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Location: | Brisbane |
Category: | Business Support |
Position Type: | Permanent |
Job Reference: | BOE/1897550 |
Attachments: | ![]() No File Attached |
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About us
Boeing Defence Australia is shaping the future of aerospace and delivering some of the nations most important programs for the Australian Defence Force.
Joining us is a chance to make your span, working with a diverse team that is united in pushing the boundaries of imagination and excellence.
We currently employ more than 3,000 people across 14 sites in Australia and three international locations and have a range of opportunities available as we plan for future growth.
The opportunity
We are seeking an experienced Quality and Safety Management System (QSMS) Manager to lead the core function responsible for Boeing Defence Australias Quality Management System (QMS) and Safety Management System (SMS). This role will ensure ongoing health, effectiveness and continuous improvement of our management systems, act as a center of excellence to support programs with expert advice and resourcing and provide robust governance across the organization.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and develop the core QMS and SMS function, ensuring systems are effective, compliant and aligned to enterprise and regulatory requirements.
- Own governance of the management systems, including policy, procedures, standards, approvals, and change control.
- Drive continuous improvement across QMS/SMS using metrics, management reviews, corrective and preventive actions (CAPA), and lessons learned to improve audit outcomes and product and service safety.
- Provide center-of-excellence support to programs: expert advice, surge resourcing for assurance, and standardized processes and tools.
- Ensure system compliance with relevant standards and regulations (e.g. AS9100/AS9110/ISO 9001, DASR/ICAO/CASA SMS frameworks, and others as applicable).
- Coordinate risk and assurance interfaces for quality and safety, including hazard identification, risk assessments and controls.
- Lead stakeholder engagement with internal and external partners to enable consistent adoption and maturity of QMS/SMS.
- Champion a strong Quality and Safety culture and foster capability development, training and coaching across the organization.
- Coordinate readiness for certifications, customer assessments and regulatory engagements; manage associated documentation and configuration control.
Experience/Qualifications
Essential
- Tertiary qualifications in engineering, quality, safety or a related discipline, or relevant experience (7-10 years with 3-5 years leading enterprise QMS/SMS).
- Demonstrated leadership of enterprise-level QMS and/or SMS in aerospace/defence or similarly complex, regulated environments.
- Strong knowledge of AS9100/ISO 9001 and Safety Management System frameworks (e.g. ICAO Annex 19, CASA), and familiarity with ISO 45001 and ISO 31000.
- Applicants must be Australian Citizens to meet defence security requirements.
- Proven ability to influence and collaborate across programs and functions, with excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
Preferred
- Experience in governance, assurance, and continuous improvement.
- Lead Auditor and/or Lean/Six Sigma certification.
We encourage you to apply even if you dont meet every requirement—skills grow on the job, and diverse perspectives make us stronger.
Culture
We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. Female applicants, people of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Island descent and ex-defence personnel are encouraged to apply.
Benefits
- Employee Incentive Program
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.
