and long-term schedules.

You will drive deliverables across engineering, supply chain, and production teams. You will manage uncertainty and change, and ensure scope is delivered on time, within budget and to the highest quality and compliance standards.

We embrace flexible work arrangements at BAE Systems Australia, such as working a 9-day fortnight and hybrid working.

• If required, relocation assistance will be available for the successful applicant.

• Lead the project team, providing clear direction and prioritisation whilst managing technical challenges, interdependencies, and evolving requirements across the program.
• Navigate uncertainty and change while maintaining program objectives and priorities, balancing trade-offs between quality, time and cost.
• Manage and maintain relationships with multiple stakeholders such as the project team, the customer, industry partners, sub-contractors and suppliers.
• Ensure that products and services delivered as part of the project are in accordance with the Product Safety Policy.
• Foster a proactive risk management culture, continuously identifying and mitigating potential risks while ensuring clear communication of risk positions and business impacts to stakeholders beyond the project team.

• 5+ years of hands-on Project Management delivery experience within a complex production build and/or engineering environment.
• Uncertainty & Change - implementation of Engineering change into baseline scope.
• Interdependencies - management of scope and concurrent deliverables across Engineering, Supply Chain and Production.
• Technical Complexity - management of complex work scope across multiple Engineering & Production disciplines and systems.
• Scale & Duration – management of $100M+ program & long-term schedule.
• Industry experience in Civil Infrastructure (mega construction projects such as road, rail, tunnels), Defence (shipbuilding, aviation) and/or Energy sector (mining, oil & gas production) will be highly regarded.
• Experience in risk identification and proactive mitigation.
• Proven ability to actively manage and solve project issues across multiple disciplines and stakeholder groups.
• Project Management Qualification or Chartership desirable but not essential.
• Defence security clearance or eligibility to obtain.
• Eligibility to be cleared for International Traffic In Arms (ITAR) regulations.

If required, relocation assistance will be available for the successful applicant.

You will be joining a workplace that truly cares about your wellbeing. Our people are diverse and we value the variety of perspectives this brings; we know that a culture that is inclusive and fosters a sense of belonging is a place we can all make the most of our unique talents and be our best.

As Australia\'s largest defence company in a rapidly growing sector, you will be connected into a global team and encouraged to explore where your career might take you whether that is a traditional career path or a squiggly one, there are infinite possibilities for you at BAE Systems Australia.

BAE Systems recognises the sacrifices of those who have served our Nation and their families. We support our veteran community through our internal veteran network (VetNet Australia) and strong charitable partnerships, internal offerings including reserve service leave, a Veteran Mentoring Program and other exclusive offerings available through our strategic partners.

We welcome applicants from all people regardless of sex, gender identity, race, ethnicity, disability, pregnancy, age, or other lived experience; and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people for all positions.

We are proud to be recognised as an employer of choice for women by WORK180.

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As a Defence security clearance is required for this role, applicants must be Australian citizens and either possess or be eligible to obtain and maintain appropriate clearances. Further information regarding security clearances.

• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Project Management and Information Technology
• Industries: Defense and Space Manufacturing