Manager - Maintenance Planning

About the Team

This role is part of the Service Maintenance Planning team, responsible for coordinating and delivering maintenance planning across the In-Service Support function. The team gathers operational information from across the maintenance environment to support accurate forecasting, informed decision-making, and effective fleet and field service support.

About the Role

The Manager – Maintenance Planning is responsible for the management and functional coordination of the Service Maintenance Planning team. This role will play a key part in the information gathering from operational aspects of the Maintenance function within RDA to help drive informed forecasting and decision-making including fleet management support and field service activities.

The key activities this role will be responsible for are to provide frontline management to the Maintenance planning team for the In-Service Support function ensuring the effective scheduling and delivery of Maintenance, Repair, Rework and Warranty planning/processing to meet and exceed the contracted requirements and milestones.

What are we looking for?

Rheinmetall seeks applicants who exemplify our Company’s values of Safety, Partnering, Openness, Respect and Trust (SPORT). This creates a workplace environment where employees value each other, live up to their promises and communicate openly.

The experience and skillset best suited to this role includes: 

• experience in operations, maintenance, planning or related roles, with demonstrated ability to support or coordinate large-scale activities;
• Demonstrated experience engaging directly with customers or clients in a professional capacity;
• Strong understanding of utilising ERP-based systems (e.g., SAP S4)
• Eligibility to obtain an Australian Government Security Clearance (NV1) (Australian Citizenship required).

• Long weekends every second week with a 9-day fortnight;
• Individualised Flexible Working Arrangements;
• Access to exclusive employee discounts with over 500 retailers to support cost of living;
• Market leading parental leave and loyalty leave accrual for every year of service;
• We are proud to be an Endorsed Employer for All Women with WORK180.

RDA Talent Acquisition Team

Recruitment.Australia@rheinmetall.com.au

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Applications will close on the 27th of March 2026