ASC is Australia’s submarine company. We built the Royal Australian Navy’s Collins Class submarines, sustain them, and are now delivering their Life of Type Extension to increase the boats’ service lives. We have also been selected by the Australian Government to sustain and jointly build the nation’s conventionally armed, nuclear-powered submarines - the largest and most complex industrial undertaking in Australia’s history. 

Our work is interesting and meaningful, contributing directly to Australia’s national security. We offer rewarding roles that provide the opportunity to grow your career, and the flexibility to balance life and work. A career at ASC is like no other, delivering a deeper purpose we can all be proud of. 

Engagement with international partners is necessary for this role, therefore alternate hours to align with international time zones for meetings/work may be required.

This is a full-time opportunity based in SA.

About the Opportunity

Join ASC’s AUKUS Build team as a full-time Specialist Structural Engineer, providing expert technical leadership and expertise to support the structural engineering discipline across the AUKUS Build program. These opportunities will undertake work at a system/assembly/component level with limited supervision, as well as being responsible for the schedule of personal technical tasks.

The position is to be part of the AUKUS Build Platform Engineering team based in Adelaide, South Australia, and is pivotal in providing technical direction, ensuring governance, and driving innovation through collaboration within intra-departmental IPTs and business partners.

Responsibilities

In this role you require:

• The ability to complete intermediate Structural engineering calculations.
• The ability to undertake work at component and system/ assembly levels.
• Demonstrated experience in checking design information at a component level.
• The ability to perform technical analysis using existing tools and procedures.
• The ability to draw on appropriate technical data and information to determine structurally sound decisions and direction.
• Demonstrated experience with stakeholder engagement and multi-discipline communications.
• Demonstrated exposure in the preparation of technical reports.
• Experience in developing and authorising the implementation of technical solutions within engineering delegations.
• Minimum 10 years + experience in a Structural Engineering or justifiably similar role.
• Bachelor Degree of Engineering in relevant field or equivalent experience.
• Experience with projects of a complex nature within a similar industry.
• Demonstrated experience in working with project management disciplines such as integration, scope, and schedule, cost and risk opportunity management
• Demonstrated experience in working with manufacturing environment, such as assessing and developing solutions for manufacturing and build issues.
• Collaborate with ASC technical authorities, industry, academia, and SME to shape innovation.
• Experience in providing mentorship and development of technical capability within the team.

About You

We’re looking for an experienced structural engineer who brings:

• A degree in Engineering, with prior design engineering experience on major projects.
• Demonstrated technical decision-making and governance capability.
• Experience across a full project lifecycle (design to build completion highly regarded).
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills and ability to influence at all levels.
• Ability to seek out technical alignment and navigate multiple perspectives to achieve innovation outcomes.
• A passion for innovation and comfort working in ambiguous and evolving environments.
• Technical expertise in (essential):
• Shock and vibration analysis
• Fatigue analysis
• Structural Design and Analysis
• Pressure Vessel Maintenance/Design
• Marine Engineering / Ship Maintenance
• Jigs & Fixtures design
• Certification analysis
• Material Assessments
• Welding Engineering
• NDT Techniques and Interpretation
• Technical basic knowledge (preferable):
• Knowledge in nuclear systems / components
• Nuclear regulations in the design
• Manufacture and build phases
• Composites

Eligibility

This role requires a current National Police Clearance, an Australian Defence Security Clearance and an ability to access protected US defence technology. Your eligibility for this role is dependent on you obtaining and maintaining such clearances and approvals.

Whilst ASC will accept all applications for this role, as this role requires an ability to access protected US defence technology, applicants holding nationality of certain foreign countries will not be eligible.

To check your eligibility please visit the Australian Government Security Vetting Agency website.

Internal Application Process

Important: Prior to submitting an application, please ensure you notify your reporting manager of your intent to apply. You will also need to provide an update to your manager if your application is progressed to the interview stage.

Apply today for a career with a deeper purpose.