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The business also offers the provision of docking, reticulated services and facility maintenance within Garden Island.
The role: We have an opportunity for a Senior Ship Manager to join our Ship Repair team based in Garden Island Defence Precinct.
You will join our Maintenance Services team, which provides Maintenance Management Services for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and will be the primary point of contact for the asset class maintenance function.
You will be responsible for the respective Planning and Scheduling team for the assigned ship and you will oversee the management of nominated projects, ensuring that all Maintenance (Preventative and Corrective) and incorporation of engineering changes is completed safely within the agreed schedule, cost and Commonwealth technical requirements.
Key Responsibilities: Ensures the Customer requests for the assigned ship are understood, qualified, prioritised, handed over to the appropriate teams and processed within Thales organisation.
Ensures the request lifecycles are managed.
Understand the maintenance philosophy and participate in developing the Annual Work Plan (AWP), and long-range maintenance and engineering change forecast for the assigned Asset Class.
Liaison with the customer representatives to ensure Maintenance Period Work Packages achieve the required operational effectiveness and safety objectives for the ships next tasking.
Manage the Ship Maintenance Planning to ensure sufficient resources (labour, technical data, equipment and materials) are allocated to meet schedule requirements.
Oversee Maintenance Period Work Package execution, ensuring the scope and schedule continues to achieve the Customers required operational effectiveness and safety objectives for the ships next tasking.
Developing and chairing planning conferences, and stage gate reviews.
Review, analyse and act on variances in labour hours and material costs to ensure financial objectives achieved.
How About You?
Formal qualification in the area of Engineering, Project Management, suitable trade or engineering training and experience or extensive industry experience in related field Demonstrated safety leadership at a complex industrial site Some exposure to administration in an engineering / manufacturing environment Strong communication and negotiation skills with internal and external customers Experience in managing planning or execution of production work packages Experience in Ship Building / Ship Repair or similar heavy engineering industry and/or civil engineering field Experience in costing and preparation of technical proposals is desirable Sound knowledge of financial and purchasing processes.
And now the fine Print!
As a Defence security clearance is required for this role, applicants must be Australian citizens and eligible to obtain and maintain an appropriate clearance.
To learn more about clearances please visit – http://www.defence.gov.au/AGSVA/ It's easy to dismiss the perfect opportunity if you don't see yourself as the perfect fit.
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