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Metrea is the leading provider of Effects-as-a-Service solutions to national security partners around the world. Whilst new to Australia, Metrea is actively building and expanding its presence in the country, bringing our deep mission expertise across three core domains: Aerospace, Electromagnetic & Cyber, and Digital & Synthetic. Metrea is dedicated to seeking out complex national security challenges and proactively develops elegant solutions that deliver real-world outcomes by blending cutting-edge commercial technologies with innovative business models.Metrea also maintains nine Support Groups that act as a global shared-service function for the core capability domains above. These Groups guide and enable the development of Metrea''s products, projects, and programs to help them achieve their objectives efficiently and effectively.Position SummaryWe are seeking a senior mission crew aviation leader and manager to join our rapidly expanding team in Australia. The ideal candidate will have significant experience of delivering ISR operations, from a mission crew perspective, including the management of teams of provisional aviators and supervisory oversight of mission delivery. They will also have strong understanding and familiarity with the programme management aspects of ISR services in the defence and security sectors, particularly with contractor delivered operations and be skilled in relationship management with senior government officials.Role and ResponsibilitiesServe as the primary operational liaison between Metrea and the Commonwealths mission coordination elements to ensure effective delivery of mission effects.Provide senior operator leadership, line management of site leads and senior supervision to deployed team of Sensor Operators and Mission Systems Technicians.Oversee coordination between pilots, mission system operators, and customer representatives to ensure operational safety and mission success.Ensure delivery of agreed surveillance effects, including mission readiness, availability, and response times are aligned with customer requirements and the contracted Performance Management Framework.Maintain situational awareness of mission performance metrics, support programme performance reviews to inform continuous improvement initiatives under the Capability Innovations and Efficiencies Program.Support the Program Manager in maintaining operational relationships, contract compliance, and performance reporting to the Commonwealth.Be the regional lead for Metrea Aviation Operations in APAC, providing market facing profile and presence and Metrea facing Capability Area and File-based leadership.Education and ExperienceEquivalent operational or Defence experience may be considered.Minimum 10 years of experience in Defence or civil airborne ISR operations as Tactical Coordinator/Director or Mission Commander.Significant demonstrable experience in an ISR leadership, management and supervisory role, across multidisciplinary air and ground crew and operational support personnel.Direct experience as an advisor, liaison officer or functional staff member in operational coordination and mission delivery at HQ level and with operational level end-user interaction in an operations center.Practical experience in ISR programme management and delivery.Proven ability to coordinate complex operational transitions or service commencements in government or Defence environments.Experience engaging with Commonwealth clients, particularly in high-security and aviation-regulated settings.Strong understanding of CASA Part 138 operations, airborne ISR mission systems, and aircrew coordination.Demonstrated experience in stakeholder engagement, performance management frameworks and mission performance reporting to HQ level.Familiarity with ASDEFCON frameworks and risk management processes.Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with a track record of building trusted relationships at senior operational levels.Key AttributesOutput and outcome focused with very strong operational awareness and customer orientation.Excellent problem-solving and coordination skills in complex, multi-stakeholder environments.Ability to adapt between strategic planning, operational coordination and tactical mission oversight.Collaborative, diplomatic communicator able to build consensus under pressure.Commitment to safety, quality, and continuous improvement. Able to drive a just culture.Good technical understanding of ISR systems and data architectures.Our FirmwareMetreas single core value, rooted in humility, is supported by four key attributes: entrepreneurial, systematic, discerning, and over-deliver. These attributes, combined, form our Teammate Firmware, our culture. We explore these attributes during the hiring process when we grow our teams and continually support the growth of our culture. We are a hyper-collaborative, dynamically hierarchical organization united by a passion for what we do, how we do it, who we do it with, and who we do it for.Supervisory ResponsibilityThis role has significant supervisory responsibilities.During deployment, employees will be living under field conditions and must be able to work with little supervision in austere or arduous environments. Work environment varies widely based on geographic location of contract operations.Security ClearanceMust be an Australian Citizen capable of obtaining or holding an NV1 Security Clearance.Work LocationPerthTravelAbility to travel domestically as required (up to 50%). #J-18808-Ljbffr