Site Marine Manager

Serco is a place where you can grow

Your impact makes a meaningful difference, and we're committed to supporting your professional and personal goals.

You’ll also have access to flexible benefits designed to support your wellbeing and growth, including:

• Career development and progression opportunities


• Supportive and inclusive team environment


• Employee wellbeing and assistance programs


• Flexible benefits designed to support you and your family


• Exposure to complex maritime and Defence operations


• Long-term job security within a global organisation

Make an impact at Serco

As Site Marine Manager, you'll lead vessel operations and maintenance activities at HMAS Kuttabul, ensuring the safe, efficient and reliable delivery of marine support services. Working closely with Defence stakeholders, operational teams and maintenance personnel, you'll coordinate people, vessels and operational requirements to achieve exceptional service outcomes. This is a hands-on leadership role where your expertise will help maintain operational readiness, safety and contractual performance across a critical Defence environment. Based at Garden Island, NSW, the role includes travel to other Serco Defence locations as required.

As a Site Marine Manager in the Defence Marine Support Services team, you’ll make a positive impact by:

• Managing vessel operations, resource allocation and operational delivery


• Coordinating personnel, craft utilisation and operational scheduling activities


• Leading site teams, recruitment, workforce planning and performance outcomes


• Overseeing planned and corrective vessel maintenance activities


• Maintaining marine safety, compliance, quality and WHS requirements


• Reporting site performance and fostering strong stakeholder relationships

Serco is a place for you

You could be a great fit if you have:

• Significant experience in marine operations, maritime services or marine safety environments


• Strong leadership capability within operational or technical teams


• Knowledge of marine legislation, safety requirements and regulatory compliance


• Experience building effective relationships with customers, contractors and stakeholders


• Strong decision-making, communication and organisational skills


• Current Class C Driver’s Licence.

In joining us, you’ll be part of a highly supportive culture with trusted leaders that will help you achieve your goals. Here, you will appreciate a flexible approach to work-life that comes with working at a company with long-term government-backed contracts.

Please note:

• This position carries trust and responsibility. To support this, a comprehensive probity assessment, including a National Police Check, is a key part of the selection process for this role.

• As this role requires an Australian Defence Security Clearance, applicants must be Australian Citizens and eligible to obtain and maintain that clearance. If successful, Serco will manage and sponsor the clearance process.

Are you ready to do important work that really matters?

At Serco, we bring together the right people, the right technology, and the right partners to create impactful solutions that address some of the world’s most urgent and complex challenges.

We focus on serving governments all over the globe. The work we do has touched the lives of millions in Australia and New Zealand and offers unique opportunities to leverage your skills across our core capabilities in Health, Defence, Maritime, Justice, and Community Services.

We seek and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds and cultures including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTQI+, veterans and people with disability.

By joining Serco you'll have access to Employee Networks led by colleagues who are passionate about diversity, inclusion and belonging.

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Impact a better future at Serco.