Deputy Project Manager – Department of Defence
📌 Vacancy Fact Sheet
- Reference Number: VN-0770497
- Agency: Department of Defence
- Job Title: Deputy Project Manager
- Position Number: GWEO/03581/26
- Classification: APS Level 6
- Closing Date: Wednesday 15 July 2026
- Job Type: Full-Time, Ongoing
- Location: Brindabella Business Park ACT
- Future Merit Locations: Brindabella Business Park
- Salary: $99,733 – $112,431
- Office Arrangement: On Site (Defence is committed to supporting workplace)
About Department of Defence
GWEO Maritime & Maintenance Branch is part of the Guided Weapons & Explosive Ordnance
Systems Division. Our team consists of various disciplines (including engineering, project
management, commercial, logistics, and corporate enabling services) located in Canberra, Penrith
and the USA. Our focus is to acquire and sustain the ESSM (Evolved SEASPARROW missile)
guided weapons and munitions for the Australian Defence Force whilst working intertwined with
the NATO SEASPARROW Consortium.
GWEO Maritime & Maintenance Branch is dedicated to providing our staff with a manageable
work-life balance, and we support flexible working arrangements. We value investing in training
and development to ensure your time with us is deeply rewarding, both personally and
professionally.
Our people are capable, innovative, committed and diverse. We support an inclusive culture that
emphasises respect and collaboration; one that directly reflects the needs and scope of Defence’s
varied operational requirements.
In GWEO Maritime and Maintenance Branch, you will enjoy experiences and opportunities that, as
an APS employee, you simply would not get with any other organisation.
Other benefits include:
15.4% superannuation;
Access to personalised professional development pathways, including opportunities for
Defence-funded post-graduate study;
Additional leave days between Christmas and New Year;
Focus on work/life balance; and
Salary sacrifice opportunities.
Our Ideal Candidate
The successful applicants will possess the following skills and capabilities:
Ability to manage a diverse range of stakeholders;
Flexibility to adapt to a highly dynamic work environment;
Strong verbal and written communication skills;
Time management skills to appropriately meet deadlines; and
Ability to be organised and multi-task in a high-pressure environment.
If you are someone who:
Enjoys supporting challenging and highly complex activities;
Is creative, pragmatic and solutions focused, and is not afraid to challenge the traditional
ways of doing business.
Then this is the role for you!
Duties
- The Role
- As an APS 6 Deputy Project Manager working within the Guided Weapons and Explosive
- Ordnance Systems Division (GWEOSD), you will be given the unique opportunity to work within a
- diverse team to deliver Australian Defence Force systems that are at the leading edge of Defence
- Capability.
- Every day will be different as you embrace opportunities to:
- Actively plan, establish, schedule, engage and manage projects in support of guided
- weapons and munitions for the Australian Defence Force;
- Exercise sound initiative and judgment in applying appropriate policies and procedures in
- accordance with organisational practices;
- Identify, anticipate and respond to stakeholders’ needs and expectations to achieve work
- unit and Defence outcomes;
- Engage with Defence and industry stakeholders in the delivery of explosive ordnance
- projects;
- Secure your next role with us at Defence as an APS employee for generous employment
- benefits including professional learning opportunities.
- Please be advised, this position is based on-site at Brindabella Business Park, ACT.
- This role is eligible for an additional remuneration benefit known in Defence as a Building Defence
- Capability Payment (BDCP). This enables Defence to provide a premium, in addition to the base
- salary otherwise payable under the Defence Enterprise Collective Agreement (DECA), for
- positions in occupational disciplines/classifications that are critical to Defence capability. For
- further information, please contact the contact officer.
Eligibility / Notes
- Security Clearance:
- Applicants must be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance at “Negative Vetting Level 1”.
How to Apply
Position Contact Leanne Sheard, 02 5133 3354
Agency Recruitment Site https://defencecareers.nga.net.au/?jati=8FC52EC2-791A-FBB4-B3F3-ED09822D8
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