Systems Engineering Manager (Defence)

World Fuel Services

Melbourne, VIC
Permanent
Full-time

16 days ago

At World Kinect, our employees are the key to our global success. We are industry leaders due to the innumerable talents of our approximately 5000 strong professional team. Our people thrive in an entrepreneurial and culturally-diverse environment, where innovative thinking, collaboration and efficient execution are highly valued. Our high-performance culture is what allows us to drive sustained growth. Stronger together, we promote an environment where individuals can thrive.World Fuel Services Australia, part of World Kinect Corporation (NYSE: WKC) who is a Fortune 100 company providing aviation, marine and land energy, logistics, and technology solutions to customers and suppliers around the world. The company is a proud global leader in the downstream marketing and financing of aviation, marine and land fuel products, and related services.Headquartered in Miami, Florida with a global footprint of over 200 countries and territories, over 4000 employees, and revenues more than $42 Billion, World Kinect offers its customers a value-added outsource service for supply, quality control, logistical support, and price risk management.As part of the Global WFS Defence Solutions, WFSA DG is to develop and deliver Safe, Sustainable, Affordable, and Innovative deployable energy solutions to the ADF that are: tailored, based on proven global know-how; and enable long term corporate opportunities across the Indo pacific.Purpose of the RoleAs a part of our growth strategy, we have an opportunity for a Systems Engineering Manager for our support contracts, to join our Melbourne based business. This role reports to the Director Technical Services.This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, hard-working, experienced Systems Engineering Manager who has managed engineering functions across a range of sectors and is seeking their next challenge to develop their career in a renowned worldwide business.The Systems Engineering Manager, is responsible for delivering all engineering activities within the program in line with the program schedule. This is done through managing all the engineering teams to ensure the design is maturing as planned.Key Responsibilities

Management of control account including monthly status reporting
Preparation of monthly/quarterly technical performance measures
Management and ultimate responsibility for the requirements and validation
Provide technical support to the JP8190 Project Director and Governance Board
Monitor the day-to-day engineering operations such as requirements, verification and validation.
Guide and coach department directors and program managers to enhance engineering literacy, including guidance with engineering process and execution.
Interact with key customer stakeholders to ensure successful execution of the contract.
Performing adhoc analysis pro-actively or as directed, to provide performance insights that aid growth and focus appropriate resource allocation.
Develop strong and collaborative relationships with key stakeholders to ensure effectiveness of communications and resolution of issues.
Other project management duties as required throughout the life cycle of the project

Key Requirements:

≥ 5 years Engineering experience in engineering management, either as Project Engineer or SEM.
Registration on the National Engineering Register (NER)
Experience managing budget for project or control account
Demonstrated experience in managing a small-to-medium engineering team
Strong interpersonal and communication skills with demonstrated experience of working collaboratively and influencing across multiple stakeholder groups.
Self-starter with the ability to work with limited supervision.

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