Lead/Senior Systems Engineer - Defence Shipbuilding

• Great opportunity with a well renowned, growing and established firm
• Fantastic company culture, excellent variety in Defence and marine projects
• Flexible working environment, 9 day fortnight, managing a small team

Tertiary qualification in marine, production or engineering discipline is required and ideally 10 years’ experience.

Our client is a leader in providing services to the maritime, military and resource sectors. Due to continued growth, they are now seeking an experienced Lead/Senior Systems Engineer to join their professional team which is based in Perth to work on a prestigious defence shipbuilding program of work.

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, and you will be responsible for leading, mentoring, developing, and guiding the Defence Engineering team to achieve their full potential, you will also be accountable for workflow priorities. You will also have a small team to manage.

Duties include but not limited to:

• Coordinate project integration across teams using Systems Engineering management principles and processes
• Lead systems engineering to ensure defined requirements are delivered within the specified time frame and exercise authority and control of the team
• Provide technical rigour and oversight on the development and maintenance of engineering artefacts throughout the engineering lifecycle. This includes activities and documentation associated with requirements definition and management; traceability; engineering change; configuration control; verification and validation; and sustainment
• Champion the use of rigorous system development methods to ensure safe, secure, and reliable systems
• Review and approval of engineering design packages, within delegated engineering authority. 
• Provide leadership and coordination in the areas of safety management, project and product configuration engineering, and ILS
• Coordinate verification and validation activities across all work streams
• Provide requirements analysis and management with the use of software management tools such as DOORs, Jira, Confluence, UML, etc.
• Customer liaison relating to Systems Engineering Management (including system review processes)
• Mentoring Junior members of the engineering team 
• Manage defence client interfaces and client relationships
• Development of company procedures and contractual architecture deliverable

Skills & Experience

• Tertiary Qualifications at degree level in an Engineering discipline is essential
• Circa 10+ years’ experience in an engineering discipline in a relevant industry is essential
• Chartered Professional Engineer ideal
• Knowledge of Defence system engineering and design principles, systems, techniques, and industry standards desirable
• Highly adept in defence programs, Government acquisitions and project systems
• Strong Microsoft Office skills including Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Project
• Excellent problem-solving skills to define, investigate and draw effective conclusions
• Ability to prioritize work deadlines in an ever changing setting
• Strong ability to develop technical documents, manuals and drawings
• Excellent written, communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent project and time management skills, ability to manage multiple deadlines

This is a permanent full-time position providing a great opportunity to work with an established organisation who offer challenging work. 

If you have the skills and experience that we are looking for, click “Apply” to submit your resume or contact  Lisa Naughton via email on lisa.naughton@amida-recruit.com.au or 0450 302 738 or Sam Barnes via email on sam.barnes@amida-recruit.com.au or 0429 306 688 for further information.