About this role
SYSTRA is one of the world's leading engineering and consultancy groups specialising in public transport and sustainable mobility. With over 10,300 employees, SYSTRA's mission is to design safe and sustainable transport solutions to bring people together, develop social inclusion and facilitate access to employment, education and leisure throughout the world.
Context
The Senior Consultant - Systems Engineering will play a vital role in leading complex engineering activities for our Defence clients, providing expert technical guidance, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards, and supporting both stakeholder engagement and the professional development of engineering teams.
A NV1 Defence Security Clearance is essential for this role. This is a Canberra based role.
Missions/Main Duties
About the role:
- Perform complex engineering activities, including engineering change proposals (ECPs), configuration control boards (CCBs), and support system working groups (SSWGs).
- Liaise with stakeholders and manage contractors to obtain or provide engineering advice.
- Exercise assigned engineering authorities and comply with technical regulatory delegations in accordance with relevant management systems.
- Apply engineering judgment to identify issues and uncertainties, incorporating these considerations into planning, decision-making, and priority setting.
- Provide expert advice and recommendations for the advancement of engineering principles, techniques, methods, and regulations.
- Assess and review technical and design packages, plan and scope activities, provide recommendations, and contribute to implementation.
- Evaluate delivered materials and ensure compliance with requirements, policies, legislative, and regulatory frameworks.
- Monitor and address safety considerations within engineering change management processes.
- Manage team and work area workflows and resources, prepare work plans with measurable outcomes and milestones.
Profile/Skills
About you:
- Demonstrated ability to manage complex engineering processes and activities in sustainment in Defence.
- Experience liaising with multiple stakeholders and managing contractor relationships effectively.
- Proven capability in exercising engineering authority and operating within regulatory frameworks.
- Strong analytical skills for identifying and addressing engineering issues and uncertainties.
- Proficiency in providing technical advice and recommendations for process and technical improvements.
- Experience assessing, planning, reviewing, and implementing actions for technical packages and engineering tasks.
- Ensuring compliance of deliverables with relevant requirements, regulations, and safety standards.
- Team leadership experience, including mentoring engineers, fostering teamwork, and maintaining positive working relationships.
- Resource and workflow management, including preparation and monitoring of work plans.
- Defence Security Clearance of up to at least NV1
Benefits of working at SYSTRA:At SYSTRA, we prioritise the well-being and professional growth of our employees by offering a comprehensive range of benefits. We're committed to nurturing your career development, providing ongoing support for obtaining Chartership status and providing access to continuous learning opportunities. Furthermore, we cover the costs of professional memberships and subscriptions, ensuring you stay connected to industry developments.Recognising the importance of maintaining a healthy work-life balance, we offer flexible working arrangements and generous paid parental leave. Our inclusive workplace culture, endorsed by Work180, celebrates diversity and values every individual's unique contribution. To further demonstrate our appreciation for our team members, we offer attractive employee referral incentives as a token of recognition for their valuable contributions.Click this link to view all our benefits: https://work180.com/en-au/for-women/employer/systraAt SYSTRA ANZ, we value diversity of thought and experience. We encourage applications from Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders and people from diverse backgrounds.Our values are centered around Connected Teams, Excellence and Bold Leadership
Other facts
About SYSTRA
SYSTRA is one of the world's leading engineering and consultancy groups specialising in public transport and mobility solutions. For more than 65 years, the Group has been committed to helping cities and regions to contribute to their development by creating, improving and modernising their transport infrastructure.
With its 11,000 employees, the Group's mission is to connect people and bring territories closer together in the 80 countries where it operates. By making travel more fluid, the infrastructures designed by SYSTRA bring communities together, develop social integration and facilitate access to employment, education and leisure.
A signature for transport solutions, SYSTRA supports its partners and clients throughout the lifecycle of their projects. SYSTRA is involved at a very early stage in the design phase, right through to the deployment and maintenance test phases. SYSTRA provides all of its services in more than 80 countries worldwide and generates 80% of its turnover internationally.
KEY FIGURES
- €1.3 bn in sales in 2024
- 2nd international engineering company for Mass Transit & Rail*
- 3d for Bridges*
- 6th in the Transport sector*
Engineering News-Record (ENR) ranking, 2025
What you'll do
- The Senior Consultant will lead complex engineering activities for Defence clients, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and providing expert technical guidance. They will also manage stakeholder engagement and support the professional development of engineering teams.
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