Project Technical Lead

**Job Details**:
**Location**

Brisbane

**Salary**

Negotiable

**Job Type**

Full Time

**Ref**

BBBH92632_1661494752

**Contact**

Rory Danagher

**Posted**

about 2 hours ago
- **Federal Client // 2-year FTC**:

- ** Visual Surveillance System**:

- ** $140,000 - 165,000 per annum**

A key federal client of ours is seeking a Project Technical Lead to work across a Visual Surveillance System (VSS) project that is exploring the use of digital camera technology to address line-of-sight issues for a federal client.

The Project Technical Lead (PTL) is a key role within the project. The role will provide technical leadership and system engineering oversight to ensure the technical capability meets the required standard of a tower service.

As Project Technical Lead, you will be responsible for the technical readiness of the VSS system. This includes:

- Act as the Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for technical matters regarding the project's engineering and technical matters;
- Orchestrate any required engineering and technical liaison between CTEO, the VSS project, the VSS supplier(s)
- Manage the project's conduct of engineering review gates, including arranging 3rd party participation as required;
- Manage engagement to support the project related design, development, test, installation and verification activities;
- Act as the technical representative during project related testing and Acceptance of test outcomes;
- Oversee the project's site installation, set-to-work, test and verification activities;
- Manage the technology change process, ensuring effective configuration management and change control is put in place;
- Identify, manage and track risks associated to the project of work;
- Act as a trusted technology advisor to provide technical leadership and guidance as required, including safety and security guidance; and
- Perform systems engineering and project tasks throughout acquisition and implementation phases in accordance with the clients safety and system management policies, frameworks, guidelines and procedures

**Position Specific**
- Perform systems engineering tasks in accordance with the Technology Management Framework (TMF) and other relevant processes, policies and guidelines
- Prepare documentation related to implementation and upgrade activities such as system requirements specifications, statement of requirements, project proposals, detailed cost estimates.
- Two key documents the technical lead is responsible for are:

- System Engineering Management Plans (SEMP) to ensure appropriate clarity and governance for respective statements of work
- Test and Evaluation Management Plans (TEMP) to ensure appropriate clarity and governance to validate the acceptance of work deliverables
- Develop, maintain and peer-review test documentation (such as VCRMs)
- Develop and maintain a suite of comprehensive solution, system and engineering documentation, including translation of logical designs into physical designs
- Provide specialist technical expertise to projects
- Actively participate in cross training to develop specialised skills and technologies
- Maintain awareness of industry and technology developments, standards and regulations

**Ideal Background**
- Essential: A degree in Engineering or Information Technology from an Australian tertiary institution or certified equivalent qualification (for overseas qualifications)
- Essential: Extensive experience in the design, development, testing and implementation of robust and reliable software systems. This includes the over-arching aspects of quality assurance and configuration management.
- Essential: Demonstrated experience in stakeholder and vendor management
- Essential: Demonstrated ability to take ownership of tasks and work as a senior member of a dynamic team, including ability to work under limited direction to achieve positive outcomes
- Essential: Strong documentation skills with experience in preparing and reviewing solution architecture documents and system design documents, including alignment to strategies and existing initiatives
- Highly Desirable: Experience in designing, maintaining and supporting systems, in particular:

- N-tier architectures and distributed systems ;
- Real-time systems;
- Message handling; and
- Internet technologies.
- Highly Desirable: Satisfy the eligibility requirements for registration as a Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) with Engineers Australia.
- Desirable: Understanding of DO-278A guidelines, software assurance levels and relevant processes and artefacts

**How to Apply