QHSE and Training Officer

October 12, 2024

Viasat, Inc.

Canberra

FULL TIME

About us:

One team. Global challenges. Infinite opportunities. At Viasat, we’re on a mission to deliver connections with the capacity to change the world. For more than 35 years, Viasat has helped shape how consumers, businesses, governments and militaries around the globe communicate. We’re looking for people who think big, act fearlessly, and create an inclusive environment that drives positive impact to join our team.

What you'll do:

This position is responsible for identifying and assessing training needs, crafting and implementing training plans, scheduling and coordinating training at customer locations, and maintaining training materials and curriculum. Overall responsibility to ensure training and training support is provided by Viasat to ensure staff can competently operate, maintain and sustain the system capability.

This position is also responsible for Quality, Health and Safety and the Environment at the critical client satellite ground station. Viasat and the government customer place a phenomenal emphasis on the Health and Safety of our people and the environment and expect all work to be completed in accordance with current Quality standards.

This position will be required in the Viasat Australia office location in Canberra.

The day-to-day:

Some key responsibilities of the Training Officer are:

Maintaining and updating all training packages in accordance with CCB changes, reference documentation revisions/corrections, and survey feedback provided by support staff and students.
Managing version control, change, verification, validation and publishing of updated training documents.
Responsible for the development and update of all training support SOPs and plans.
Reporting performance assessments in Contract Status Reports (CSRs).
Providing engineering and technical input to training packages and participating in the review and approval of updated training packages.
Providing subject matter expert advice and guidance to the Program Manager for all aspects of Quality, Health and Safety and the Environment in relation to the client ground station.
Undertaking a comprehensive Quality, Health and Safety and the Environment audit program for the Program.
Incident notification, investigation, reporting and tracking of corrective actions to their closure.
Training of the Program team in Quality, Health and Safety and the Environment matters.
Develop, deploy, and supervise Quality, Health and Safety and the Environment programs, procedures, policies, and standards in a manner that ensures compliance to Federal, State, and Local legislation

What you'll need:

Bachelor’s degree in Training or Work Health and Safety, environmental management, or related field.

Knowledge of managing ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 systems.
Knowledge of managing an ISO 9001 system.
Experience in Quality, Health and Safety and Environment management.
Experience in the scheduling and delivery of internal and customer-facing training classes.
Knowledge of applicable software, including: Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook, Microsoft Power Point, Microsoft Visio and Adobe Acrobat.
Must be an Australian citizen and have an active Australian Government Security Clearance (NV1) or have held one previously.

What will help you on the job:

Experience in training development using the Systems Approach to Defence Learning and the Defence Learning Manual (DLM).
Project management skills.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Strong attention to detail.
Ability to travel up to 50%.

EEO statement:

Viasat is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, seeking to create a welcoming and diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, genetics, age, or veteran status or any other applicable legally protected status or characteristic. If you would like to request an accommodation on the basis of disability for completing this on-line application, please click here.

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