Industry Engagement Manager

Potential Opportunity – H&B Defence

About You

You are an experienced professional with a strong background in supply chain, industry engagement, or business development, ideally within the Defence sector. You have a proven ability to establish and maintain networks that drive collaboration, innovation, and growth. Your skills in negotiation, influencing, and strategic thinking allow you to navigate complex stakeholder environments with confidence, while your communication and leadership abilities enable you to build trust and foster meaningful partnerships. You are motivated by the opportunity to contribute to initiatives that strengthen supply chain resilience and efficiency, and you bring a deep understanding of industry operations, government contracts, and tender processes. With a commitment to integrity, respect, accountability, and excellence, you are ready to represent H&B Defence across industry bodies, advocacy groups, and government stakeholders, ensuring the organisation is positioned as a leader in engagement and collaboration.

About the Role

This is a potential opportunity to join H&B Defence as an Industry Engagement Manager, where you will contribute to strategic initiatives that enhance collaboration and innovation across the supply chain ecosystem. Working closely with the Industry Engagement Director, you will be responsible for building and maintaining relationships with industry stakeholders, developing engagement strategies, and ensuring alignment with organisational goals. You will play a key role in promoting and differentiating H&B Defence with industry bodies, advocacy groups, and Defence stakeholders at both state and federal levels.

The role involves contributing to supplier assessments, developing engagement plans, and representing H&B Defence at forums and industry events. You will facilitate initiatives that improve supply chain efficiency, evaluate the impact of engagement activities, and provide insights that support strategic decision‑making. In addition, you will be expected to keep abreast of developments in the Defence, nuclear, and maritime industries, ensuring H&B Defence remains at the forefront of industry engagement. This position requires interstate and overseas travel and offers the chance to make a significant impact in a mission‑focused organisation that values safety, excellence, and collaboration.

Your future at Babcock - what we offer you

• We provide an agile work environment where you’re able to work onsite and remotely, and to set you up for this we provide a laptop and working from home kit if required;

• Our work life integration policy brings together leave entitlements which include annual leave, wellbeing leave, volunteer leave, paid parental leave, defence reservist leave plus more;

• We will provide you with a supportive and engaging environment where you can grow your career, supported by our capability framework plus ongoing access to self-led learning modules through LinkedIn Learning and access to study leave;

• You’ll have access to beRewarded which will provide you with endless discounts across retail, health, entertainment, travel and much more, plus novated leasing options and corporate shares plan;

• Your wellbeing is supported through our online wellbeing program Munch, Mind, Move, Money, access to our employee assistance program plus wellbeing leave;

• You’ll be able to participate in our weRecognise program which is an opportunity to recognise the outstanding work our people do each and every day in living our principles which are Be kind, Collaborate, Be Curious, Think Outcomes, Be Courageous and Own & Deliver.

Who we are

Babcock International Group, the aerospace and defence company, has been trusted to deliver bespoke, highly skilled engineering services for over a century.

Across Australia and New Zealand, Babcock has grown to a team of over 1,300 talented people, and we are on a path of continued growth and expansion. We operate across sectors such as defence, commercial marine, aviation, airports, communications, emergency services and engineering consultancy.

Some of the programs our team across Australia and New Zealand are proud to be a part of involve:

• Providing emergency medical and search & rescue aviation services through our Aviation & Critical Services business;

• Designing and supporting key systems for submarines and surface ships through our Marine business;

• Providing fleet wide through life support and asset management services for Navy customers;

• Managing critical assets for a range of sectors through our Land Business.

So, if you would like to join us and help create a safe and secure world, together, please apply via the ‘Apply Now’ button below.

To learn more about Babcock visit www.babcock.com.au.

Job req # 70446

We welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds and experience however, due to the defence orientation of this role, the successful candidate must be eligible to obtain an appropriate level of Defence Security Clearance for the role, as defined in the AGSVA guidelines.

Please note, should your application progress you may be required to complete pre-employment checks. These checks may include but not limited to, reference checks, police check, security check, qualifications and right to work.

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