About the Role
Join KBR's Capability Life Cycle Manager (CLCM) team at Garden Island, Sydney, and play a key role in delivering high-impact engineering solutions that support critical Defence sustainment activities. As an experienced Electrical Engineer, you will contribute to the delivery of specialised engineering services across a diverse range of projects, with a strong focus on electrical systems. Working within the CLCM Special Projects Team, you'll collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering professionals, provide technical leadership and mentorship to Electrical and Systems Engineers, and leverage your engineering expertise to influence complex sustainment outcomes. Holding an Engineering Delegation, you will provide risk-based technical advice and engineering guidance, supporting the Principal Engineer while helping to drive innovation, safety, and engineering excellence across the program. This is an exciting opportunity to apply your technical expertise in a challenging and rewarding environment, while making a meaningful contribution to Australia's Defence capability.
Responsibilities
- Provide Electrical Systems Subject Matter Expertise, technical guidance, leadership and direction in support of Engineering activities required to support delivery of the Special Projects Team services IAW the contracted requirements from the ACSSPO.
- Autonomously deliver engineering outputs to planned schedule under limited direction.
- Deliver engineering activities to ensure compliance with approved policy, plans and processes.
- Conduct work to the requirements of the Engineering Management Plan.
- Develop tasking statements for design tasks to be executed in accordance with the planned schedule.
- Work within a multidisciplinary team to develop design solutions and requirements in the context of Engineering Change Management, Configuration management, Systems Safety and Certification.
- Review engineering design task deliverables and conduct associated technical Design Reviews.
- Conduct technical risk assessments within the limits of engineering delegation.
- Work within and to the requirements of Navy Seaworthiness framework and the ACSSPO Authorised Engineering Organisation (AEO).
- Verify new Request for Problem Resolution (RPR) against the approved Requirements baseline, Certification Basis and Safety Case Report on the PBS.
- Perform work which involves conventional engineering practice but may include a variety of complex features such as conflicting design requirements, systems integration, unsuitability of conventional materials, and difficult coordination requirements.
Requirements
- Must be eligible for ITAR clearance of relevant ship systems.
- Eligible to obtain SQEP Engineering Delegation Authority within an Authorised Engineering Organisation.
- All candidates will be required to hold and maintain an active Baseline Defence Security Clearance.
- Only candidates holding a Baseline Clearance or above should apply.
Skills
- Electrical Systems Subject Matter Expertise
- Technical guidance
- Leadership
- Engineering outputs
- Engineering activities
- Engineering Management Plan
- Design solutions
- Requirements development
- Engineering Change Management
- Configuration management
- Systems Safety
- Certification
- Design task deliverables review
- Technical Design Reviews
- Technical risk assessments
- Navy Seaworthiness framework
- ACSSPO Authorised Engineering Organisation (AEO)
- Request for Problem Resolution (RPR) verification
- Requirements baseline verification
- Certification Basis verification
- Safety Case Report verification
- Systems integration
- Coordination requirements
Location
- Garden Island, Sydney
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
- A minimum of 7 years related experience
Education Level
- Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical or a related discipline
- Membership of a recognised professional body and registration as Chartered Engineer
Benefits
- A workplace culture certified as a Great Place To Work
- Flexible working
- Competitive salary (including annual reviews)
- Paid parental leave
- Income protection
- Corporate rewards
- Salary packaging/Novated leasing
- Employee stock purchase plans
- Flu shots, skin checks and discounted private health insurance
- Career development: Online learning, mentorship and career pathways
About the Company
- KBR delivers science, technology and engineering solutions to governments and companies around the world.
- KBR employs approximately 38,000 people worldwide with customers in more than 80 countries and operations in over 29 countries.
- KBR is proud to work with its customers across the globe to provide technology, value-added services, and long-term operations and maintenance services to ensure consistent delivery with predictable results.
- With over 65 years working on some of Australia’s largest and most complex projects, KBR has unmatched experience supporting the nation’s critical infrastructure, energy transition and national security priorities.
- KBR has around 2,000 employees throughout Australia, who are focused on delivering innovative technology and engineering solutions for a safer, more secure and sustainable future.
- At KBR, we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture.
- These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a People First company.
- That commitment is central to our team of team’s philosophy and fosters an environment where everyone can Belong, Connect and Grow.
- We Deliver – Together.
Equal Opportunity
- KBR acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and their continuing connections to land, sea, community and culture. We pay our respects to Elders past and present.
- As a Major Service Provider of the Australian Defence Force, an AGSVA security clearance will be required and compliance to International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).
- As such, our hiring decisions are based on the key requirements of each role and candidates are selected based on their unique strengths and experiences.
