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Full time. Canberra-based.

Begin the next phase of your project management career and proactively plan, develop, and deliver transformational project management professional services to the Commonwealth of Australia, with an emphasis on supporting Defence capabilities from project inception through to delivery of capabilities that protect Australia and its national interests. The person in this  role will work closely with stakeholders across Defence and Defence Industry partners to deliver and sustain current operational capabilities and new critical capabilities.

You will be an experienced Project Manager who thrives on working in a supportive and collaborative environment. You appreciate opportunities to establish and manage key project and program management solutions and you enjoy seeing a project move from inception to completion. Developing relationships with stakeholders while taking ownership of the small and medium sized projects that deliver cutting edge technologies quickly to deliver positive outcomes when they are most needed is what gives you satisfaction. You know the rewards of assisting others in getting project governance frameworks established and communicating progress to stakeholders through regular status updates and reporting. This is a role where complexity, ambiguity and innovation coalesce with the rigour of systematic project management methodologies to balance risks and quality requirements to deliver positive change.

This is a role where you can deepen your commercial and business acumen, strong stakeholder engagement skills, and understanding of Defence and the Defence Industry sector in Australia. This Project Manager role will clearly make an impact on the development of sovereign capabilities.

What you will bring to the role:

• The ability to identify, communicate, co-ordinate, plan, implement, and manage projects within a complex operational environment, including the provision of project improvement, project management, risk and quality assurance advice to relevant multiple stakeholders. 
• The ability to identify and recommend ongoing improvements to processes, systems, and materiel procedures to drive better project, program, and portfolio capability outcomes and strategic options. 
• The ability to solve issues and manage budgets, including facilitating and accelerating root cause corrective action (RCCA), taking ownership of solution implementation, and working collaboratively to make required project management improvements sustainable.
• Familiarity with Defence acquisition (including experience in the One Defence Capability Life Cycle) and sustainment lifecycles and coordination of the Fundamentals inputs to Capability to generate decisive advantage.
• Familiarity with scheduling methodologies and tools (e.g., Gannt Charts, MS Project, Teamwork.com) and Business Process Modelling (BPM) and BPM Notation methodologies.
• Computer literacy and proficiency in Commonwealth of Australia approved ICT systems, software and applications including spreadsheets and databases, such as MS Excel.
• Ability to develop ASDEFCON suite of templates into documentation that leads to contracts with Defence and Defence Industry partners.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to lead a large team with team members working in other locations, with some travel required.
• Ability to take a flexible approach and work collaboratively with Commonwealth representatives and other service providers contracted to the Commonwealth.
• Strong interpersonal skills and confident, professional verbal communication skills.
• Excellent written communication skills.
• A security clearance, minimum of NV-1 preferred, or ability to gain such a clearance from the Commonwealth of Australia.
• A project management qualification (or equivalent experience) and/or an industry recognised certification in a systems-based project management method such as Agile, PRINCE2, PMBOK, PMP, MSP, MOP, and/or P3O.

Why Sayres Australia?

You’ll be joining a team where 90% of your colleagues are ADF veterans or family members of veterans. We have a strong focus on assisting veterans transition from the ADF to their next career. You will be supported from day one. You will be part of a team. You will be contributing your unique skills to programs of national significance.

Applications close 31 March 2023. 

Please contact [email protected] for more information, or to apply for this role.

Full time. Canberra-based.

Sayres Australia has ongoing opportunities to provide contracted capability services in the maritime domain.  This role is one where real value and impact can be made, both for our clients and on the growth of Sayres Australia’s professional services portfolio. This role involves contract support to maritime capability projects.

We are looking for a candidate with Royal Australian Navy service with a Principal Warfare Officer (PWO) qualification and operational experience in surface combatants. Your former military experience will be key to the development of key Program Governance documentation that will drive the delivery of future capability for the Royal Australian Navy.

The position is Canberra-based.  

What you will bring to the role:

• Demonstrated maritime warfare expertise with a PWO qualification and operational experience in surface combatants.
• Proven organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise, meet structured time constraints, and work with multiple stakeholders.
• Computer literacy and proficiency in Commonwealth of Australia approved ICT systems, software and applications, including spreadsheets and databases, such as MS Excel.
• Proven ability to work effectively on multiple tasks with demanding and conflicting deadlines.
• Initiative and drive, with the demonstrated ability to see tasks through to completion.
• A demonstrated ability to provide advice and develop procedural / practise artefacts and guidance products.
• A demonstrated ability to maintain and report accurate progress and achievements on a monthly basis and, where necessary, justify any delta between the previous expected achievements and actual achievements.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to take a flexible approach and work collaboratively with Commonwealth representatives and other service providers contracted to the Commonwealth.
• Ability to take into account contributions and feedback provided by the Commonwealth and its contracted service providers in the development of deliverables.
• Strong interpersonal skills and confident, professional verbal communication skills.
• Excellent written communication skills.
• An Australian citizen with an AGSVA security clearance of NV-1 or higher.

Why Sayres Australia?

You’ll be joining a team in which 90% of your colleagues are ADF veterans or family members of veterans. We have a strong focus on assisting veterans transition from the ADF to their next career. You will be supported from day one. You will be part of a team.

Applications Close 31 March 2023.

Please contact [email protected] for more information, or to apply for this role.

Full time. Canberra-based.

Sayres Australia has growing opportunities to:

• provide engineering services to provide real value and make an impact for our clients, and
• lead the growth of the engineering professional services portfolio within Sayres Australia.

This role is one where the successful applicant can grow and scale up both their own professional service delivery, and the company’s engineering Business Division.    

Challenge yourself to proactively plan, develop, and deliver engineering professional services to the Commonwealth of Australia, with an emphasis on supporting Defence capabilities, ranging from requirements-setting through to acquisition, sustainment, and eventual disposal. The person in this role will initially undertake contract work while working with management to grow an engineering team. Longer term, the team will work closely with stakeholders across Defence and Defence Industry partners to deliver high quality engineering services to support current operational capability and new capability development activities.

With sound commercial and business acumen, strong stakeholder engagement skills and a deep understanding of Defence and the Defence Industry sector in Australia, the Engineering Manager will have a positive impact on the development of sovereign capabilities.  In addition, to be successful, the Engineering Manager will be able to demonstrate experience in performing a wide range of engineering activities, including safety assurance responsibilities for compliance with required quality standards and safety management systems.

This position is Canberra-based with potential for occasional domestic travel. 

What you will bring to the role:

• Demonstrated experience in managing Defence Engineering systems and processes.
• The ability to identify, co-ordinate, and implement quality and safety engineering requirements within a complex, operational environment.
• The ability to organise engineering efforts to maximise efficiencies and generate effective capabilities.
• The ability to identify and recommend ongoing improvements to processes, systems, and materiel procedures to better drive capability outcomes and strategic options.
• The ability to provide specialist risk management, quality assurance, and safety engineering advice to multiple stakeholders, i.e., production, maintenance, project, and program staff.
• The ability to ensure that programs and projects adhere to the quality and safety management system requirements.
• The ability to develop and implement plans to ensure compliance to internal and external requirements and standards in accordance with program requirements, i.e., AS9100, ISO9001.
• The ability to facilitate and accelerate root cause corrective action (RCCA), take ownership of solution implementation, and work collaboratively to make required improvements sustainable.
• Familiarity with Business Process Modelling (BPM) and BPM Notation methodologies.
• Proven organisational skills with the ability to prioritise, meet structured time constraints, and work with multiple stakeholders.
• Computer literacy and proficiency in Commonwealth of Australia approved ICT systems, software, and applications including spreadsheets and databases such as MS Excel.
• Proven ability to work effectively on multiple tasks with demanding and conflicting deadlines.
• Initiative and drive, with the demonstrated ability to see tasks through to completion.
• Ability to provide advice and develop procedural / practise artefacts and guidance products.
• Ability to maintain and report accurate progress and achievements on a monthly basis and, where necessary, justify any delta between the previous expected achievements and actual achievements.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to lead a large team with team members working in other locations.
• Ability to take a flexible approach and work collaboratively with Commonwealth representatives and other service providers contracted to the Commonwealth.
• Ability to take into account contributions and feedback provided by the Commonwealth and its contracted service providers in the development of deliverables.
• Strong interpersonal skills and confident, professional verbal communication skills.
• Excellent written communication skills.
• An Australian citizen with AGSVA security clearance of NV-1 or higher.

Why Sayres Australia?

You’ll be joining a team where 90% of your colleagues are ADF veterans or family members of veterans. We have a strong focus on assisting veterans transition from the ADF to their next career. You will be supported from day one. You will be part of a team. You will be contributing your unique skills to programs of national significance.

Applications close 31 March 2023.

Please contact [email protected] for more information, or to apply for this role.

Full-time. Canberra-based.

Sayres Australia has growing opportunities to provide ILS services.  This role is one where real value and impact can be made, both for our clients and on the growth of Sayres Australia’s ILS professional services portfolio. The successful applicant will be responsible for the growth and scaling up of the ILS Business Division.

Challenge yourself to proactively plan, develop, and deliver Integrated Logistic Support (ILS) professional services to the Commonwealth of Australia, with an emphasis on supporting Defence capabilities from requirements setting, through to acquisition, sustainment, and eventual disposal. The person in this role will initially undertake contract work while working with management to grow an ILS team. Longer term, the team will deliver ILS services to support operational capability and new capability development activities.

To be successful, the ILS Manager will have demonstrated relevant experience and will be able to perform a wide range of logistics activities including material logistics assurance and governance, management and planning, and procurement and commercial activities relating to the acquisition of Defence capabilities.  With sound commercial and business acumen, strong stakeholder engagement skills, and a deep understanding of Defence and the Defence Industry sector in Australia, the ILS Manager will have a positive impact on the development of sovereign capabilities.

The position is Canberra-based with potential for occasional domestic travel.

What you will bring to the role:

• Demonstrated experience in managing Defence logistics systems and processes.
• A demonstrated ability to identify, co-ordinate, and implement logistic requirements within a complex, operational environment.
• A demonstrated ability to organise logistic support to maximise efficiencies and the generation of effective capabilities.
• A demonstrated ability to identify and recommend ongoing improvements to integrated logistic work processes, systems, and materiel procedures to drive better capability outcomes and strategic options.
• Proven organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise, meet structured time constraints, and work with multiple stakeholders.
• Computer literacy and proficiency in Commonwealth of Australia approved ICT systems, software and applications, including spreadsheets and databases, such as MS Excel
• Proven ability to work effectively on multiple tasks with demanding and conflicting deadlines.
• Initiative and drive, with the demonstrated ability to see tasks through to completion.
• A demonstrated ability to provide advice and develop procedural / practise artefacts and guidance products.
• A demonstrated ability to maintain and report accurate progress and achievements on a monthly basis and, where necessary, justify any delta between the previous expected achievements and actual achievements.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to lead a large team with team members working in other locations.
• Ability to take a flexible approach and work collaboratively with Commonwealth representatives and other service providers contracted to the Commonwealth.
• Be able to take into account contributions and feedback provided by the Commonwealth and its contracted service providers in the development of deliverables.
• Strong interpersonal skills and confident, professional verbal communication skills.
• Excellent written communication skills.
• An Australian citizen with AGSVA security clearance of NV-1 or higher.

Why Sayres Australia?

You’ll be joining a team in which 90% of your colleagues are ADF veterans or family members of veterans. We have a strong focus on assisting veterans transition from the ADF to their next career. You will be supported from day one. You will be part of a team.

Applications Close 31 March 2023.

Please contact [email protected] for more information, or to apply for this role.