AddressThe Role
Defence is looking for highly passionate, enthusiastic and motivated individuals, to fill a variety of technical roles.
As an APS 4 Technical Officer, your key duties may include:
- Under limited guidance, undertake moderately complex technical tasks and activities. The tasks will involve the appropriate application of established principles in order to maintain professional technical standards.
- Accountable for organising workflow and making decisions within defined parameters.
- Contribute to high performing teams, supporting productive relationships with stakeholders and clients.
- Conduct the maintenance of Defence materiel and perform technical activities within land, maritime, aviation or explosive ordnance fields.
Defence is seeking to fill the following vacancies:
- Technical Officers Airframes – Engines
- Configuration Management
- Mechanical
- Electronics-Electrical
- EO Armament Technician
Please select which vacancies you want to be considered for.
In addition to the above vacancies, Defence is seeking to create a merit pool at the APS 4 level to fill future vacancies.
Note: Preference will be given to candidates across Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth and Brisbane (in no specific order).
About our Team
We are recruiting in an exciting time for Defence across a range of positions between three Groups:
- Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group (CASG): CASG exists to meet the Australian Defence Force’s (ADF) military equipment and supply requirements, identified by Defence and approved by Government. CASG manages a multi-billion dollar portfolio of complex, high-profile acquisitions and sustainment activities supporting armed forces.
- Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance Group (GWEO): GWEO’s mission is to deliver an Enterprise with a focus on domestic manufacture, long-range strike and uplifting our war stocks enabling the Australian Defence Force, in competition and conflict.
- Naval Shipbuilding and Sustainment Group (NSSG): NSSG is responsible for delivering and sustaining Australia’s naval capability – the ships and submarines – for Australia to be able to fight and win at sea.
As an employer of choice, we have developed training pathways to encourage your development. Within these programs, we provide funding for your professional membership and credentialing.
Our Ideal Candidate
We are seeking passionate, enthusiastic and motivated individuals to join our team.
Our ideal candidate will have:
- An interest in producing high quality work, and seek to continually improve and broaden their skills.
- Highly motivated and solutions focused.
- Good communications skills, both written and verbal.
- Able to understand the value of partnerships, work in a collaborative team environment and achieve shared objectives.
- Trustworthy, transparent and possesses the highest level of integrity.
- Passionate about ongoing self-improvement and professional development.
- Love a challenge and pro-active self-starters who take pride in their work, their ability to problem-solve, and responsiveness to changing workplace objectives, pressures, and priorities.
If you enjoy collaborating in an integrated, team environment and want to develop and gain hands-on experience in a wide range of technical activities, we would love to hear from you.
Application Closing Date: Thursday 13 June 2024
For further information please review the job information pack, reference D/04653/24 on https://defencecareers.nga.net.au/?jati=C915248F-AC18-7B93-656F-DAC28E1180FA
