National Engineering Manager

Giide; Bundaberg; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation support

Competitive package

National engineering leadership

Job summary

Giide is seeking a senior engineering leader to drive product development for heavy mobile equipment, leading a multidisciplinary team across electrical, automation, hydraulic and mechanical disciplines.

You will partner with Production to ensure designs are manufacturable, provide field feedback to refine products, and build robust leadership and processes within a growing team.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a multidisciplinary engineering team.
• Background in heavy mobile equipment or related industry.
• Understanding of vehicle/equipment systems and CAN bus architecture.
• Proven track record across the full product lifecycle—from concept to aftermarket.
• Ability to build structure and process where it doesn't yet exist.
• Ability to translate production, sales and aftermarket input into engineering direction.
• Full Australian working rights.

Responsibilities

• Lead product development from concept through to design, informed by production and field input.
• Partner closely with Production to ground design decisions in manufacturability and efficiency.
• Support Aftermarket with troubleshooting input and field feedback for ongoing product optimisation.
• Build structure into the engineering function—team leads, succession, and capability.
• Advance automation and design-for-efficiency initiatives to support production growth.
• Sit at the leadership table and report directly to the Managing Director.

Skills

Leadership

Engineering Mgmt

Electrical

Automation

Hydraulics

Mechanical

CAN bus

Job description

About the Business

Our client is a market-leading Australian manufacturer of specialist mobile equipment, supplying essential machinery to councils, contractors and industry nationwide. The business is growing with ongoing demand and expanding production, broadening its product range into parallel industries, and investing in genuine sustainability-driven innovation.

About the Role

This is a newly available leadership role, reporting directly to the Managing Director. The primary focus is working closely with Production day-to-day, while also driving product development from concept through to design, and supporting Aftermarket with ongoing field feedback and development.

Here's the real opportunity: the engineering team today is evolving with some key discipline experts in place. You will be leading product development while building real structure, leadership and succession into an existing team of around engineers across electrical, automation, hydraulic and mechanical disciplines.

What You'll Be Doing

• Partner closely with Production day-to-day - the primary working relationship in this role - to keep design decisions grounded in what's achievable and efficient on the manufacturing floor
• Lead product development from concept through to design, informed by real production and field input
• Support Aftermarket with troubleshooting input, field feedback and ongoing product optimisation
• Build genuine structure into the engineering function - team leads, succession, capability - not just individual expertise
• Progress automation and design-for-efficiency initiatives and supporting the business's ongoing production growth
• Sit at the leadership table, reporting directly to the Managing Director

What You'll Bring

• Demonstrated experience leading a multidisciplinary engineering team (electrical, automation, hydraulic, mechanical)
• Background in heavy mobile equipment, trucks, mining, civil or agricultural equipment - or a genuinely adjacent industry
• Sound understanding of design standards and vehicle/equipment systems - CAN bus architecture and the interface challenges that come with multi-manufacturer components
• A genuine track record across the full product lifecycle - concept through to aftermarket
• Comfort building structure and process where it doesn't yet exist, not just maintaining what's already there
• Confidence translating production, sales and aftermarket input into engineering direction
• Full Australian working rights

The Location

Bundaberg offers a genuine lifestyle change, without giving up a genuinely senior, career-defining role. Ten minutes from the beaches of Bargara and the southern Great Barrier Reef, with the kind of housing affordability that puts real home ownership within reach. Shorter commutes, established schools, and a strong community.

What's On Offer

• A genuinely competitive package negotiable from $180,000 - $200,000 + Superannuation, shaped around your experience
• Relocation support available if required
• A genuine technical leadership opportunity to build and shape a national engineering function in a enviable location
• Work on nationally significant, sustainability-driving product innovation