Aps 4-5 - Eo Electro Technician

$71,207 - $83,700 (plus Super)
- Rockingham - WA

**The Role**
Are you looking to use your technical skills in an exciting, cutting-edge environment where you can solve problems, learn new skills and obtain further qualifications? Well look no further

As an Electro Technician, working in Explosive Materiel Branch (EMB) in the Department of Defence, you will be working in our torpedo maintenance facility on some of the most exciting and complex guided weapons and explosive ordnance products used by the Australian Defence Force.

You will spend your days:

- Undertaking exciting electronic technical to maintain and certify torpedoes. This end-to-end processes includes: maintenance, breakdown, repair, assembly, alignment, calibration, test, inspection and technical certification;
- Following procedures in a highly regulated environment.

We currently have three vacancies located at HMAS Stirling, Garden Island, Rockingham in Western Australia.

**About our Team**
You will be working in the Torpedo Maintenance team in Maritime Explosive Ordnance Systems Program Office West (MEOSPO-W), which is an integral part of Explosive Materiel Branch (EMB) within Land Systems Division which is part of Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group (CASG).

EMB is made up of various disciplines (including engineering, project management, commercial, logistics, and corporate enabling services). We are located in Canberra, Penrith, Amberley, Melbourne and Stirling, and our focus is to acquire and sustain guided weapons and munitions for the Australian Defence Force.

Explosive Materiel Branch is dedicated to providing our staff with a diverse, manageable, 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.

EMB is a group of approximately 560 dedicated employees. Our mission is acquiring and sustaining guided weapons and munitions for the Australian Defence Force (ADF) across the life-cycle phases: requirements setting; contracting; procurement; international logistics; domestic manufacturing; item management and maintenance, and co-ordination of disposal activities.

EMB partners with domestic and international industry to deliver materiel capability to Defence, managing a multi-billion dollar portfolio of complex, high-profile acquisitions and sustainment activities to support the ADF.

Our people are capable, innovative, committed and diverse. We support an inclusive culture, that emphases 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; and
- Salary sacrifice opportunities.
- Have personal drive by committing to action and the ability to prioritise competing demands to meet deadlines;
- Think creatively about complex problems and then propose sound, applied research and technical approaches to solve them;
- Work independently, and also as a member of the team, to build and maintain effective relationships;
- Have the ability to confidently influence and engage with stakeholders, using a range of demonstrated communication skills;
- Be passionate about ongoing self-improvement and professional development.

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.

We will establish a merit pool for future vacancies.