Capital Projects Engineering Lead - Mining & Hydromet

Glencore Australia; Murrin Murrin; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Permanent position

Perth Office base

Variable compensation

15% superannuation

Health and lifestyle benefits

Employee Assistance Program

Team culture and recognition

Salary sacrifice options

Job summary

Murrin Murrin Operations, Australia’s largest cobalt producer, seeks a Project Engineering Lead to provide engineering leadership across MMO’s capital portfolio from Perth. You will manage resources, drive technical evaluation, and implement change control within a high‑profile mining and processing operation.

Reporting to the Studies Manager, you will lead multidisciplinary teams, support life‑of‑mine projects, and contribute to safety and technical excellence.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in Engineering (Mechanical, Mining or Minerals Processing) or related discipline.
• 10–15 years' engineering experience in complex brownfield mineral processing, hydrometallurgical or refining operations.
• Proven engineering leadership across the full project lifecycle from Concept through Construction/Close-out.
• Extensive people-leadership experience managing multidisciplinary engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage the delivery of assigned engineering components across the capital portfolio.
• Support the development of contracting strategies for major work packages.
• Deliver technical evaluation for study/engineering scopes for tendered packages.
• Develop and implement a technical assurance process for engineering.
• Implement technical change management and control.
• Identify and manage technical and engineering execution risks.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Project lifecycle management

People leadership

Brownfield/mineral processing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

Murrin Murrin Operations, Australia’s largest cobalt producer, seeks a Project Engineering Lead to provide engineering leadership across MMO’s capital portfolio from Perth. You will manage resources, drive technical evaluation, and implement change control within a high‑profile mining and processing operation.

Reporting to the Studies Manager, you will lead multidisciplinary teams, support life‑of‑mine projects, and contribute to safety and technical excellence.