The posting
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 ex-pansion 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.
Position Summary
Metrea Australia Pty Limited is the development office for operational capability of effects as a ser-vice for the Australian and Pacific (APAC) markets. It brings the best technologies and tactics from Metrea to deliver high-fit innovative solutions to the civil maritime surveillance domain.
The SCL Lead is responsible for overseeing logistics and supply chain operations for a diverse fleet of aircraft, primarily being Bombardier Challenger 605, King Air 350 and Global 6500.
The role is a key part of the delivery of efficient and compliant aircraft operations in a highly regulat-ed environment while managing the procurement and replenishment of aircraft parts and consum-ables; management of high value aircraft parts inventories; the Australian import and export of goods, consigning, and acceptance of dangerous goods management of ITAR processes. This position requires expertise in aviation supply chain, logistics, regulatory compliance, and optimisation to support operational readiness and efficiency.
What You'll Do
Fleet SCL Management
- Manage spare parts inventory, procurement, and supply chain processes to minimise downtime and optimise costs
- Manage support programs from OEM’s, industry partners, suppliers and the Metrea enterprise to deliver agreed customer service and reliability levels in operational bases around Australia
- Develop and implement logistics strategies for aircraft operations, maintenance, and deployment
- Coordinate inventory movement processes to ensure alignment with operational sched-ules and regulatory requirements across CASA, FAA and EASA jurisdictions
- Develop and implement the Supply Chain and Logistics capability in Australia enabling full scale Australia ISR operations
- Establish and develop the Supply Chain and Logistics supplier ecosystem enabling rapid response and broad aviation capabilities to support of in-country operations
Dangerous Goods Management
- Oversee the handling, shipping, consigning, and acceptance of dangerous goods in compliance with IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations (DGR), CAA, FAA, and EASA standards
- Ensure all documentation, labelling, and packaging meet regulatory standards for hazardous materials
- Train and certify personnel in dangerous goods handling and maintain compliance with all regulations
- Compliance and Documentation
- Ensure all logistics operations comply with CASA, FAA, EASA, ICAO, and other relevant regulatory standards
- Where applicable ensure all logistics operations for controlled components that fall under the ITAR are managed to compliant and operationally efficient levels
- Maintain accurate records of inventory, maintenance schedules, aircraft movements, and dangerous goods consignments
- Prepare and submit reports to regulatory authorities, auditors, and enterprise management
Operational
- Monitor logistics performance metrics and implement improvements for efficiency and cost-effectiveness
- Develop contingency plans for supply chain disruptions, unplanned maintenance, AOGs and emergency situations
- Build and lead a high-performing global supply chain team covering planning, procurement, logistics, and repair management
- Leads development of demand planning, and predictive analytics capabilities integrated with AMOS and ERP platforms
- Acts as senior supply chain advisor to leadership and file teams
- Working closely with CAMO and Part 145 engineering/maintenance suppliers and their organisations to provide seamless SCL functionality
What You Bring
Ideally you will possess the following skills and experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in logistics, aviation management, supply chain management, or mini-mum 5 years' experience in a related field
- Experience managing logistics for diverse aircraft fleets, including the Challenger or equivalent jet type aircraft along with turboprops including King Air and DHC-8 models
- Familiarity with CASA, FAA and EASA regulatory frameworks
- Strong knowledge of aviation procurement sources and a highly developed network of supply contacts, aircraft operators, and logistics providers
- Expertise in handling and transporting dangerous goods under IATA DGR and ITAR
- Proficiency in logistics management software and ERP systems
- Leadership abilities, with experience managing cross-functional teams and fostering collaboration.
Additional Eligibility Qualifications
- Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) or equivalent certification
- IATA Dangerous Goods Certification
- Demonstrated ability to work across international regulatory environments, including CASA, FAA and EASA regulatory jurisdictions
- Strong understanding of supply chain processes and strategies specific to aviation
- Holder of current Australian baseline security clearance/ability to obtain security clearance
Benefits
- Private Health Insurance
- Generous Annual Leave
- Annual incentive plan
- Paid parental leave
- Life and TPD Insurance
- Income Protection Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Novated Car Leasing
Work Authorisation / Security Clearance
Must be capable of obtaining and maintaining an AGSVA 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.
