Maintenance Engineer

3 days ago


Henderson Western Australia Austal Ships Full time $80,000 - $120,000 per year

Why Austal

Austal is Australia's global shipbuilder, Defence prime contractor and maritime technology partner of choice, designing, constructing, and supporting defence and commercial vessels for the world's leading operators. The company operates in Australia, the USA, Philippines, and Vietnam.

Austal is delivering multiple naval shipbuilding and sustainment programs for the Royal Australian Navy, Australian Border Force, and the Department of Defence, employing approximately 1,000 people in facilities in located Western Australia, Queensland, and the Northern Territory.

Austal has entered into a landmark Strategic Shipbuilding Agreement (SSA) with the Commonwealth of Australia, launching a new era of continuous naval shipbuilding within the Henderson Defence Precinct and across Western Australia. As Australia's Strategic Shipbuilder, Austal will start by delivering eighteen Landing Craft Medium and eight Landing Craft Heavy vessels for the Australian Army.

The SSA will drive significant growth across our industry and workforce, as we deliver existing and future programs under a long-term partnership. Through effective collaboration with our supply chain partners, Austal is driving innovation, developing sovereign capability, and creating lasting opportunities for Australian industry and workers.

To support this growth, we are building a highly skilled team to engage with local industry and supply chains, and contribute to complex, large-scale projects that reflect Austal's proven capabilities and trusted performance.

About the Opportunity

As a valued member of the In-Service Support team, the Maintenance Engineer plays a critical role in ensuring asset reliability and performance. This position is responsible for reviewing and analysing technical documentation, equipment functionality, and performance requirements to develop effective maintenance strategies that uphold asset integrity and support operational objectives.

What's Involved

  • Identify relevant maintenance tasks and define their characteristics—including required resources, skill level, frequency, and estimated work hours—using analysis methods such as Failure Mode Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) and/or Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM), aligned with system/equipment functional requirements and mission profiles.
  • Produce ILS deliverables including analysis reports, technical manuals, maintenance plans and detailed maintenance work instructions.
  • Analyse the maintenance resource package by conducting resource evaluations and trade-offs to determine the optimal location, personnel, and resources required for each task.
  • Apply engineering judgement to refine tasks in ways that improve vessel availability and reduce life-cycle costs
  • Develop executable planning documents to support maintenance delivery.
  • Document maintenance procedures in compliance with relevant safety standards, ensuring clarity and accuracy based on authorised technical data.
  • Perform assigned ILS analysis tasks including logistics support analysis, reliability analysis, spares analysis, maintenance requirements determination and task analysis activities.
  • Assist in the determination and embodiment process of Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs) across multiple projects.
  • Support the preparation and submission of Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL) deliverables to the client, ensuring compliance with project requirements
  • Conduct maintenance investigations to identify deficiencies in current practices and recommend improvements to enhance asset reliability and maintainability.
  • Prepare and submit comprehensive reports detailing investigation findings and recommendations
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment on ILS requirements and liaise with external stakeholders.

You'll Need

  • Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical, Electrical or equivalent qualification
  • 5+ years relevant experience in maintenance engineering
  • Excellent computer skills
  • Understanding of the importance and role of data in the logistics program
  • Well-developed oral and written communication skills

Why Austal

·       Competitive compensation and benefits package.

·       Professional development and training opportunities.

·       A supportive and dynamic work environment.

·       Opportunities for career advancement within our growing organisation.

Our global team is guided by a universal set of values that describe the focus of our efforts. Our goal is for all our decisions and actions to reflect these core values. We believe that putting our values into practice creates the greatest benefits for our shareholders, customers, employees, suppliers, and communities in which we serve.

Excellence - Customer Focus - Integrity - Team Work

At Austal we are committed to providing a safe and inclusive work environment for all. We believe that achieving greater diversity will enhance our operations and as such we actively encourage Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders, people of all backgrounds, ages, sexual orientation, and those with Disability to apply.



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