Head of Airworthiness and Maintenance Control at Metrea · Brisbane

Company Overview

Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. These include airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial refueling, special air missions, aerial firefighting, and advanced simulation. We own the whole stack: designing, building, and operating turnkey capabilities that give our partners decisive, asymmetric advantage against rapidly evolving threats.

Our operating model is built around three interlocking pillars. The Support Groups provide a global shared-service – spanning people, finance, platform, operations, legal, and engagement. This frees up our Core Groups, who develop and own mission capabilities end-to-end, to focus entirely on delivery. The Market Groups apply a regional lens, ensuring that our agile and adaptable capabilities remain aligned to the wicked problems that matter most to our partners across the Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific.

At the heart of our model is a simple but powerful idea: be a true partner with skin in the game. Our partners need effects, not just equipment. By owning the full stack – from the lab to the field – we are able to drive a continuous cycle of innovation that keeps our partners ahead. It's a fast-moving, intellectually demanding environment where talented people are given real responsibility, work on problems that matter, and contribute to an enterprise that is growing quickly and deliberately.

Headquartered in Washington, DC, with facilities across the United States, the United Kingdom, as well as Continental Europe and Asia-Pacific.

Group Overview

Metrea is actively building its presence in Australia as part of a deliberate, globally coordinated expansion into the Asia-Pacific region. Our Asia-Pacific Market Group, headquartered in Brisbane with an additional office in Perth, is the enterprise's dedicated regional interface — connecting Australia's national security community with Metrea's full suite of capabilities across three core domains: Aerospace, Electromagnetic & Cyber, and Digital & Synthetic. Metrea is now bringing that same depth of mission expertise and proven operating model to Australia.

Underpinning these capabilities is a global network of Support Groups spanning people, finance, platform, operations, legal, and engagement — ensuring that as we grow in Australia, we do so with the full weight of an established global enterprise behind us.

Metrea's solutions are built for elegance: effective, efficient, and evolving — enabling our partners to scale capacity and achieve asymmetric advantage against rapidly evolving threats.

Special Aviation Missions (Australia - AUS) Group (SAM) is one of two Groups responsible for developing and delivering Metrea’s Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR), Aerial Firefighting (AFF) and Special Mobility capabilities. Alongside SAM (US) and SAM (EU), SAM (AUS) oversees the integration of new mission systems, ensuring operational readiness across specialised aviation operations in and from Australia. It manages regulatory compliance and strategic partnerships to enhance mission effectiveness. By consolidating expertise and infrastructure, SAM Groups ensure Metrea’s airborne capabilities remain adaptable and mission-ready across dynamic operational environments.

Position Summary

The Head of Airworthiness and Maintenance Control is responsible for the safe, effective and compliant management of the organisation's aircraft airworthiness and maintenance control systems. The role ensures that all aircraft operated by the organisation meet applicable CASA airworthiness requirements and are maintained in accordance with approved maintenance programs, regulatory requirements, manufacturer instructions, and company procedures.

The HAAMC provides strategic leadership and oversight of continuing airworthiness activities, maintenance planning, defect management, maintenance contracting arrangements, technical records, and regulatory compliance. The position serves as the principal advisor to the Head of SAM Australia on aircraft airworthiness, maintenance performance, reliability, and technical risk.

The HAAMC works closely with the nominated key persons and CASA to ensure the continued safety and serviceability of the fleet.

What You'll Do

Responsibilities fall into the following main areas:

• Airworthiness Management: Ensure the continuing airworthiness of all aircraft operated by the organization including establishing and maintaining systems to monitor aircraft airworthiness status. Ensure compliance with all CASA airworthiness requirements, directives, and regulatory obligations
• Maintenance Control: Develop, implement and maintain the organization’s maintenance control system and ensure maintenance completion against operational requirements and regulatory obligations
• Regulatory Compliance: Ensure compliance with CASA regulations, Aircraft flight manuals and Instructions for Continued Airworthiness and approved maintenance programs
• Technical Records Management: Ensure complete, accurate and current aircraft technical records are maintained. Ensure maintenance documentation is retained in accordance with regulatory requirements
• Maintenance Program Oversight: Develop and maintain aircraft maintenance programs including review of manufacturer recommendations and regulatory changes. Ensure mandatory inspections and servicing are completed within required time limits
• Safety Management: Participate actively in the organization’s Safety Management System, including identifying, assessing and mitigating technical and maintenance-related risks. Promote a positive safety culture throughout maintenance and operational departments

What You Bring

The successful candidate will have the following key qualifications, skills, and experiences:

• Holds an Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (AME/LAME) licence or possesses equivalent aviation engineering qualifications relevant to the aircraft operated
• Demonstrated knowledge of CASA Civil Aviation Regulations, particularly continuing airworthiness and maintenance management requirements
• Extensive experience in aircraft maintenance or airworthiness management within a commercial aviation environment
• Experience managing maintenance programs and maintenance organisations, and/or contractors
• Comprehensive understanding of aircraft maintenance planning systems and technical record systems
• Thorough knowledge of aircraft manufacturer's maintenance requirements and Instructions for Continued Airworthiness (ICA)
• Ability to successfully satisfy CASA suitability requirements for post holder role

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

• Diploma or Degree in Aviation, Aerospace Engineering, Aircraft Maintenance Engineering, or a related discipline
• Formal qualifications in Safety Management Systems, Quality Management, or Risk Management
• Lead Auditor qualification
• Human Factors training
• Project management qualifications or experience
• Experience across multiple aircraft types and operations
• Previous experience as a CASA-approved key personnel or nominated person

Benefits

• Private Health Insurance
• Generous PTO
• Annual incentive plan
• Paid parental leave
• Life and disability insurance
• Income Protection Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Novated Car Leasing

Work Authorisation / Security Clearance

Ability to obtain and maintain a Security Clearance.

Inclusion Statement

We are committed to building a team that reflects a broad range of backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates and make hiring decisions based on capability, potential and alignment with our values. If you require any adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please let us know.  

Our Firmware

At Metrea, our single core value is Rooted in Humility, and our four cornerstone attributes are Entrepreneurial, Systematic, Discerning, and Over-Deliver. These form what we call our Teammate Firmware. Just like technical firmware connects software and hardware, our Firmware is the constant interface between our mission and our people. It defines how we show up, how we work together, and how we solve complex problems.

Our team Firmware creates a web-like, hyper-collaborative, dynamically hierarchical way of working that helps us adapt quickly, communicate openly, and distribute decision-making to where expertise actually lives. It enables groups to self-organize around hard problems, shift fluidly as priorities evolve, and operate with the trust, curiosity, and discipline required in a complex mission space. This foundation allows us to deliver elegant, effective solutions and uphold our purpose: protecting our precious inheritance.