We are seeking an accomplished Head of Manufacturing Programs & Growth to lead a significant portfolio of complex engineering and advanced manufacturing programs within a sophisticated defence environment.

This is a senior leadership role combining manufacturing operations, program delivery, and commercial growth. You will lead 3 Operations Managers and have broader responsibility for approximately 300 indirect reports across Engineering, Machining, Electrical, Electronics and specialist trades.

The Role

You will be responsible for:

• Leading manufacturing performance across safety, quality, cost, and schedule
• Providing strategic oversight across a portfolio of complex, interdependent programs
• Leading and developing 3 Operations Managers, with oversight of a multidisciplinary workforce of approximately 300 people
• Managing priorities, resources, risks, and program-level trade-offs to optimise delivery
• Driving strong governance, assurance, and cross-functional performance reviews
• Embedding APQP, quality excellence and continuous improvement
• Building trusted relationships with senior stakeholders, customers, and internal leadership teams
• Identifying and shaping opportunities to expand manufacturing capability and support future business growth
• Bringing a strong commercial and growth mindset to operational and strategic decision-making

About You

We are looking for a senior leader who brings a strong blend of manufacturing leadership, complex program management, and commercial capability.

You will ideally bring:

• Significant leadership experience within complex manufacturing, engineering, or operational environments
• Proven delivery of large-scale programs or portfolios
• Experience leading large, multidisciplinary technical teams through senior operational leaders
• Strong commercial acumen with experience identifying growth, capability expansion, or new business opportunities
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex risks, interdependencies, budgets, and resources
• Strong senior stakeholder engagement, influencing, and decision-making capability
• Experience within Defence, Aerospace, Electronic Systems, Electronic Warfare, Sensing, or similarly complex technology environments will be highly regarded

This role will suit a commercially minded manufacturing leader who can operate at both the strategic and operational level driving current program performance while helping shape future capability and growth.

Australian Citizenship is essential, along with eligibility to obtain and maintain an NV1 Australian Defence Security Clearance and meet applicable export control requirements.

• 12 Month Contract
• $1000 Per Day
• Brisbane Based

The Role

Working closely with Technology, Digital, Analytics and Marketing teams, you will:

• Define tagging strategies, event taxonomies and Data Layer requirements
• Translate business and analytics requirements into detailed tagging specifications
• Implement and maintain digital analytics tracking across websites and digital journeys
• Write custom JavaScript and HTML to support tagging implementations
• Manage third-party marketing and media tags through Adobe Data Collection
• Perform tagging QA, validation, debugging and issue resolution
• Ensure data flows accurately into analytics and marketing platforms
• Support consent, privacy and data governance requirements
• Maintain documentation and tagging implementation standards

What We’re Looking For

You’ll ideally bring:

• 2+ years’ digital tagging implementation experience, either client or agency side
• Strong hands-on experience with Adobe Tags / Adobe Data Collection
• Experience with digital analytics and web analytics platforms
• Practical coding skills across JavaScript, HTML and CSS
• Experience designing Data Layers, tracking specifications and event structures
• Experience implementing third-party media and marketing tags through Tag Managers
• Strong knowledge of tagging QA and front-end debugging
• Ability to communicate technical tagging and analytics requirements to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Experience across Adobe Analytics, Adobe Experience Platform (AEP), Adobe Target, CRO/experimentation or eCommerce environments will be highly regarded.

If this is something you’d like to be considered for click APPLY NOW or contact David at david.reynolds@talentinternational.com

Talent International is recruiting an experienced Solution Architect to join one of our major mining clients, supporting strategic technology initiatives across mining operations and Operational Technology environments.

This role acts as the technical lead on new demands, projects and solutions, working across business and technology teams to define architectures that are secure, scalable, practical and aligned with organisational standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Design technology solutions that meet business, commercial, infrastructure and functional requirements.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, product owners, project managers and technical teams to define solution architectures for complex problems.
• Lead technical architecture across assigned projects and provide guidance to delivery teams.
• Ensure solutions align with security, compliance, data privacy and architecture standards.
• Provide architecture oversight from concept and design through implementation.
• Partner with strategic suppliers, technology vendors and internal stakeholders to develop fit-for-purpose solutions.
• Support complex technology change programs across mining and operational environments.
• Contribute to architecture governance, standards and design assurance.
• Participate in and strengthen the broader architecture community and centre of excellence.
• Provide clear technical recommendations, options and trade-off analysis to senior stakeholders.

Essential Skills & Experience

• 7+ years of demonstrated architecture experience developing and delivering complex technology solutions.
• Strong Operational Technology (OT) experience within mining, resources, industrial or similarly complex operational environments.
• Strong understanding of iron ore operations and associated technology environments.
• Experience across presales, solution design and implementation.
• Demonstrated experience delivering large-scale technology change programs.
• Broad technology knowledge across infrastructure, applications, integration, cloud, security and operational systems.
• Ability to translate business requirements into robust solution architectures.
• Experience working across both Agile and Waterfall delivery methodologies.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and consultative communication capability.
• Experience working with strategic vendors and external technology partners.

Highly Regarded

• TOGAF certification
• Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
• Cisco Certified Design Expert (CCDE)
• VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX)
• Relevant tertiary or postgraduate qualification in Information Technology, Computer Science or a related field

For over 30 years Talent has been redefining the contracting experience with industry leading support, exclusive contractor benefits & a world-class digital platform ENGAGE to access it all. Apply today to see how we can elevate your career

• 12 Months
• $1050-$1100 Per Day
• Brisbane Based

Key responsibilities will include:

• Lead the end-to-end Salesforce Agentforce implementation
• Develop and manage project plans, roadmaps, milestones and delivery schedules
• Coordinate business, technology, Salesforce and implementation partner activities
• Manage project scope, budgets, resources and delivery forecasts
• Identify and manage risks, issues, dependencies and delivery blockers
• Establish project governance and provide clear reporting to senior stakeholders
• Coordinate requirements, solution design, testing, deployment and transition to BAU
• Manage third-party vendors and implementation partners
• Drive business readiness, change and adoption activities
• Facilitate steering committees, workshops and key project forums
• Ensure delivery remains aligned with agreed business outcomes and benefits

About You

You’ll be an accomplished technology Project Manager with experience delivering complex enterprise transformation programs. Ideally, you’ll bring:

• Strong Salesforce implementation or transformation experience
• Demonstrated delivery of large-scale technology projects
• Experience working across complex enterprise environments
• Strong stakeholder and executive management skills
• Experience managing systems integrators and technology vendors
• Excellent project governance, planning, financial and risk management capabilities
• Experience across Agile, Waterfall and/or hybrid delivery environments
• Exposure to Salesforce Agentforce, AI, automation, Service Cloud or CRM transformation would be highly regarded

If this is something you’d like to be considered for click APPLY NOW or contact David at david.reynolds@talentinternational.com

Manager, Applications Services (Finance) – TechnologyOne

Macquarie Park | Short-term contract until mid-September | Up to $1,000 per day + Super | Immediate start

We are seeking an experienced Applications Services Manager for a short-term contract opportunity based in Macquarie Park, providing parental leave cover through to mid-September.

You will lead a team of applications and data specialists responsible for the ongoing support and operational management of enterprise finance applications.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the delivery and BAU support of enterprise finance applications.
• Manage and support a team of technical and functional specialists.
• Oversee application service performance, incidents, changes, releases and continuous improvement.
• Manage key stakeholders, suppliers and service-level expectations.
• Ensure reliable and effective application services across the organisation.

What we’re looking for

• Strong experience managing enterprise applications and application support services.
• Experience leading Level 2/Level 3 application support teams.
• Good understanding of finance systems and finance business processes.
• Strong IT Service Management / ITIL knowledge.
• Experience with cloud/SaaS environments.
• MUST have TechnologyOne Financial experience.
• Strong stakeholder, vendor and people-management skills.
  This role requires someone who can start immediately and quickly take ownership of an established applications service environment.

Interested candidates are encouraged to submit their resume along with a cover letter outlining their relevant experience in Word format only, then click the “APPLY NOW” button below or email directly to anna.au@talentinternational.com

An exciting opportunity is available for an experienced Senior Consultant – Procurement to join a highly regarded management consulting environment, working across complex procurement, commercial advisory and transformation engagements.

We’re looking for someone who has already built experience within a consulting environment and brings several years of hands-on procurement experience. Ideally, you’ll have worked across government or public sector procurement, giving you a strong understanding of structured procurement processes, governance and stakeholder environments.

What you’ll be doing

• Leading end-to-end procurement processes and complex tenders
• Providing strategic procurement and commercial advice to senior stakeholders
• Designing and implementing procurement policies, frameworks and governance models
• Supporting procurement transformation initiatives and capability uplift programs
• Managing supplier engagement, market approaches and negotiation processes
• Turning complex analysis into clear, decision-ready recommendations

What you’ll bring

• Previous experience working within management consulting or a professional services consulting environment
• Several years of procurement, commercial or strategic sourcing experience
• Demonstrated experience leading procurement projects and complex tenders
• Government or public sector procurement experience highly regarded
• Familiarity with public sector procurement frameworks, including Commonwealth Procurement Rules, desirable
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with confidence working with senior and executive-level stakeholders
• Strong commercial judgement and the ability to navigate complex client environments

Apply now to secure an interview or contact Anita Fonseka at anita.fonseka@talentinternational.com

We are looking for a hands-on Digital Tagging & Implementation Specialist to join a large, customer-focused organisation within its Digital Analytics and MarTech team.

This role will suit someone who enjoys the technical side of digital analytics and has strong experience implementing tagging and tracking solutions across high-traffic digital platforms. You will work closely with Digital, Marketing, Product and Technology teams to ensure customer journeys are accurately tracked and data is available to support analytics, optimisation and marketing initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement digital analytics tagging and tracking solutions across web and digital customer journeys.
• Define tagging strategies, event taxonomies and data layer requirements.
• Translate business and analytics requirements into clear technical tagging specifications.
• Develop custom JavaScript and HTML to support analytics tracking and third-party marketing tags.
• Implement and manage tags through enterprise tag management platforms.
• Perform tagging QA, debugging and validation across different environments.
• Ensure tracking data is accurate and flows correctly into analytics and marketing platforms.
• Work closely with Technology teams to implement tracking requirements across new and existing digital journeys.
• Support the day-to-day operation and ongoing improvement of the tagging platform.
• Work across the Adobe MarTech ecosystem, including Adobe Tags, Adobe Analytics and AEP.
• Ensure implementations meet privacy, consent and data governance requirements.

Requirements

• 2+ years’ experience in digital tagging / analytics implementation, either client-side or agency-side.
• Strong hands-on experience with JavaScript, HTML and CSS.
• Experience designing data layers, event tracking and tagging specifications.
• Experience implementing third-party marketing/media tags through a Tag Management System.
• Strong understanding of digital analytics and web tracking principles.
• Ability to troubleshoot and validate tagging implementations.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Experience working closely with Digital, Marketing, Product and Technology stakeholders.

Nice to have

• Adobe Tags / Adobe Data Collection
• Adobe Analytics
• Adobe Experience Platform (AEP)
• Adobe Target
• CRO / experimentation experience
• eCommerce or high-volume transactional website experience
• Customer Data Platform (CDP) knowledge
• CMS experience

If you are interested in this role, please click “APPLY”. Alternatively, please reach out to me directly via alex.nguyen@talentinternational.com for a confidential chat.

Our client is a large values-focused Federal Government Agency seeking an experienced Senior Design Strategist to support high-complexity strategy work with strategic, political and operational significance.

This role will suit someone with strong strategy development, problem-solving and stakeholder skills who can cut through ambiguity, develop insights, and produce clear recommendations for senior leaders.

ROLE DETAILS
Location: Richmond, VIC (Hybrid, 2/3 split)
Contract: Initial term until 31 December 2026, with extension likely
Rate: $602.55 per day + Super
Eligibility: Australian Citizenship required
Role Closes: Friday 21^st August

ABOUT THE ROLE
You’ll support strategy development through analysis, insight generation and strategic communications. The role contributes to policies, priorities and operational practices, and supports highly complex and sensitive projects or work programs that shape long-term Agency direction.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Scope and structure complex Agency problems, conduct analysis, create insights and communicate findings that lead to action.
• Work with internal stakeholders to shape and improve strategic recommendations across a range of Agency issues.
• Engage with senior executives to structure problems and support decision-making.
• Lead quantitative and qualitative analysis to develop fact-based insights and recommendations.
• Prepare compelling written materials for senior audiences, including the Minister, Board and Executive Leadership Team.

SELECTION CRITERIA

• Experience in strategy development, ideally within a Tier 1 strategy firm or complex consulting / government environment.
• Track record contributing to strategic projects that deliver insightful and actionable recommendations.
• Strong experience working in complex cross-functional teams.
• Ability to cut through organisational complexity and ambiguity.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and emotional intelligence when working with senior leaders.
• Hands-on mindset and willingness to get into the detail where required.

APPLY

Submit your resume, or for further information please contact
Reece Prideaux – Talent International
reece.prideaux@talentinternational.com

For over 30 years Talent has been redefining the contracting experience with industry leading support, exclusive contractor benefits & a world-class digital platform ENGAGE to access it all. Apply today to see how we can elevate your career

Mainframe Developer – Defence Program

Location: Melbourne (Laverton), Canberra
Work Arrangement: Hybrid
Engagement: Major Defence Program
Security Requirement: Australian Citizenship mandatory. Current or reinstatable Australian Government security clearance highly regarded.

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Mainframe Developer to support a significant Defence program operating within a complex, secure technology environment.

This role will suit a hands-on developer with strong mainframe application development experience, solid analytical capability, and experience supporting business-critical systems in structured, highly controlled environments.

As a Mainframe Developer, you will contribute to the development, enhancement and sustainment of key Defence applications, working across legacy technologies, batch processing environments and integrated systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and enhance mainframe applications supporting Defence capability.
• Perform application and software development activities across the full development lifecycle.
• Support reliable batch processing and scheduled workloads within secure environments.
• Analyse technical and functional requirements and contribute to solution design.
• Troubleshoot application issues, identify root causes and implement effective fixes.
• Support code changes, defect resolution, testing and deployment activities.
• Work closely with technical leads, architects, testers and other delivery teams.
• Contribute to system integration activities across legacy and downstream platforms.
• Produce and maintain technical documentation, including design, testing and as-built documentation.
• Work within established Defence change, release, configuration and security processes.
• Support transition and knowledge transfer activities into ongoing sustainment teams.

Skills and Experience

To be successful in this role, you will bring:

• Strong experience in mainframe application development.
• Hands-on experience with COBOL.
• Experience working with DB2, SQL, C# or C++ highly regarded.
• Strong understanding of batch processing environments.
• Experience maintaining and enhancing complex legacy applications.
• Strong debugging, troubleshooting and root-cause analysis capability.
• Experience supporting integration between mainframe and other enterprise systems.
• Experience working through structured testing processes, including system and integration testing.
• Ability to work effectively in secure, highly governed project environments.
• Strong technical documentation and communication skills.
• Defence, National Security or Federal Government experience highly desirable.

Security Requirements

Due to the sensitive nature of the Defence environment, candidates must be Australian Citizens and be eligible to obtain and maintain an Australian Government security clearance.

Candidates who currently hold a Baseline, NV1 or higher clearance will be highly regarded.

Work Location

The role can be based in Melbourne, Canberra or Brisbane, with a hybrid working arrangement of 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home.

Apply Now

If you are an experienced Mainframe Developer looking to contribute to a significant Defence program, we would welcome your application.

For further information, contact Luther Borgas at luther.borgas@outbacktalent.com.

• 6-month initial contract with extensions
• Oversee the testing for several COTS application implementations
• Must have some experience with Python (2+ years)

An exciting opportunity is available for an experienced Automation Test Engineer to join a highly technical team working on a large-scale, mission-critical systems program. You’ll play a key role in managing the automation testing for multiple commercial off the shelf application implementation.

Responsibilities:

• Developing automated test scripts for end-to-end testing
• Creating and executing system-level test plans and procedures
• Troubleshooting complex technical issues
• Working across Systems Engineering, QA and Configuration Management teams
• Supporting and improving test environments and processes

Requirements:

• Python (2+ years) / PyTest
• Automation- CI/CD, DevOps, scripting
• Software and COTS integration
• Software testing – Get into the weeds of the software
• Strong Devops background – Not in software development, all in COTS

Benefits:

• Secure, 6 month rolling contract – Option to convert to permanent
• Competitive rate on offer
• Interview and start ASAP

If you would like to know more please contact Sean Mantri on 0420 425 141 / sean.mantri@talentinternational.com or hit Apply Now!
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Our client is seeking an experienced Project Support Officer to provide coordination and administrative support across a large, fast-paced project delivery team. This is an initial 6-month contract based in Melbourne CBD.
This is a varied role with plenty of ownership, supporting multiple stakeholders and helping ensure day-to-day activities, documentation and reporting run smoothly.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day administration support across project delivery and design teams
• Assist with data entry, document management, reporting and general project administration
• Coordinate information and documentation across the wider program
• Support Project Delivery Leads, Electrical Designers and Project Controllers as required
• Manage multiple requests and changing priorities within a fast-paced environment
• Provide structure and administrative support during a period of transition

Key Requirements

• Previous administration, project support or program support experience
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities
• Proactive and reliable, with the confidence to work independently
• Strong attention to detail and accurate document/data management skills
• Good communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Flexible approach and willingness to support a broad range of administrative activities

Highly Regarded

• Experience within utilities, electricity, infrastructure, engineering or construction environments
• Experience supporting large project delivery or engineering teams
• Exposure to project documentation, reporting and coordination

If you would like to know more, please contact Milly Kerei-Keepa at milly.kerei-keepa@talentinternational.com or hit Apply Now