Technical Assurance Lead

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Role Title: Technical Assurance Lead

Role Background and Scope:

Amentum has been tasked by Defence to source a range of specialist resources to provide support for the delivery of a range of patrol vessels, specialist ships, and maritime capabilities for the Royal Australian Navy, the Australian Border Force, and partner nations. This includes:

- Delivering six Offshore Patrol Vessels for the Royal Australian Navy.
- Delivering a new sail training ship.
- Delivering twenty‑four Patrol Boats to Pacific and Indian Ocean partner nations under the Commonwealth’s Pacific Maritime Security Program.
- Delivering ten Patrol Boats for the Royal Australian Navy.
- Delivering up to eleven additional Patrol Boats for the Australian Border Force.
- Managing procurement of vessels and vessel‑like assets for Defence and other agencies.
- Supporting other tasking as directed by senior leadership.

Responsibilities: 

The Technical Assurance Lead will provide support to Defence by ensuring that maritime systems engineering activities across patrol and specialist ship programs are technically sound, compliant, and aligned with Defence engineering standards and delegated Engineering Authority requirements. Key responsibilities include: 

- Providing technical assurance across one or multiple delivery programs
- Supporting localised engineering effort across one or multiple delivery programs
- Review and endorsement of technical risk assessments as applicable to Engineering Authority held
- Development of technical advice
- Promotion and implementation of continuous improvement initiatives
- Reviewing engineering change proposals and contract deliverables

Role Title: Technical Assurance Lead

Role Background and Scope:

Amentum has been tasked by Defence to source a range of specialist resources to provide support for the delivery of a range of patrol vessels, specialist ships, and maritime capabilities for the Royal Australian Navy, the Australian Border Force, and partner nations. This includes:

- Delivering six Offshore Patrol Vessels for the Royal Australian Navy.
- Delivering a new sail training ship.
- Delivering twenty‑four Patrol Boats to Pacific and Indian Ocean partner nations under the Commonwealth’s Pacific Maritime Security Program.
- Delivering ten Patrol Boats for the Royal Australian Navy.
- Delivering up to eleven additional Patrol Boats for the Australian Border Force.
- Managing procurement of vessels and vessel‑like assets for Defence and other agencies.
- Supporting other tasking as directed by senior leadership.

Responsibilities: 

The Technical Assurance Lead will provide support to Defence by ensuring that maritime systems engineering activities across patrol and specialist ship programs are technically sound, compliant, and aligned with Defence engineering standards and delegated Engineering Authority requirements.

Key responsibilities include: 

- Providing technical assurance across one or multiple delivery programs
- Supporting localised engineering effort across one or multiple delivery programs
- Review and endorsement of technical risk assessments as applicable to Engineering Authority held
- Development of technical advice
- Promotion and implementation of continuous improvement initiatives
- Reviewing engineering change proposals and contract deliverables

Essential Requirements:

- Bachelor Degree Engineering in Mechanical, Electrical, Naval Architecture, Marine or relevant engineering discipline
- In depth understanding and demonstrated experience of maritime and naval platform systems
- Proven experience in providing technical assurance across complex, multidisciplinary engineering domains
- Solid knowledge in the application of systems engineering principles across the maritime capability life cycle, from design through acquisition, acceptance and sustainment
- Experience reviewing, endorsing, or advising on technical risk assessments, including risks held under Engineering Authority delegations
- Strong ability to manage competing priorities across a number of concurrent projects

Desirable Requirements:

- Formal training in engineering risk management, safety engineering or assurance frameworks
- High level communication skills both written and verbal with the ability to adapt to targeted audiences

Required Security Clearance Level: NV1

Location: Canberra

Weekly Hours: 40 Hours Per Week