Job Description
- Exciting opportunity to work with a hard-working and highly skilled repairs team
- Permanent, full-time opportunity based in Melbourne at our Jetstar Support Building (JSB)
- Take off with exclusive employee perks, including our world-class staff travel program
About Our Engineering Team
We rely on our Jetstar Engineering Team to deliver our superior safety standards, up to the second. They’re the trouble-shooters, glitch-fixers and tech-experts who make sure we take to the sky safely. Solving problems. Trying new things. Getting hands-on. Fixing and double checking. It’s all part of the day job as a Jetstar Engineer – whether you’re on the frontline as a Maintenance Engineer or in our Engineering Corporate & Support Team ensuring that we land deadlines, keep projects on track and work as a team to help us transform our fleet for the better.
Your next opportunity to takeoff
We're currently seeking a highly motivated Inventory Officer - Repairs to join this hardworking and high-performing team. As an Inventory Officer - repairs, you’ll be responsible for the co-ordination and management of component repair activities, cost effective purchasing/ repairs and delivery of goods and services for the Engineering Department.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, is comfortable managing large volumes of work, and takes real ownership of their stakeholders, ports, and vendor relationships.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Manage purchasing and repair orders for aircraft spares, repairs, loans, and exchanges in line with budgets and company policies.
- Raise, monitor, and expedite repair orders to ensure timely completion and delivery.
- Review vendor quotes, verify invoices, and resolve finance queries related to aged invoices or manual payments.
- Optimise inventory levels using MIN/MAX principles to meet service targets while minimising costs.
- Interpret technical documentation and OEM data to source correct parts and support compliant repairs for existing and new fleet types.
- Identify and resolve complex parts issues, planning conflicts, and discrepancies across quality, quantity, or pricing.
- Collaborate with logistics, planning, technical services, finance, and suppliers to ensure smooth operations and contingency planning.
- Build and maintain strong supplier relationships, monitor performance against agreements, and address deficiencies proactively.
Ready for your next adventure?
We’re on the hunt for someone who has:
- Experience in purchasing, component control, or supply chain (aviation preferred)
- Ability to manage a high volume of tasks and emails with excellent attention to detail
- Accountability and a strong sense of ownership for assigned ports, vendors, and tasks
- Confidence working with Excel (moderate level) and willingness to learn systems such as TRAX (full training provided)
- Effective multitasking and stakeholder communication across technical and operational teams
- A proactive attitude, customer-first focus, and strong integrity in all interactions
Your Life At Jetstar Is Unlike Any Other
Put the craft in aircraft: There’s a new fleet of A321LR NEO’s waiting for your arrival. Beyond Jetstar, our teams get exposure to projects related to the Qantas Group’s A320/1, B787 and A321 Freighters.
Live the travel dream: You and your nominated travel companions can takeoff more with our famous Qantas Group Staff Travel discount.
There’s a place for everyone at Jetstar: For us, travel and meeting new people go hand in hand. We invite our people to get involved in various Employee Network Groups that play an important role in creating our inclusive and supportive culture that we are fiercely proud of. We believe that teams with a diversity of ideas and experiences are more creative, innovative and solve problems quickly. We welcome applications from anyone who wants to takeoff with us. If you have support or access requirements, just reach out and let us know what you need.
We’re Jetstar. Let’s takeoff together
We can’t wait to hear from you. Apply before: Sunday 30th November 2025.
