Engineering Change Officer

Join our Downer Professional Services team and play a key role in delivering complex defence and national security projects that safeguard Australia’s future.

Downer Professional Services comprises of three business units our Technical, Advisory, and Capability consulting practice, and Team Downer, which partners with CASG and NSSG as a major service provider to Defence. Together, we are a multi-disciplinary advisory and delivery partner of choice for clients across Defence and National Security.

We currently have an opportunity for an Engineering Change Officer to manage the engineering change process for the DDG Combat System Upgrade, ensuring all proposed design, specification, and configuration changes are correctly captured, assessed, approved, and incorporated into the program's baseline documentation.

What You’ll Do

This role offers a broad scope, with key role responsibilities including:

• Administer the engineering change process, including receipt, logging, and tracking of Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs) and Requests for Deviation/Waiver against the DDG combat system baseline.

• Coordinate Change Control Board (CCB) activities, including scheduling, agenda preparation, distribution of change packages, and recording of board decisions and actions.

• Assess proposed changes for impact on functional performance specifications, interface control documents, requirements traceability, cost, schedule, and platform integration (weight, power, cooling margins).

• Maintain the configuration status accounting record, ensuring the current approved baseline is accurately reflected across design, specification, and Technical Data Pack documentation.

• Support Systems Requirements Review, PDR, and CDR activities by ensuring all in-scope changes are dispositioned and incorporated prior to milestone reviews.

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Systems, Electrical, Mechanical) or equivalent experience in engineering change/configuration management on complex technical programs.

• Demonstrated experience administering formal engineering change or configuration control processes (e.g. ECP, CCB, baseline management).

• Working knowledge of configuration management standards and practices (e.g. EIA-649, MIL-HDBK-61) and requirements/configuration management tools (DOORS, CMT-U).

• Strong organisational skills with high attention to detail and ability to manage multiple concurrent change actions.

• Strong organisational skills with high attention to detail and ability to manage multiple concurrent change actions.

• This technical position requires the individual to have obtained a recognised Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) Level 6 qualification in a relevant technical domain or relevant skills and work experience such that an individual can reasonably achieve a recognised AQF qualification if required by the position.
  

Due to the nature of the work, you are required to currently hold AGSVA clearance as required by the Commonwealth. In some instances, compliance with International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) requirements may also be an inherent requirement.

More than anything, you’ll bring a strong work ethic, a positive attitude, and a commitment to delivering high-quality outcomes for our clients.

Why Downer Professional Services

At Downer Professional Services, we’re not just a workplace - we’re a business dedicated to contributing to the shaping of the future of defence in Australia. As the country’s only sovereign prime, we’re committed to making a real difference in protecting Australia’s interests.

What is means to belong at Downer Professional Services

• Meaningful work: Help to deliver critical Defence projects that protect Australia and shape its future.

• Professional development: Access career mapping, accelerated learning programs, and shared learning through our Communities of Practice.

• Great perks: Enjoy discounts on healthcare, retail, vehicles, and more through Perks@Downer.

• Veteran support: Benefit from initiatives like up to 20 days of Reservist Leave to stay connected post-service.

You want your work to matter and so do we.  With over 26,000 people across Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, our team is made up of individuals with unique perspectives, backgrounds, and ideas.

We know that diversity makes us stronger and we actively celebrate it through our commitment to inclusion and belonging.

We’re committed to building a team that reflects the diverse communities we serve and we welcome people of all ages, genders, sexual orientations, cultures, abilities, and lived experiences. We especially encourage applications from those whose voices have traditionally been underrepresented in our industry, including women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, Māori and Pasifika Peoples, veterans, people with disability, and neurodivergent individuals.  Even if your experience doesn’t align perfectly with this role, we’d still like to hear from you. If it feels like the right fit, apply - potential counts, and so do you.

As a WORK180 Endorsed Employer, we support flexibility that works for your life, inclusive leadership that values your voice, and equitable access to opportunity so you can do your best work and bring your whole self to it.

If you need support or adjustments through the recruitment process, just let us know, we’re here to help you put your best foot forward.