ILS Officer
Fixed Term Contract – 18 Months
Bibra Lake, WA
The Role:
Join JFD Australia as an ILS Officer, where you’ll play a critical role in sustaining and supporting Defence systems within our Submarine Escape and Rescue Service (SERS) business line. You’ll be part of a collaborative team delivering innovative solutions that ensure lifecycle supportability and operational readiness for mission-critical assets. Based at our Bibra Lake site, this role offers the opportunity to work on projects that directly impact national defence capability.
What you’ll be doing:
- Conduct obsolescence assessments for systems and components, identifying risks and recommending remediation strategies.
- Review vendor documentation to determine maintenance and support requirements for obsolete or at-risk items.
- Collect and analyse technical data to prepare Logistic Support Analysis (LSA), Life Cycle Costing, Sparing Analysis, and Maintenance Task Analysis.
What we’re looking for:
- Relevant qualification in logistics or engineering discipline or demonstrated equivalent practical experience.
- Proven experience applying Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) principles within complex technical environments.
- Background in Defence or Defence Industry, with strong understanding of sustainment and compliance requirements.
- Experience in obsolescence management within Defence projects.
- Ability to analyse technical data and provide sound recommendations.
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
Why join us?
- Join a team of people who are passionate about their job.
- Opportunity to expand the role and obtain new skills and experience.
- Contribute to a growing and successful business with an exciting order book.
- Wellbeing programs – employee assistance program to support you and your immediate family with counselling and support as needed.
- Flexible working arrangements, including a condensed working week to support a half day every Friday.
- Generous paid community service leave to support your local community or serve as a defence reservist.
- Weekly fruit baskets to keep hunger at bay on busy days.
- Free on-site parking.
- Novated car leasing options available.
- Paid Parental Leave Scheme
About Us:
JFD is the world leading underwater capability provider, serving the commercial and defence markets with innovative diving, submarine and hyperbaric rescue, technical solutions and services.
Operating worldwide, the company is the world’s leading provider of submarine rescue capability and an established provider of submarine escape training. The company is at the forefront of Hyperbaric Rescue, along with being the leading supplier of commercial and defence diving equipment and saturation diving systems to the commercial industry.
We pride ourselves on the quality of the products and solutions we supply and our close work with our customers to ensure that our products remain safe and reliable in the most challenging subsea environments. The key to building and maintaining our world class reputation is the recruitment and retention of the very best people.
JFD is part of the broader James Fisher Group which provides a wider range of maritime engineering and logistic products and services to industries including oil and gas; renewables; and maritime transportation.
Visit our website at: JFD Global
For more information about our values and behaviours, follow the link: About us | James Fisher and Sons plc
How to apply
- Applicants must have existing Australian work rights.
- Any offer of employment will be subject to a preemployment health screen which includes a drug and alcohol screening.
- Veterans are encouraged to apply!
Due to the volume of applications, we receive for our vacancies, on occasion applications may close before the deadline, so please apply early to avoid disappointment.
James Fisher and Sons are committed to taking positive action on diversity and strongly encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.