Range and Regulatory Officer

**All Orbits, All Planets - Join us on our journey**

Gilmour Space is the leading Australian rocket company, pioneering next-generation hybrid propulsion technologies for small satellite launch vehicles.

Are you a creative and experienced Range & Regulatory Officer looking for a dynamic role where your skills will make a real impact? Have you ever dreamt of building rockets right here in Australia? Well now’s your chance Gilmour Space is seeking a talented individual to join our innovative team to send rockets to Space Conveniently located between Brisbane and the Gold Coast, our new state-of-the-art facility, purpose-built for designing and manufacturing rockets in-house, is equipped with the latest technology and tools, providing an ideal environment for innovation and excellence. So, what are you waiting for? Join us and be a part of a forward-thinking team dedicated to pushing the boundaries of space exploration and let’s send Australia to Space together

**How you will contribute to our mission in getting Australia to space**:
The below is designed to give you an idea of the role you will play. There will be many more exciting and innovative things to do.
- Partner with our launch site operations team to develop, implement and publish launch safety zones in the air, sea and land environments.
- Manage third-party service providers to ensure services are meeting corporate standards and terms of contract.
- Supervise and provide daily support to the launch operations technicians
- Control safety zones particularly in regard to range clearance procedures
- Write Range Safety policy and procedures to administer, and operate safety zones for launch
- Ensure safety and quality inspection principles are followed in all tasks
- Manage community relationships and public information campaigns to spread awareness of the safety zones
- Partner with state and federal authorities to achieve situational awareness over safety zones and where required, enforcement
- Maintain suite of tools for maintenance of situational awareness of safety zones to inform launch clearance activities
- During launch activity, in collaboration with the flight team, maintain communications with state and federal authorities and responsible agencies to manage activation and clearance of safety areas
- Conduct documented, repeatable risk assessment activity
- In the event of an anomaly, activation of the Emergency Response Plan and coordination with response agencies
- Other duties as requested by Management

**Mandatory Qualifications, Skills and Experience**:

- High school certificate or equivalent certificate definition
- Experience managing air or weapons ranges
- Experience operating radio telephony equipment
- Experience conducting risk management workshops and documentation
- Experience writing and reviewing policy and procedure documents

**Desired Qualifications, Skills and Experience**:
**_ We recognise you may not meet all of the below, but don’t let that deter you. We are always looking for hard workers to join our team, so what are you waiting for? Let’s send Australia to space_**
- Excellent interpersonal skills capable of interacting with local landowners and community groups
- Knowledge of high pressure pneumatic, hydraulic and cryogenic fluids systems
- Practical experience working with radio telephony equipment
- Experience managing budgets
- Experience managing third-party vendors
- Ability to work independently with little direction
- Ability to meet deadlines in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment
- Knowledge of safety procedures and techniques
- Knowledge of all types of inspection equipment
- Knowledge of all types of measuring instruments
- Understanding of fluids system schematics and procedures related to launch operations
- Skill in operating machinery and various hand and power tools
- Reasonable skill level using Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Power Point, Outlook)