The role
Join Ventia's Defence Maintenance Contract as a trade-qualified Technical Supervisor, working at RAAF Base Edinburgh.
In this senior role, you’ll manage day-to-day service delivery, ensure strong safety performance and drive compliance with WHS standards across the team and administrative support staff.
You’ll lead and supervise personnel to deliver maintenance outcomes across performance, quality, compliance and safety, while fostering a positive, high-performing team culture.
As part of a team of Technical Supervisors, you will support the Operations Manager to deliver the Defence Maintenance Contract in South Australia, with occasional travel between the Warradale and Edinburgh sites.
What we offer
- Full time permanent position.
- An opportunity to work in a dynamic, supportive team, where you will play an important role in fostering a positive, inclusive, and high-performance team culture.
- Ongoing mentoring, peer support and a variety of learning opportunities to accelerate your development with regular training and development opportunities.
- Access to VenPerks, our exclusive employee benefits platform, offering discounts at over 450 retailers across Australia.
- Potential for flexible working hours, plus 12 o’clock finish most Fridays.
Key responsibilities
- Provide supervision, operational oversight and management support to the Site Manager and Senior Regional Planner.
- Liaise with schedulers and maintenance planners to ensure alignment with maintenance plans.
- Manage labour, repair parts, consumables and Commonwealth equipment in coordination with warehouse and procurement teams.
- Ensure maintenance activities and business processes are accurately recorded and completed on time, including within maintenance management systems.
- Allocate maintenance tasks to appropriately qualified personnel.
- Lead and support technical investigations, including inspections, defect analysis and reporting.
- Mentor technical and support staff and support training and development.
- Provide advice and direction to Ventia personnel relating to procedures and compliance.
About you
- Trade qualified as a General Engineering Fitter or similar mechanical trade (essential), with Defence experience highly regarded. Weapons Armourer background is desirable. Other mechanical trades such as Heavy Vehicle Mechanic will also be considered.
- Proven experience leading maintenance teams and managing day to day workshop activities.
- Experience managing employee performance across multiple teams and sites.
- Strong technical capability, including investigations, inspections and quality audits.
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Effective communication and stakeholder management skills, including working with military personnel.
- Confident using business systems, including Microsoft Office (essential) and SAP (desirable).
- Current Australian Driver’s licence (HR or HC desirable).
Must be eligible to hold a Defence Security Clearance. As a result of this requirement the applicant must be an Australian Citizen.
About Ventia
As a leading services provider, we maintain, operate, and manage the essential infrastructure that makes modern life possible across Australia and New Zealand. With more than 35,000 employees and subcontractors across 400 sites, joining Ventia means becoming part of a team that values its people, supports career growth, and helps everyone go further towards their full potential.
Our commitment to Fairness, Inclusion and Respect shapes how we lead, collaborate, hire and support one another. We welcome applications from people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all genders, identities, sexual orientations, beliefs and caring responsibilities. We are dedicated to providing an accessible recruitment process and encourage you to request adjustments at any stage.
How to apply
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Position Reference Number:167231
