VLF Operations and Maintenance Manager

Date Posted:

Country:
Australia

Location:
AUSWA113: Exmouth WA, HEH Murat Road, Naval Communication Station, Harold E Holt, Exmouth, WA, 6707, Australia

Position Role Type:
Unspecified

• Work with an experienced team on some of the nation's most complex technical programs
• Rapidly grow knowledge through ongoing training opportunities
• Be supported with benefits that fit your life, not just your career

As the Principal Contractor for the Naval Communications Station Harold E Holt (NCSHEH) located in Exmouth, Western Australia, Raytheon Australia provides services for the maintenance and operation of critical defence infrastructure including the Space Surveillance Telescope, Very Low Frequency (VLF) Communications Transmitter and C-Band Radar Tracking Radar.

To support our mission, Raytheon Australia is currently seeking a motivated
VLF Maintenance & Operations Manager
who is ready to join a diverse, talented and enthusiastic team of professionals in Exmouth, Western Australia.

Reporting to the Site Manager, the VLF Maintenance & Operations Manager is responsible for leading a large diverse team of trade and technical professionals that directly support the VLF mission and critical supporting services including VLF Antenna, Powerplant and Fuel storage facilities. The role requirements include team performance, KPI management, customer liaison, scheduling, solution development and management of projects to satisfy contractual or internally scoped requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Leading and collaborating within a cross-functional environment to manage budget, resources and reporting to ensure effective execution of maintenance activities.
• Ensure Quality & EH&S standards are built and maintained in alignment with company policies.
• Ensure that maintenance requirements and requests are planned, scheduled and managed in accordance with program priorities.
• Monitor and control maintenance activities to ensure completion within budget, schedule and required quality outcomes.
• Practice excellent stakeholder management to maintain effective relationships.
• Act in accordance with company expectations relating to professional workplace behaviour.

Skills, Experience And Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience keeping your teams safe, leading with safety as a core value.
• Experience supervising a team consisting of various trade and technical professions.
• You'll be able to demonstrate experience managing maintenance in a systematic way to get the most out of the Assets you're entrusted with.
• Exposure to Engineering Change Management processes.
• Our ideal candidate would have a Diploma in Information Technology, Telecommunications, Electronics, or Engineering in a related discipline.
• Our ideal candidate would have a Diploma in Leadership & Management, or equivalent.
• We're always looking for better ways to do things. Our ideal candidate would have on-the-job experience improving processes to deliver results for their Customers and the teams.
• Candidates must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Negative Vetting Level 1 Security Clearance as needed. Eligibility can be found at

Don't miss the opportunity to build your career in a world class team and help build the defence systems that keep Australia safe.

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