Position Overview

• Ongoing | Full Time | $119k - $134k +15.4% super
• Flexible work environment wiht generous leave provisions
• Purpose driven, nationally significant work

About the Opportunity

About You

Teamwork builds the solution; customer focus defines its success - Bianca Shepherd, Engineering Support Workshop Manager

Your Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead a multi-disciplinary team of specialised production planners to provide quality and timely delivery of products and services by setting work objectives and managing and assessing the performance of team members;
• Responsible for Planning System and databases including: data integrity; delivery of quality & project status reporting for management and identification/development of system improvements; including providing high level SAP support and advice to the Engineering division;
• Responsible for the initiation and oversight of customer works prior to commencement. This includes ensuring all requisite documentation is reviewed. The role may entail development of cost estimates, assessing budgets and deadline deliverables; compiling technical materials to ensure planners can commence work efficiently and accurately within the centralised planning function
• Manage and control requests and enquiries by applying technical skills, engineering experience and divisional knowledge to make decisions, work closely with the customer regarding requisite documentation, prior to the acceptance and allocation of work to the production planner, QC team or external service providers.
• Manage job progress through to completion, including the identification and mitigation of high risk and complex aspects and ensuring that fragmented requests are consolidated into correctly identified and managed projects;

About Us

ANSTO leverages great science to deliver big outcomes. We partner with key stakeholders and apply new technologies to provide real-world benefits. Our work improves human health, saves lives, builds our industries and protects the environment. ANSTO is the home of Australia's most significant landmark and national infrastructure for research. Thousands of scientists from industry and academia benefit from gaining access to state-of-the-art instruments every year.

Benefits of Working with Us

ANSTO offers training and development, performance-based salary increases and an extensive range of leave provisions to help employees balance work and personal commitments.

• 18 days personal/carers leave for each year of service
• 3 days paid leave between Christmas and New Year
• Generous parental leave provisions:
• 18 weeks Parental leave for primary caregiver
• 14 weeks Parental leave for secondary caregiver (with incremental increase to a maximum of 18 weeks effective 01/03/2027)
• Annual flu vaccinations
• Cultural, Naidoc and First Nations ceremonial leave

If you want to join a world class organisation that's making a difference in the lives of Australians, apply now!

How to Apply

For further technical information relating to this position please refer to the Position Description or contact Bianca Shepherd on (02) 9717 3485. For all other queries please contact Talent Acquisition on +61 (02) 9717 3740.

To be eligible for appointment, applicants will require a security and pre-employment medical assessment.

Application closing date: 17th June 2026 at 11:59pm

All applicants must be Australian citizens.

In order to solve great challenges, we need great minds and great teams. At ANSTO, we understand that diverse teams produce better outcomes and we value the merit that a diverse perspective can bring to our team. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds to apply for our roles including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, primary carers, those with a disability, and women in STEM. ANSTO is a charter member of the Science in Australia Gender Equity (SAGE) initiative and is proudly taking action to create a gender-inclusive workforce.