Aircraft Technical Lead
Darwin, NT
About the opportunity
Are you an experienced aviation maintenance professional with a knack for strategic planning and a passion for operational excellence? Airbus Australia Pacific is seeking a dedicated Aircraft Technical Lead to join our Darwin team.
In this pivotal role, you will bridge the gap between high-level maintenance strategy and front-line execution. Supporting the ARH (Aussie Tiger) Platform, you will ensure our maintenance outcomes meet the rigorous standards of the Australian Defence Force while driving service delivery excellence.
About the role
Reporting to the Team Lead Aircraft Line Maintenance, you will be a key driver of the Darwin and 1st Aviation Regiment Unit Maintenance Plan (UMP). Your mission is to provide the technical backbone for our maintenance teams, ensuring every scheduled and unscheduled requirement is met with precision.
Associated responsibilities include:
- Technical Leadership: Lead maintenance teams to deliver contracted outcomes, focusing on availability and Rate of Effort (ROE) targets.
- Planning & Enablement: Maintain the Maintenance Planning Enablement Tool (MPET) and UMP to ensure seamless service delivery.
- Regulatory Compliance: Act as a champion for DASR Part 145 and Part M compliance, ensuring all technical airworthiness standards are met.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Act as a critical link between maintenance, support engineering, and the customer to identify requirements and maintain high satisfaction levels.
- Process Improvement: Drive the continuous improvement of departmental processes, leveraging LEAN practices and risk-based thinking.
About you
We are looking for a leader who balances deep technical expertise with the interpersonal skills required to motivate a high-performing team..
Essential Criteria:
- Experience: Minimum 5 years of technical or maintenance management experience in the aviation industry.
- Technical Knowledge: Extensive background in maintenance management systems, including CAMM2, and a sound understanding of the interdependencies between supply chain and engineering.
- Education: A Diploma in Aeroskills or an Aviation Maintenance License (B or C level LAME/MAML).
- Leadership: Proven ability to lead a united team, resolve service issues, and clear "roadblocks" to empower your staff.
- Communication: A confident and open communicator who can convey complex technical messages persuasively to both internal and external stakeholders.
Other Requirements:
- Must be eligible for Australian Defence Force Security Clearance.
- Ability to work shift rosters as required.
About Airbus Australia and Airbus New Zealand
Airbus leverages global expertise to provide world-class MRO support across the region. In Australia, we sustain critical platforms including the RAAF's P-8 Poseidon and C-130J Hercules, alongside the Army's ARH Tigers. Our presence drives local economic growth, builds regional aerospace capability, and creates high-value aviation careers.
In New Zealand, we support the NZDF fleet, including the C-130H Hercules and NH90 helicopters used for vital disaster relief and search and rescue missions. Across the civil and parapublic sectors, over 700 Airbus helicopters operate throughout the Asia Pacific, backed by our industry-leading engine and propeller maintenance.
What's on offer?
Here at Airbus, we offer a holistic, competitive framework that recognises performance and rewards outcomes. This includes offering you meaningful benefits that support your health and wellbeing, your work life balance and your bank balance.
Some of our benefits include:
- Flexible working opportunities - finish early on Friday and enjoy your afternoons!
- Shopping discounts across hundreds of retailers
- Generous parental leave entitlements
- Travel discounts for flights, rental cars and accommodation
- Novated leasing options with two providers
- Free onsite parking
- A commitment to your professional development through classroom and online learning
- Values driven leadership focussed on employee and customer experience
- Employee health plans and corporate discounts (via Bupa), access to Defence Health as a DISP member company
Female applicants, people of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Island descent and ex-defence personnel are encouraged to apply.
Application Closing Date: 30 June 2026
