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Engineering Manager

Port Melbourne, Victoria Job ID JR2025455314 Category Engineering Leadership Post Date May. 22, 2025
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Job Description

At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. We’re committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that’s welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us.

At Boeing, we are all innovators on a mission to connect, protect, explore and inspire. From the sea bed to outer space, you’ll learn and grow, contributing to work that shapes the world. Find your future with us.

We are seeking a full-time permanent Engineering Manager to join the team in Port Melbourne based 100% onsite.

As a highly skilled Engineering Manager you will apply your engineering knowledge and project leadership ability to manage a multidisciplinary engineering team responsible for the design, development, production and airline customer support of aircraft structural components.

This role also includes working closely within and managing engineering teams collaborating with internal and external customers via the implementation of new designs and/or design changes and providing engineering services to internal and external stakeholders.

Position Responsibilities:

  • Establish an open, inclusive and innovative team culture
  • Lead, develop and engage our people within multiple Engineering disciplines
  • Develops and executes integrated plans, policies and procedures and provides input on strategies, goals, objectives
  • Acquires resources and provides technical management
  • Develops and maintains relationships and partnerships with customers, stakeholders, peers, partners and direct reports
  • Provides oversight and approval of technical approaches, products and processes
  • Project leadership and delegate the project team's responsibilities and tasks through all stages of the project life cycle
  • Advanced knowledge of design concepts and techniques (e.g., concurrent engineering, Design for Manufacture/Assembly [DFM/A]) and digital transformation.
  • Identify and create qualitative or quantitative measures of success and failure
  • Select and apply the key parameters and develop standards to monitor progress, provide updates of performance, and plot trends over time
  • Project schedule, resource and risk management

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

  • Bachelor of Engineering degree
  • Minimum 8 years of experience working in an engineering design office or airline support environment
  • Previous engineering management experience highly regarded
  • Strong understanding of engineering principles and lifecycle management
  • Experience leading projects and implementing business management practices
  • Proven ability to work and lead a diverse multidisciplinary that maybe geographically diverse with a focus on service delivery and customer satisfaction
  • Advanced communication and interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to engage, influence and negotiate at all levels with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders and customers
  • Experience with change management and demonstrated ability to continually identify and drive the implementation of technical and business improvements and new opportunities
  • Full, unrestricted working rights in Australia

Additional Information:

This is a non-EBA Manager position IJC 6C1KMK. Remuneration will be dependent on skills and experience. The successful candidates will be required to complete a 3 month probationary period.


About our benefits:

  • Work on cutting edge projects for an industry leader
  • Attractive remuneration plus Management Based Incentives
  • Additional annual leave day
  • Strong career opportunities
  • Access to Boeing Discount Program – an exclusive retail and services discount marketplace             
  • Access discounts for health insurance, travel and accommodation
  • Salary packaging options available
  • Health and wellbeing benefits including annual flu vaccinations and Employee Assistance Program
  • Join community and social groups

About us:

Boeing Aerostructures Australia is Australia's leading designer and manufacturer of aircraft structures and systems for commercial and military aircraft.  Our people are hardworking, innovative and take pride in the quality of our products, working in an environment that is built on teamwork, communication and positive leadership.  We are passionate about improving peoples’ lives through increasing global mobility with our iconic planes including the production of the 787, 737, 747 and 777 models.

At Boeing Aerostructures Australia, we are committed to creating an inclusive and incident and injury free workplace, where employees can realise their career goals and make a positive contribution to Boeing's success.

If this role is you and you're excited by the opportunity to be part of building something amazing, we welcome your application.


Applications for this position will be accepted until Jun. 09, 2025



Export Control Details: Non – US based job

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Required

Relocation

This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.

Visa Sponsorship

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.


Equal Opportunity Employer:

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not accept unlawful discrimination in our recruitment or employment practices on any grounds including but not limited to; race, color, ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military and veteran status, or other characteristics covered by applicable law.

We have teams in more than 65 countries, and each person plays a role in helping us become one of the world’s most innovative, diverse and inclusive companies. We are proud members of the Valuable 500 and welcome applications from candidates with disabilities. Applicants are encouraged to share with our recruitment team any accommodations required during the recruitment process. Accommodations may include but are not limited to: conducting interviews in accessible locations that accommodate mobility needs, encouraging candidates to bring and use any existing assistive technology such as screen readers and offering flexible interview formats such as virtual or phone interviews.

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  • Industry-leading tuition assistance program pays your institution directly.
  • Resources and opportunities to grow your career.
  • Up to $10,000 match when you support your favorite nonprofit organizations.
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