Transition Manager (Engineering) - Defence Maritime

About the role

Amentum is seeking an experienced Defence Transition Manager (Engineering) to support the transition of complex maritime capabilities from acquisition into service and enduring sustainment within a Defence environment. The role provides engineering leadership across transition planning, introduction into service, technical certification, design acceptance, inspection, testing and engineering assurance, assessing whether a capability is technically mature enough to move from an acquisition project into operational service.

Key responsibilities

• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders such as Defence Business Units, Military Units, Defence Headquarters Staff and industry partners
• Coordinate, chair and attend stakeholder meetings, document decisions and actions and progress assigned actions
• Prepare and contribute to project, engineering, transition and decision-support documentation, including project business cases, execution strategies, integrated project management plans, safety case reports, risk assessments, technical certification plans, acceptance test and inspection plans, and transition plans
• Take part in technical inspections and tests, review results and recommend the acceptability of technical outcomes
• Complete technical investigations or support Technical Analysts in planning, running and documenting them
• Exercise delegated technical authority, including acting as Alternate Principal Engineer when authorised
• Analyse in-service support requirements and contribute to Fundamental Inputs to Capability (FIC) assurance products
• Support introduction-into-service milestones and the design acceptance of Class 1 significant engineering changes
• Identify technical, supportability and transition risks and prepare technical advice and briefing products for Commonwealth decision-makers

Required profile

• Tertiary engineering qualification and professional project management qualifications and experience
• Significant engineering experience in a Defence acquisition, sustainment or engineering-governance environment
• Demonstrated experience supporting complex materiel through acquisition, introduction into service or transition to sustainment
• Experience within or supporting a Defence Authorised Engineering Organisation
• Active Negative One (NV1) security clearance; ability to meet ITAR export-control requirements, including US Government Third Party Retransfer approval

Required skills

• Knowledge of engineering change, configuration management and technical baselines
• Understanding of Fundamental Inputs to Capability (FIC)
• Experience developing project, engineering, risk, certification, acceptance or transition documentation
• Experience exercising delegated engineering or technical authority