Mechanical Engineer

Kinexus; Perth; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Kinexus in Perth, WA is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to provide engineering knowledge and technical support across a major naval sustainment program, focusing on support systems and waterfront activities.

You will contribute to establishing and managing support systems for submarine sustainment, ensuring safety, compliance and practical implementation. The role is based in Perth but may involve waterfront locations, working autonomously or in a multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Provide mechanical engineering support across support systems and waterfront activities.
• Lead small engineering tasks and projects with focus on delivery, safety and quality.
• Perform engineering calculations, analysis, modelling and component/sub-system design.
• Troubleshoot technical issues during commissioning, integration and sustainment activities.
• Assess parts substitutions, obsolescence issues and equivalency between US, UK and Australian standards.
• Prepare engineering documentation including specifications, sketches, test procedures, calculations and reports.
• Review artefacts for completeness and controlled data.
• Support management and configuration of support system assets and documentation.
• Coordinate with engineering, production, procurement, asset management and external design organisations.
• Support planning and scheduling to ensure equipment availability for operations.
• Provide engineering support to procurement and external suppliers within approved authorities.
• Develop and maintain engineering metrics and reporting on asset status.
• Ensure activities comply with safety, security, ITAR, configuration and governance requirements.
• Support continuous improvement across sustainment processes.

Skills

Mechanical engineering

Project management

Communication skills

Leadership

Sustainment knowledge

Safety governance

CPEng in progress

Security clearance eligibility

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering

Engineers Australia membership eligibility

Job description

The Role

The Mechanical Engineer will provide engineering knowledge and technical support across a major Australian naval sustainment program, with a focus on support systems and waterfront engineering activities.

The role will contribute to the establishment and ongoing management of support systems for complex submarine sustainment activities, ensuring technical decisions are safe, practical, compliant and suitable for implementation. The engineer will work autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team, with opportunities to lead individual engineering tasks and projects.

The role is based in Perth, WA, but may involve supporting engineering activities at waterfront locations.

Skills & Experience

Essential

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or a related discipline, satisfying eligibility for Engineers Australia membership.
• Demonstrated experience in mechanical engineering, ideally within a design, manufacturing, maintenance, construction or sustainment environment.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and deliver against agreed scope, schedule, cost, quality and customer requirements.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively and lead small engineering teams where required.
• Understanding of sustainment, change and configuration management, safety and integrated logistics support principles.
• CPEng or actively working towards Chartered Professional status.
• Eligibility to obtain and maintain an NV1 Defence Security Clearance and relevant program access requirements.

Desirable

• Defence, naval, shipbuilding or submarine sustainment experience.
• Experience resolving technical issues within a design, manufacturing, maintenance or commissioning environment.
• Understanding of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, cost, risk and opportunity management.
• Experience with engineering analysis, modelling, component design and troubleshooting.
• Familiarity with US/UK engineering standards and Australian equivalency assessment.
• Awareness of submarine safety, including SUBSAFE principles.
• Experience with asset management, obsolescence management or configuration management systems.
• Familiarity with ITAR requirements.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Provide mechanical engineering support across support systems, sustainment and waterfront activities.
• Lead individual engineering tasks and small projects, with a focus on delivery, safety and quality.
• Perform engineering calculations, analysis, modelling and component/sub-system design.
• Troubleshoot technical issues during commissioning, integration and sustainment activities.
• Assess parts substitutions, obsolescence issues and equivalency between US, UK and Australian standards.
• Prepare engineering documentation including specifications, sketches, test procedures, calculations and technical reports.
• Review engineering artefacts and confirm engineering data is complete, accurate and appropriately controlled.
• Support the management and configuration of support system assets, including jigs, fixtures and associated engineering documentation.
• Coordinate with engineering, production, procurement, supply chain, asset management and external design organisations.
• Support planning and scheduling to ensure support equipment is available to meet operational requirements.
• Provide engineering support to procurement and external suppliers within approved authorities.
• Develop and maintain engineering metrics and reporting on asset and work status.
• Ensure engineering activities comply with applicable safety, security, ITAR, configuration and governance requirements.
• Support continuous improvement across sustainment engineering processes and systems.

Key Success Measures

• Engineering tasks are delivered safely on schedule and to the required quality standards.
• Technical decisions and engineering outputs are practical, compliant and suitable for implementation.
• Support system assets and associated engineering data are accurately documented and controlled.
• Technical issues are resolved efficiently with appropriate engineering justification.
• Effective coordination is maintained across engineering, production, procurement and external stakeholders.
• Support equipment and engineering deliverables are available in line with operational requirements.
• Engineering activities comply with applicable safety, security, regulatory and governance requirements.