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Role Title: Transition Manager (Engineering)
Amentum is seeking an experienced Defence Transition to support the transition of complex maritime capabilities from acquisition into service and enduring sustainment within a Defence environment.
The successful candidate will provide engineering leadership across transition planning, introduction into service, technical certification, design acceptance, inspection, testing and engineering assurance. The position will assess whether a capability is technically mature and sufficiently supported to transition from an acquisition project into operational service and the receiving sustainment organisation.
The role requires an experienced individual who can evaluate technical evidence, identify engineering and transition risks, exercise delegated technical authority and provide defensible recommendations to Commonwealth decisionmakers.
Key responsibilities:
- Liaise with relevant internal and external stakeholders, including Defence Business Units, CASG Business Units, Military Units, Defence Headquarters Staff and Industry Partners.
- Coordinate, chair and participate in stakeholder meetings, including documenting decisions, actions and agreed outcomes and progressing assigned actions as required.
- Prepare and contribute to project, engineering, transition and decision-support documentation, including:
- Project Business Cases
- Project Execution Strategies
- Integrated Project Management Plans
- Project Engineering Plans
- Safety Case Reports
- Risk Assessments
- Technical Certification Plans
- Acceptance Test and Inspection Plans
- Project Progress Reports
- Project Decision Briefs
- Project presentations
- Project Collaboration Agreements
- Transition Plans
- Commercial Tasking Statements
- Participate in technical inspections and test activities for project equipment.
- Review technical inspection and test results and provide recommendations concerning the acceptability of technical outcomes.
- Complete technical investigations supporting project requirements or assist Technical Analysts in planning, conducting and documenting technical investigations.
- Exercise technical authority within the scope and limits of an allocated delegation, including performing an Alternate Principal Engineer function when formally authorised.
- Contribute to identifying and analysing the in-service support requirements of capabilities transitioning from Major and Minor Acquisition Projects into the receiving sustainment organisation.
- Contribute to Fundamental Inputs to Capability (FIC) assurance, analysis and briefing products for capabilities transitioning into service and sustainment.
- Support the project office in planning, coordinating and achieving introduction-into-service milestones for internal and external acquisition projects.
- Support the Design Acceptance of Class 1 Significant engineering changes for Minor Project capabilities that are transitioning, or have transitioned, into sustainment.
- Identify technical, supportability and transition risks that may affect introduction into service or transfer to sustainment.
- Prepare clear technical advice, recommendations and briefing products for Commonwealth consideration.
- Provide progress updates against allocated activities, milestones, risks and dependencies.
About You:
- Tertiary Engineering and professional Project Management qualifications and experience
- Experience developing project, engineering, risk, certification, acceptance or transition documentation
- Have demonstrated experience exercising delegated engineering or technical authority
- Significant engineering experience within a Defence acquisition, sustainment or engineering-governance environment
- Demonstrated experience supporting complex materiel capabilities through acquisition, introduction into service or transition to sustainment
- Experience working within, or directly supporting, a Defence Authorised Engineering Organisation
- Experience completing or supporting technical investigations
- Demonstrated experience supporting technical certification, Design Acceptance or equivalent engineering-assurance activities
- Knowledge of engineering change, configuration management and technical baselines
- Experience identifying and analysing in-service engineering and support requirements
- Understanding of Fundamental Inputs to Capability (FIC) and their application to introduction into service
- Hold an active Negative One (NV1) Security Clearance
- Be able to satisfy applicable ITAR export-control requirements, including eligibility to achieve and maintain required US Government Third Party Retransfer approval.
Security Clearance: Negative Vetting 1 (NV1)
Location: Cairns, QLD
Weekly Hours: 40
Skills Required
- Tertiary engineering qualification
- Professional project management qualification
- Experience developing project, engineering, risk, certification, acceptance, or transition documentation
- Demonstrated experience exercising delegated engineering or technical authority
- Significant engineering experience in a Defence acquisition, sustainment, or engineering-governance environment
- Experience supporting complex materiel capabilities through acquisition, introduction into service, or transition to sustainment
- Experience working within or directly supporting a Defence Authorised Engineering Organisation
- Experience completing or supporting technical investigations
- Experience supporting technical certification, Design Acceptance, or equivalent engineering-assurance activities
- Knowledge of engineering change, configuration management, and technical baselines
- Experience identifying and analysing in-service engineering and support requirements
- Understanding of Fundamental Inputs to Capability and their application to introduction into service
- Active Negative Vetting 1 security clearance
- Eligibility to satisfy and maintain applicable ITAR export-control and US Government Third Party Retransfer requirements
Amentum Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Amentum and has not been reviewed or approved by Amentum.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare offerings are described as comprehensive, with medical, dental, and vision plans and multiple PPO/HSA options. Mental health support via an employee assistance program and other wellness resources is also included in the benefits mix.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is positioned as a meaningful part of total rewards through a 401(k) plan with employer matching. Profit-sharing contributions and immediate or near-term vesting in some cases further strengthen the retirement value proposition.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off benefits are presented as solid for the sector, including tiered PTO accrual by tenure and a set of paid holidays. Role-dependent flexible or remote work options and leave programs add to perceived work-life support.
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