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You will be appointed as ILS project lead for a defined major project or a series of smaller projects, managing a small team of ILS practitioners, coordinating supporting resources and interfacing with Project Management, Engineering, Finance, Supply Chain, other Rheinmetall business functions and the Customer in order to deliver ILS products in line with the project schedule and budget.

As the Integrated Logistic Support Manager, you can anticipate some of your day-to-day tasks to include:

• Determine, track and resource the project ILS deliverables as detailed in the contracted AUSDEFCON SoW and CDRL Annexes.
• Perform ILS functional lead for the Support System design, development, delivery and sustainment.
• Identify, coordinate and manage delivery of ILS inputs into other Engineering and Project deliverables.
• Liaise and interface with Project Management in order to ensure ILS deliverables are aligned with the project schedule.
• Maintain deliverable and work package scheduling and tracking to ensure compliance with deliverable milestones and oversee review and release approvals.
• Ensure ILS involvement in informing Mission System design as part of managing lifecycle cost for the Customer.
• Coordinate and task allocate your allocated ILS workforce in order to efficiently and effectively meet ILS deliverable timelines.
• Review and monitor resource allocation and skillset requirements to ensure resourcing is sufficient to meet milestones.
• Manage Cost Account and other resource delegations within Project approvals.
• Oversee the performance of duties, capacity and development of all direct reports.
• Identify, assess and address any areas of ILS project under-performance and develop methods to recover or improve project performance.
• Ensure all ILS project reporting requirements, both internal and external, are managed and completed in accordance with schedule and other reporting timelines.
• Provide subject matter expertise of the ILS discipline as a part of the multi-discipline project team, including advising senior leadership on ILS technical requirements, interfaces and other project considerations.

About the Team

Join the Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) team based today. This role can be based in either Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide or Canberra. ILS works as part of the Engineering Department to deliver the best products and services to our customers from logistics analysis through to instructional design and delivery.

Find your new team

Rheinmetall seeks applicants who exemplify our Company’s values of Safety, Partnering, Openness, Respect and Trust. This creates a workplace environment where employees value each other, live up to their promises and communicate openly.

The experience and skillset best suited to this role includes:

• Demonstrated experience and knowledge in Integrated Logistic Support.
• Experience with managing and leading a team of ILS discipline specialists.
• Demonstrated experience in delivering high quality logistics documentation to enable the project to attain IMR, IOC, FMR and FOC on time and budget.
• Previous experience with an Integrated Master Scheduling tool such as Open Plan Professional.
• Experience and knowledge of DEF(AUST)5691, DEF(AUST)5692, DEFLOGMAN.
• A high level of self-motivation and ability to work with limited supervision.
• Demonstrated strong communication skills with a focus on stakeholder engagement and management.
• Ability to travel international and interstate, when required.
• Must hold or be eligible to obtain an Australian Government Security Clearance (must hold Australian Citizenship).

The desirable experience and skillset best suited to this role includes:

• Proven experience in sustainment, particularly in relation to large Australian military projects.
• Tertiary qualification(s) in Integrated Logistics or a related discipline.
• Tertiary qualifications in Project Management.
• eMRD, OmegaPS and/or other ILS toolset experience
• Defence or Defence Industry employment background

What's on offer?

• Have a long weekend every second week with a 9 day working fortnight
• Working in a great team and with exciting products
• State of the art facilities with onsite subsidized cafeteria
• Internal incentive and referral program
• Opportunity for career development and further training
• Strong links to our global Rheinmetall community
• Opportunity to work on major projects such as LAND 400
• Attractive Remuneration package with salary sacrificing & novated leases
• Flexibility in workplace settings offering opportunities to work in multiple locations
• Corporate discounts with gyms, private health funds and various car dealerships
• Employee Assistance Program to support our employees and their families overall wellbeing

Our inclusive culture

Rheinmetall fosters a culture of equality, fairness, diversity and inclusion for all our employees and provides a safe and secure work environment where everyone can feel comfortable and supported to bring their unique self to work every day.

If you would like to know more information about how we are supporting our employees, you can view our policies and initiatives here: https://work180.com/en-au/for-women/employer/rheinmetall/benefits

To learn more about life at Rheinmetall, please visit: www.rheinmetall.com/career-au

Next steps

Apply now!

Preferred candidates will be required to complete background checks including pre-employment verifications and national police checks.

Applications close: 9th September 2022

Please note that we will not be accepting any recruitment agency applications for this role.

For further information about this opportunity, please call Anita Sedlmayer on 0407 137 102 and quote REF#AU00779.