Engineering Change Manager

Overview

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Babcock is looking for an Engineering Change Manager to join the Program Engineering team based in Devonport, Auckland.

About The Role

Step into a pivotal leadership role where engineering excellence meets national impact. As Engineering Change Manager, you’ll shape the future of defence and commercial engineering in New Zealand. You’ll lead a high-performing team, foster a culture of inclusion and innovation, and build enduring relationships with key stakeholders across logistics command, capability branches, and the Ministry of Defence. Your influence will extend across strategic planning, programme delivery, and design governance—ensuring projects are delivered with precision, quality, and purpose. This is a role focused on enterprise-wide transformation, continuous improvement, and embedding best practices that elevate operational performance with a strong emphasis on safety, sustainability, and customer satisfaction.

If you’re ready to lead with vision, coach with purpose, and deliver with impact, this is your opportunity to make a lasting difference.

About You

You are a strategic engineering leader with deep experience in complex environments—marine, defence, or asset management. You thrive on building high-performing teams, navigating ambiguity, and delivering results. Your leadership is inclusive, your thinking is systemic, and your decisions are grounded in commercial acumen. You’re passionate about continuous improvement, coaching others, and shaping culture. With a chartered engineering background and a strong grasp of governance, you’re ready to lead transformational change and build enduring customer trust.

Key Required Skills

• Strategic leadership and team coaching
• Customer relationship and stakeholder management
• Engineering programme and design governance
• Commercial and financial acumen
• Continuous improvement and innovation delivery
• Risk and opportunity management
• Cultural change and inclusive leadership
• Navigating complexity and driving operational outcomes

Key Required Qualifications

Your Future At Babcock – What We Offer You

Who We Are

Babcock International Group is an aerospace and defence company delivering bespoke, highly skilled engineering services for over a century. Across Australia and New Zealand, we employ over 1,600 people and operate across defence, commercial marine, aviation, airports, communications, emergency services, and engineering consultancy.

Example programs include providing emergency medical and search & rescue aviation services, designing and supporting key systems for submarines and surface ships, fleet-wide through-life support and asset management for Navy customers, and managing critical assets across sectors.

If you would like to join us and help create a safe and secure world, please apply via the Apply Now button below. For more information, visit

We welcome applications from all backgrounds and experiences. The successful candidate must be legally entitled to work in New Zealand and capable of obtaining NZ Defence Force security clearance. Pre-employment checks may include reference checks, MOJ, security checks, qualifications, and right to work verification. Babcock Australasia is a Circle Back Initiative Employer—we commit to respond to every applicant.

Job Req #67606

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