Program Manager

**Sustainment (Defence Vessels)**

**Why Austal**
- Competitive compensation and benefits package.
- Professional development and training opportunities.
- A supportive and dynamic work environment.
- Opportunities for career advancement within our growing organisation.

**What's on Offer?**
- Located in Cairns or Perth
- Permanent salaried position
- Nine-day fortnight with an RDO every second Friday
- Salary Sacrificing, Novated Leasing, Retailer discount, EAP, Insurance discounts

**About Austal**

Austal (ASX:ASB) is Australia’s global shipbuilder, defence Prime contractor and marine technology partner of choice which designs, constructs and supports defence and commercial ships for the world’s leading operators. With shipyards in Australia, the USA, the Philippines, Vietnam and China - and service centres located around the world - Austal has more than 6,800 employees globally. You will have the opportunity to become part of the world’s largest aluminium shipbuilder and Australia’s largest defence exporter.

At Austal we are committed to providing a safe and inclusive work environment for all. We believe that achieving greater diversity will enhance our operations and as such we actively encourage Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders, people of all backgrounds, ages, sexual orientation, and those with Disability to apply. Our global team is guided by a universal set of values being excellence, customer focus, integrity, and teamwork to guide our actions.

**About the Role**

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and leadership focussed Program Manager (PM) to join Australia’s defence Prime contractor to deliver critical programs which support in-service vessels as part of Austal’s sustainment operations. Based in Cairns or Perth, you will report to the ABF Sustainment Manager and ship managers to manage all activities which ensure assigned defence vessel programs are delivered on time and budget for all in service support requirements to our valued clients.

As part of Austal’s sustainment program, this role is responsible for managing and coordinating all multiple projects and delivery streams required for Defence vessel in service support and maintenance programs. The Program Manager is responsible for ensuring that programs are delivered on time, to budget and quality standards and, with excellence in contract performance. The Program Manager will lead a multi-disciplined team and drive performance with superior customer focus to deliver on program objectives. By ensuring appropriate project management methodology and control is applied, the Program Manager will provide leadership to the program team through on the ground support, guidance and resource optimisation to ensure deliverables are achieved safely and to the required quality standards.

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**Key objectives & responsibilities include**:

- Plan, coordinate and sequence multiple projects and streams within and across programs by collaboratively working across multi disciplined teams,
- Manage scope and interdependencies effectively across delivery streams within defined processes for change management to meet contractual outcomes,
- Drive strong cost management discipline to ensure milestones, tasks and deliverables are delivered to expected budget requirements with any variations appropriately governed against contracts,
- Deliver programs against agreed baselines and schedule performance requirements ensuring delivery without unapproved schedule extensions/variance,
- Adhere to Austals’ framework and methodology for project management to manage outcomes, performance, risk and change effectively to achieve Austal and customer expectations,
- Lead diverse teams across multiple disciplines whilst ensuring high levels of collaboration and information flow effectively in a dynamic environment, and
- Establish, develop and manage multiple stakeholder relationships effectively supported by superior communication skills to inform clients and stakeholders of status, issues, impacts, status and change.

**About you**

This role would suit a proactive and highly customer focussed individual who has experience in ship repair, vessel shore support or ship operations with a background in engineering, project management or another maritime technical field.

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**Required Skills / Experience / Attributes**:
**Essential**
- Engineering degree and/or Project Management qualification
- 7+ years’ experience in a project/program manager role or or equivalent with 10+ years’ experience in a leadership role
- Hold a Construction safety induction (white card)
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and proven stakeholder management ability
- Strong customer focus and commercial acumen
- Due to the Security Clearance required for this role, applicants must be an Australian Citizen and eligible to obtain and uphold a Baseline Security Clearance.

**Desirable**
- Understanding of safety management practices including Control of C