Have you always wanted to work overseas? Are you looking to expand your career with the opportunity to receive world-class training?
An exciting career awaits you at ASC, Australia's submarine company - the sustainer of Australia's conventionally armed, nuclear-powered submarines in the AUKUS partnership. To deliver on this new and exciting work, we are seeking a skilled Quality Inspector (Mechanical) to undertake long-term, world-leading training in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, U.S.
Placements are available in September 2026 and will be approximately 25-months in duration.
As a Quality Inspector – Mechanical, you will:
Apply technical references, inspection standards, specifications, blueprints, schematics, and diagrams to assess work quality and compliance
Witness and document testing activities, including strength, tightness, and operational testing of components, equipment, and systems
Carry out in‑process inspections during removal, repair, assembly, and installation activities to ensure conformance with dimensional, cleanliness, material, welding, and alignment requirements
Use specialised inspection and measuring equipment (e.g. gauges, micrometres, callipers, indicators, hardness testers, surface finish analysers) to verify compliance with technical and quality standards
The successful applicant must possess:
During deployment, you will receive on the job training combined with instructor led classroom training. This training program and work is carried out in accordance with company and US Navy processes and procedures.
At the completion of your deployment, you will return to Western Australia (WA) to carry out the planning, management, and in-water maintenance activities on the United States Navy Virginia Class Submarines. Repatriation to WA is non-negotiable, so please consider this when applying.
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.
Please note: This is a Civilian role and recruitment processes will differ from those undertaken in Active Service Defence recruitment.
We’re here to support you prior to departing for the US and when you are overseas. As an ASC employee working in the US, you will have access to a host of great benefits:
