[Hiring] Technical Capture Lead @Austal

Role Description

The Technical Capture Lead is responsible for identifying, developing, and maturing vessel technology, upgrade, retrofit, and through-life support opportunities that contribute to Austal's growth objectives.

• Working across customer engagement, technical solution development, and business growth activities.
• Establishing strong relationships with customers and industry stakeholders.
• Understanding operational and technical challenges and translating these into viable opportunities for further development.
• Working closely with Engineering, Product, Commercial, and Delivery teams to shape early solutions.
• Improving the quality and maturity of opportunities entering the capture process.
• Providing market intelligence to support future technology, capability, and service offerings.

Qualifications

• Relevant engineering, technical, or trade qualification, or equivalent demonstrated industry experience.
• Current driver's licence and the ability to undertake domestic and international travel.
• Strong customer engagement and relationship-building capability.
• Demonstrated ability to identify, investigate, and develop technical opportunities.
• Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to engage technical, operational, and commercial stakeholders.
• Ability to translate customer requirements and technical challenges into clear, actionable opportunities.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to independently manage multiple developing opportunities.
• Experience within a marine, engineering, automation, electrical, or other complex technical environment.
• Sound technical understanding of vessel systems, including system limitations, obsolescence, integration challenges, and upgrade requirements.
• Experience developing technical scopes, solutions, or proposals in response to customer requirements.
• Understanding of retrofit, upgrade, service, or through-life support activities.
• Experience working collaboratively across technical, commercial, and delivery teams to develop customer solutions.

Requirements

• Experience within shipbuilding, marine systems, vessel operations, or maritime through-life support.
• Experience in technical sales, business development, capture management, or customer-facing engineering.
• Knowledge of vessel automation, electrical, control, communications, or related technology systems.
• Experience developing or delivering vessel upgrades and retrofit solutions.
• Existing relationships within commercial or defence maritime markets.
• International customer, shipyard, or vessel experience.

Benefits

• The role is home based in the UK, working 40hrs per week whilst at home.
• Office Equipment and work equipment will be supplied, but working space is the responsibility of the applicant.
• Opportunities for professional development, training, and career progression.
• Involvement in cutting-edge projects with global impact.
• A collaborative and supportive work environment.