Maintenance Engineer

About Austal

Austal is Australias global shipbuilder Defence prime contractor and maritime technology partner of choice designing constructing and supporting defence and commercial vessels for the worlds 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 1000 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 Australias 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 Austals proven capabilities and trusted performance.

About the Opportunity

The Maintenance Engineer ensures maritime systems remain supportable available and costeffective across their lifecycle by developing maintenance strategies and analysis integrating requirements into design and sustainment planning and collaborating with ILS and design teams. The role operates under the supervision of the ILS Lead and is accountable to the Integrated Product Support Engineering Manager within the shipbuilding program.

Whats Involved

• Maintenance Documentation Development: Create clear detailed maintenance plans defining resources levels frequency and work hours

• Traceability: Link documentation to RCM FMECA and LORA methodologies to optimize lifecycle costs and maximize availability

• Maintenance Task Analysis: Ensure tasks resources procedures and personnel competencies are fit for purpose and traceable

• IPS Collaboration: Align maintenance engineering with other ILS Program elements for integrated support solutions

• Design Interface Integration: Embed maintenance requirements into ship design to ensure maintainability and supportability

• Future Planning: Address growth obsolescence and technology refresh/insertion in maintenance strategies

• Issue Resolution: Manage engineering changes obsolescence and reliability issues efficiently to maintain operational effectiveness

• Stakeholder Consultation: Capture input from internal and external stakeholders; align outputs with other IPS disciplines

• Compliance and Assurance: Ensure activities meet Defence standards enterprise policies and contractual obligations

• Data Management and Reporting: Accurately capture analyze and report maintenance data

Desirable Skills / Experience / Attributes:

Essential:

• Australian citizenship required; must be able to obtain a Baseline Government Security Clearance.
• Bachelors degree in mechanical Electrical Systems or related engineering discipline.
• 35 years in maintenance engineering within complex asset environments.
• Skilled in developing maintenance documentation (procedures schedules plans); familiar with safety standards systems engineering lifecycle design integration and logistic support analysis.
• Strong communication and collaboration abilities with proven effectiveness in multidisciplinary environments.

Desirable:

• Postgraduate qualifications in Systems Engineering Asset Management or Defence Logistics.
• Proficiency in RCM FMECA LORA and other maintenance analysis techniques
• Experience in Defence Acquisition / ILS or IPS Program
• Knowledge of Australian Standards for Defence Contracting (ASDEFCON)
• Experience with Defence Land / Naval Systems maintenance documentation
• Knowledge of Defence maintenance data systems and standards.
• Experience with participation in design reviews

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.