Production Operator (Prestons)

**Description**
- **Life Days** are the Leidos way of recognising that we all need extra time to take care of life. By working slightly more than the minimum weekly hours (2 hours per week for full-timers), you can accrue up to **12 days of leave** per year.
- Leidos Life Hub provides access to discount offers or cashback rewards with over 400 Australian and International retailers.
- Due to the nature of the role, you must be an Australian Citizen and be able to obtain and hold a Baseline AGSVA security clearance.

**Do Work That Matters**

Leidos Australia delivers solutions that protect and advance the Australian way of life. Our 2000 local experts, backed by our global experience and network of partners, are working to solve the world’s toughest challenges in government, intelligence, defence, aviation, border protection and health markets.

**Your New Role and Responsibilities**

We procure, inspect, test and ship various protective equipment. In addition, we train both new and existing defence personnel to use the supplied equipment. As technology improves, so does our focus on equipment that protects and responds to developing CBRN threats.

This team operates from the site five (5) days per week. To ensure that equipment is shipped successfully to Australian defence locations, team members travel to these locations for 1
- 2 nights to ensure they arrive.

Located at our site in Prestons and reporting to the Production Supervisor, the duties of the **Production Operator include**:

- Maintain the asset register and build records
- Inspect and prepare returned equipment for laundry and minor repairs.
- Perform basic technical tasks like equipment calibrations
- Respond to customer enquiries and changes to their requirements
- Load and unload containers of equipment
- at times by hand (up to 20kg boxes) and/or forklift
- Ensure a protected and healthy work environment by following EHS policies and WHS Act standards

**What You’ll Bring to Make an Impact**

To be considered for the position, you will be able to demonstrate the following:

- Completion of a High School Certificate (Year 12) or equivalent
- Experience in warehousing and inventory maintenance
- Valid Driver's Licence and Forklift Licence (or willingness to obtain one)
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Baseline AGSVA security clearance
- Production operator experience in manufacturing environments, using SOPs and process flow diagrams (desirable)

**Diverse Team Members, Shared Values and a Common Purpose**
- Providing our customers with smarter solutions takes an incredible team with diversity of thought, experience and perspectives driving innovation. Inclusion is at the heart of our culture and is one of our core values. It’s about creating a workplace where everyone can do important work, feels welcome, valued, and respected, and has equal access to opportunities to thrive. Paul Chase
- Chief Executive, Leidos Australia._

Our five Advocacy Groups (Women and Allies Network, Young Professionals, Defence & Emergency Services, Action for Accessibility and Abilities and Pride+) provide an opportunity for team members to connect and collaborate on shared interests, and work to support and celebrate our diverse community.

**Next Steps**
- Recruitment process
- 1 virtual interview and/or 1 face-to-face & background checks.
- Applicants may also need to meet International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) requirements. In certain circumstances this can place limitations on persons who hold dual nationality, permanent residency or are former nationals of certain countries as per ITAR 126.1.

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

**Original Posting**: **Pay Range**: The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

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