Senior Engineering Technician

Senior Engineering Technician (Supportability – Technical Author)
Join Babcock and help shape the future of defence support systems through precision, innovation, and technical excellence.

About The Role
As a Senior Engineering Technician (Supportability – Technical Author), you'll be at the forefront of developing and maintaining technical publications that underpin the sustainment and operation of mission-critical systems. Reporting to the Principal Engineering Technician, you'll be responsible for preparing, updating, and enhancing documentation sponsored by Babcock or its partners. Your work will span authoring, illustrations, and graphics, ensuring all content meets contractual and company standards while remaining current and relevant. You'll conduct technical investigations, contribute to risk assessments, and support product safety across the engineering lifecycle. This role also involves producing documentation that supports design improvements, facilitating formal reviews with internal and external stakeholders, and acting as a technical authority when required. You'll play a key role in integrating supportability principles such as ILS and LSA into mission and support system documentation, while also contributing to business development efforts and continuous process improvement. Occasional travel within Australia and overseas may be required.

About You
You're a skilled technical author or engineering technician with a strong grasp of supportability engineering and a passion for clear, effective communication. You understand the importance of accurate documentation in complex engineering environments and have experience applying procedures, codes, and standards to technical activities. You're confident making domain-specific decisions and contributing to the development of sustainable, innovative solutions. Your ability to collaborate across teams and share knowledge helps build operational capability and drive continuous improvement. You're comfortable working independently, managing your own tasks to meet time, quality, and cost targets, and you're committed to maintaining secure, accurate records that support through-life knowledge capture. Whether you're producing technical manuals, supporting bids, or advising colleagues, you bring professionalism, precision, and a proactive mindset to everything you do.

To be successful in this position, you will bring;

• Australian Citizenship with ability to obtain and maintain a Commonwealth Defence Security Clearance as defined by AGSVA guidelines.
• Significant exposure to Authoring Technical publications
• Understanding of applicable ILS and Engineering Toolsets

Your Future At Babcock – What We Offer You

• We provide an agile work environment where you're able to work onsite and remotely, and to set you up for this we provide a laptop and working from home kit if required, in addition we offer compressed hours which can provide you even more flexibility;
• Our work life integration policy brings together leave entitlements which include annual leave, wellbeing leave, volunteer leave, paid parental leave, defence reservist leave plus more;
• We will provide you with a supportive and engaging environment where you can grow your career, supported by our capability framework plus ongoing access to self-led learning modules through LinkedIn Learning and access to study leave;
• You'll have access to beRewarded which will provide you with endless discounts across retail, health, entertainment, travel and much

more, plus novated leasing options and corporate shares plan;

• Your wellbeing is supported through our online wellbeing program Munch, Mind, Move, Money, access to our employee assistance program plus wellbeing leave;
• You'll be able to participate in our weRecognise program which is an opportunity to recognise the outstanding work our people do each and every day in living our principles which are Be kind, Collaborate, Be Curious, Think Outcomes, Be Courageous and Own & Deliver.

Who We Are
Babcock International Group, the aerospace and defence company, has been trusted to deliver bespoke, highly skilled engineering services for over a century.

Across Australia and New Zealand, Babcock has grown to a team of over 1,500 talented people, and we are on a path of continued growth and expansion. We operate across sectors such as defence, commercial marine, aviation, airports, communications, emergency services and engineering consultancy.

Some of the programs our team across Australia and New Zealand are proud to be a part of involve:

• Providing emergency medical and search & rescue aviation services through our Aviation & Critical Services business;
• Designing and supporting key systems for submarines and surface ships through our Marine business;
• Providing fleet wide through life support and asset management services for Navy customers;
• Managing critical assets for a range of sectors through our Mission & Support Systems business.

So, if you would like to join us and help
create a safe and secure world, together
, please apply via the 'Apply Now' button below.

To learn more about us vis i t u

Job req #69381

We welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds and experience however, due to the defence orientation of this role, the successful candidate must be eligible to obtain an appropriate level of Commonwealth Personnel Security Clearance, as defined in the AGSVA guidelines.

Please note, should your application progress you may be required to complete pre-employment checks. These checks may include but not limited to, reference checks, police check, security check, qualifications and right to work.

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