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Your KBR future – delivering solutions and changing the world

About KBR:

We are a company of innovators, thinkers, creators, explorers, volunteers and dreamers who all share one goal — to improve the world.

KBR delivers science, technology and engineering solutions to governments and companies around the world. KBR employs approximately 34,000 people performing diverse, complex, and mission-critical roles in 33 countries. 

For 65 years, KBR and its heritage companies are proud to have delivered some of Australia’s largest and most complex projects.

With around 2,000 employees in 6 primary offices throughout Australia, we are committed to social and environmental sustainability and delivering projects with a digital mindset driving innovation within our business and for our customers.

We help ensure mission success on land, in the air, at sea, in space and cyberspace for our defence customers. From individual technologies and services to comprehensive project delivery and mission execution, no other company can match the breadth and depth of KBR.

KBR comprises a diverse team who provide a broad spectrum of capabilities across Australia and the Asia Pacific. Our proven project teams readily address complex and multi-disciplinary activities, providing low-risk and cost-effective solutions to the defence force.

The Opportunity:

We are seeking expressions of interest for an Engineering Manager (Mission Systems).

The Engineering Manager leads and manages technical resources for the Mission Systems program, ensuring service delivery and fulfilment of KBR’s obligations. This includes resourcing the Recurring Services team, supporting Contractor Standing Capability tasks, and establishing technical resources for the setup, operation, and maintenance of KBR’s Support System, integrating it with Commonwealth elements.

Responsible for key capability teams:

• System Engineering

• Network and Server Operation

• Configuration Management

• Software Support

• System Security and Accreditation

• System Administration

The Engineering Manager anticipates future resource demands and skills shortages, ensuring capability growth. A strong understanding of relevant disciplines, standards, and best practices, including digital engineering, is essential.

As the technical leader, the Engineering Manager derives ADSS capability, ensures high performance of allocated engineering resources, influences technical strategy, and manages engineering policy, workforce planning, and professionalisation.

As a people leader, they guide technical learning and development, collaborate with Operational Units and People & Culture on career development, training, and professionalisation, and manage staff skills and performance.

They also support engineering processes within the ADSS Quality System, liaising with Program and OU Principal Engineers on Technical Assurance, including quality assurance, audits, analysis, corrective actions, reporting, and lessons learnt.

Balancing program delivery with technical assurance, the Engineering Manager advises Program and Project Managers, resolves workforce conflicts, and ensures optimal outcomes for the program and KBR.

As the ideal candidate you will bring:

Essential:

Undergraduate degree in engineering appropriate to a core discipline:

Established or eligible for professional registration in an Australian jurisdiction

Chartered engineering status is highly desirable

Minimum 15 years’ experience

Proven engineering leadership and management experience in complex programs.

Experience of managing multidisciplinary capability teams in a defence or other assured regulated industry context

Proven people leadership and resource management including good understanding of competences, capability and capacity management.

Postgraduate qualification is desirable

Must be eligible to obtain and maintain an Australian government security clearance

Benefits of KBR

A workplace culture certified as a Great Place To Work (Aus, India, UK & US)

Flexible working conditions

Competitive salary (including annual reviews)

Paid Parental leave

Paid Reservist leave

Income protection

Corporate rewards

Salary packaging/Novated leasing

Discounted employee stock purchase plans

Flu shots, skin checks and private health insurance discounts

Career development: Online learning, mentorship and career pathways

If you’re ready to shape tomorrow, let’s get started. Apply Now!

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.

KBR is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing an inclusive and diverse work environment. We encourage candidates of all abilities to apply.

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.

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