Aps 4 - Technical Officer

$71,207 - $77,739 (plus Super)
- Brindabella Park - ACT, Penrith - NSW

**The Role**
**Do you want to take your career to the next level? Do you want to challenge yourself across some of the most complex and challenging projects in Australia, if not the world?**

As an APS 4 Technical Officer, working in Explosive Materiel Branch in the Department of Defence, you will be working on some of the most exciting and complex guided weapons and explosive ordnance products used by the Australian Defence Force.

As Technical Officer, you will perform the following duties:

- Work collaboratively and operate as an effective Integrated Product Team (IPT) member, building and sustaining positive relationships with team members and actively participate in team work and group activities.
- Understand the requirements and ensure compliance with legislative frameworks, government decision making and Defences mission and policy requirements.
- Contribute to the development and maintenance of technical knowledge of relevant packages, processes, product and equipment.

We currently have two vacancies. These roles can be located in either Penrith, NSW or Canberra, ACT.

**About our Team**
LEOSPO is an integral part of Explosive Materiel Branch (EMB), which is part of Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance Group. Our team is made up of various disciplines (including engineering, project management, commercial, logistics, and corporate enabling services). We are primarily located in Penrith and Canberra and are responsible for guided and non-guided explosive ordnance acquisition and sustainment across a range of EMB major projects.

We are dedicated to providing our staff with a manageable and favourable work-life balance, and we support flexible working arrangements. We will also invest in your training and development to ensure your time with us is deeply rewarding, both personally and professionally. We are committed to achieving a workplace culture that is inclusive and diverse; one, which directly reflects the needs, and scope of Defence’s varied operational requirements.

Our people are capable, innovative, committed and diverse. We support an inclusive culture that emphasises respect and collaboration.

In EMB, you will enjoy experiences and opportunities that, as an APS employee, you simply would not get with any other organisation. Other benefits include:

- 15.4% superannuation.
- Access to personalised professional development pathways, including opportunities for Defence-funded post-graduate study.
- Additional leave days between Christmas and New Year.
- Focus on work/life balance.
- Salary sacrifice opportunities.
- Can demonstrate analytical skills, with motivation to be innovative, and to challenge traditional ways of conducting business.
- Can analyse technical risks and assist stakeholders with mitigation options.
- Has the ability to contribute to a diverse Integrated Product teams to achieve results in a collaborative and inclusive manner.
- Has strong communication skills, customer and stakeholder engagement skills via reports, written correspondence, calculations discussion and presentations.
- Is passionate about ongoing self-improvement, and professional development.
- Has an ability to support complex engineering activities, whilst maintaining integrity, and fostering a positive team culture.

If you are someone who enjoys supporting challenging and complex technical activities, Is creative, pragmatic and solutions focused, Is not afraid to challenge the traditional ways of doing business then this is the role for you

Defence is committed to recruiting the right people, in the right jobs, at the right time. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace.