Maintenance Control Officer F135

About Us

TAE Aerospace is a global aerospace company providing maintenance services for some of the most powerful, exciting and important defence and commercial aircraft platforms in the world. We are also proud of our encouraging and supportive team environment that ensures we all work together within a genuine high-performance culture. Proudly a Gold Member of the Australia Defence Force Reserves and Employer Support Program and promote the recruitment of Reservists and Veterans into all roles.

TAE Aerospace is part of the ASDAM Group and is a leading sovereign defence, advanced manufacturing and sustainment company. It provides end-to-end capability across design, engineering, manufacturing, assembly and sustainment. ASDAM includes Marand, TAE Aerospace, Rosebank Engineering, Levett Engineering and Quickstep.

Why Work for TAE?

• We proudly support ADF Reserves with paid Defence Reservist Leave
• A comprehensive physical, mental and financial Wellbeing Program
• Flexible Working Arrangements
• A great family culture where you're not just another employee
• Fantastic Learning and Development Opportunities
• Clearly defined career pathways
• Regular workplace events and functions
• Great workplace facilities
• An inclusive and diverse workplace
• Strong involvement with the local community

About the Role

We are looking for highly motivated Maintenance Control Officer to work on the most exciting engine platforms in the defence sector – the legendary F/A 18 Super Hornet's F414 engine and F135 engine that powers the most advanced fifth-generation fighter in the world – the F35 Lightning II. The role of the Maintenance Control Officer is to execute the technical administration of assigned module and components through the MRO Lifecycle, including generation of work packages, facilitating approval of work packages for release with the Maintenance Control Manager and Quality Department, major changes to released work packages and reviewing work packages prior to closure for quality.

Your duties include:

• Manage the timely and accurate creation of user-friendly work packages in customer provided enterprise digital solutions e.g. SAP, Solumina, etc.
• Manage the administration of major changes to released work packages to ensure there are no delays to production for technical administration.
• Conducting audits of technical work packages for accuracy before final close out,
• Collaboration with the relevant maintenance team leaders and planning team to generate and maintain work schedules.
• Support the customer to maintain configuration control and reporting of product data to ensure records are complete and accurate as required by customer contractual requirements.
• Support the review of technical data changes / revisions for impacts to assigned work packages.
• Participate in root cause and corrective action process associated with relevant non-conformance reports.
• Identification of opportunities for continuous improvement to reduce the cost base and improve efficiency within the maintenance operations environment.

Skills, Qualifications & Experience

• Demonstrated ability as a maintenance manager to ensure work packages adhere to required instructions for continuous airworthiness, customer and regulatory requirements and any company specific requirements.
• Experience using various enterprise digital solutions e.g. SAP, Solumina, IFS, Microsoft, etc.
• Experience in an aerospace propulsion or component / MRO operations environment.
• Exceptional organisational, planning and change management skills
• Minimum four years in an aviation MRO operations environment, or equivalent mechanical operations environment.
• Professional engineering qualification BEng or Cert IV in Aeroskills (or equivalent) with 4 years post qualification experience.
• Lean / 6 Sigma or equivalent continuous improvement training

If this is you, then please submit your application today

Additional Requirements:

Due to the nature of our work and the requirements of our customers, all applicants may be required to hold Australian citizenship and need to meet ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations) and/or EAR (Export Administration Regulations) compliance as part of employment eligibility.

Successful applicants may also be required to undergo a current police check, obtain a Commonwealth defence security clearance, and participate in random drug and alcohol screening as part of our commitment to safety and security.

We make employment decisions based on merit, and we encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.

For more information on TAE Aerospace, visit our website

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