About the role
Join Babcock New Zealand as a Trade Controls Specialist and play a critical role supporting Defence and government programmes in navigating and complying with New Zealand and international export controls laws and regulations. You'll be the subject matter expert ensuring operational compliance with various, complex export and import controls regulations, helping protect sensitive technologies while enabling successful project delivery.
This is an opportunity to work on high-profile programmes where your expertise directly influences operational success. You'll partner with project teams, business leaders, customers, and regulators, providing trusted advice, identifying regulatory and legislative compliance requirements, managing export licences and agreements, implementing compliance programs, and driving continuous improvement within a highly respected organisation committed to safety, compliance, collaboration and excellence.
About you
You are a detail-oriented compliance professional with strong knowledge of export controls and a passion for helping organisations navigate complex regulatory environments. You bring experience managing export controls, licencing requirements, risk assessments and stakeholder relationships within highly regulated industries. You communicate confidently with technical and non-technical audiences, remain calm under pressure, and balance competing priorities effectively. Most importantly, you take ownership, work collaboratively, and are committed to maintaining the highest standards of compliance, integrity and operational excellence.
Key Required Skills
- Export controls compliance experience
- Working knowledge of NZ export controls regulations
- Strong working knowledge of US export controls regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and Foreign Military Sales Program (FMS)
- Export licence application, administration and management
- Risk assessment, compliance monitoring and mitigation planning
- Regulatory interpretation and provision of practical compliance advice
- Development, implementation and continuous improvement of trade controls procedures and compliance programs
- Stakeholder engagement, relationship management and cross-functional collaboration
- Training development, delivery and compliance awareness education
- Exceptional attention to detail, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and compliance across documentation, analysis and records management
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare clear compliance guidance and reports
- Effective planning and organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines
Key Required Qualifications
- Relevant qualification in Law, Engineering, Business, Commerce or equivalent experience
- Project Management qualification or equivalent experience managing complex projects
- Eligibility to access US export controlled technology in compliance with the ITAR’s regulatory requirements
- Eligibility to obtain and maintain an NZ Defence Site Clearance as welll as an NZSIS Security Clearance
