Senior Technical Officer

**Responsibilities**:
The Organisation

Airservices Australia is a government-owned organisation responsible for the safe and efficient management of 11% of the world’s airspace and provision of aviation rescue fire fighting services at Australia’s busiest airports.

Our people are our greatest asset with a dynamic and diverse team operating from locations across the country - from bustling cities to regional and remote locations, including an island. This team keep Australia’s aviation industry safe every day of the year, both in the air and on the ground.

Airservices is committed to fostering a culture that is diverse, inclusive, and respectful. We encourage motivated individuals who love what they do, value a service first mindset and embrace a challenge to explore a career with Airservices. In return you will be a valued team member, be offered flexibility and experience a meaningful career in an exciting, ever-evolving aviation industry.

The Role & The Team

As a Senior Technical Officer, you will perform maintenance and support to airways facilities, ensuring the operational safety and integrity of the National Airways System.

Reporting directly to the Team Leader or designated Technical Lead, this role primarily involves applied technical skill in the maintenance support of complex and specialised airways technologies. This role will see you actively identify opportunities for continuous improvement of service delivery and work practices whilst upholding a safety-first mindset.

You will maintain an awareness and understanding of how multiple systems/domains integrate across operational services, and the impact that work undertaken can have on operational service delivery. You will ensure data relevant to all work undertaken is recorded promptly and accurately in the maintenance management systems, and that related engineering and safety issues are communicated via prescribed systems in a timely and accurate manner.

In a maintenance service delivery context, with often limited guidance, technical aspects you will be responsible for include:

- Preventative and corrective maintenance;
- Software management;
- Hardware modifications;
- Technical investigations; and
- Project planning and implementation activities.

Senior Technical **

The Person

The successful applicant will have:

- A Diploma of Technology in one or more of the following (or equivalent):

- Radio engineering;
- Communications engineering;
- Electrical engineering;
- Electronic engineering;
- Computer science; or
- Information technology
- Demonstrated ability to work with limited technical guidance, preferably in the maintenance and/or support of the National Airways System and associated equipment
- Perform technical operation, maintenance, installation and integration of systems within the specified domain using higher order communication skills
- Plan, organise and perform activities and tasks with limited guidance
- ACMA Data Cabling Licence (Desirable)
- Restricted Electrical Licence (Desirable)
- Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (Desirable).
- Ability to plan and prioritise tasks ahead of time to ensure deadlines are met
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to liaise with stakeholders constructively and with credibility

Security Clearance

To be eligible to apply, you must be an Australian citizen as an Australian AGSVA security clearance is required for this role. Please refer to the security check requirements successful applicants will be required to undertake as part of the recruitment process.

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