El 1 - Engineering Manager

$108,195 - $122,044 (+ 10% BDCP, plus Super) (pro-rata for part-time vacancies)
- Monegeetta - VIC, Southbank - VIC

**The Role**
- Do you value a diverse workforce that supports work life balance and offers flexible working arrangements?
- Secure your next role with us at Defence as an APS employee for generous employment benefits including professional learning opportunities.

The Land Engineering Agency provides services in engineering, testing, design and development, and technical data management. These services are provided across the whole of the Defence Capability Life Cycle. As an Engineering Manager, you will be given a unique opportunity to lead an engineering and technical team to deliver Australian Defence Force systems that are at the leading edge of Defence capability.

You will be able to use your initiative to work under broad direction and policy control to lead a team to provide professional engineering expertise to support the achievement of technical integrity of land military equipment and systems acquired by the Land Domain projects and fleets in accordance with the Land Technical Regulatory Framework requirements.

In addition, the Engineering Manager will be responsible for exercising assigned engineering authorities and any Technical Regulatory Authority delegations for managing the technical certification, thereby ensuring that land materiel is fit-for-service, safe, and environmentally compliant.

Land Engineering Agency are currently looking to fill a number of Engineering Manager vacancies across a variety of Australian Army capabilities which will be detailed at the interview stage.

The additional 10% payment is a Building Defence Capability Payment (BDCP) which enables Defence to provide a premium, in addition to the rate of salary otherwise payable under the Enterprise Agreement (EA) to some or all of the jobs within a critical occupation(s) or discipline within a workplace. Applicants engaged into a BDCP position must consider the following. BDCPs provide remuneration in addition to the Defence Enterprise Agreement (EA).

**About our Team**
The Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group (CASG) is an integral part of the Department of Defence. This group procures and maintains military equipment and supplies in the quantities and to the service levels that are required by Defence and approved by Government. Within CASG, the Land Domain acquires and supports designated land systems for the Australian Defence Force.

Land Domain 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.
- Hold a Bachelor of Engineering degree (see Mandatory Qualifications)
- Have engineering management experience with a proven track record of delivering engineering outcomes
- Have excellent stakeholder management skills
- Have excellent written and oral communication skills
- Be capable of leading, managing and mentoring successful teams
- Experience working within a Technical Regulatory Framework