Principal Mechanical Engineer

WSP in Australia; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Career development opportunities

Access to industry-leading technical专家

Job summary

WSP Adelaide invites an experienced Principal Mechanical Engineer to lead and deliver multidisciplinary mining projects, from concept through execution. You’ll provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, and drive successful project outcomes with clients across Australia.

The role emphasizes delivering reliable design, governance across teams, and collaboration with civil, structural, electrical, and process disciplines to ensure safety, quality and schedule adherence in a dynamic mining

Qualifications

• 13+ years of mechanical engineering experience.
• Proven experience delivering mining, minerals processing or heavy industrial projects.
• Strong knowledge of sustaining capital and brownfield project delivery.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary project teams.
• Excellent client relationship and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong technical expertise across mechanical plant and equipment.
• Experience preparing and reviewing engineering documentation and design packages.
• Chartered Engineer status or working towards chartership.
• A Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering or equivalent qualification.

Responsibilities

• Leading mechanical engineering design and project delivery activities.
• Providing technical direction and governance across project teams.
• Delivering studies, investigations, detailed design and asset improvement projects.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with mining clients and stakeholders.
• Mentoring and developing mechanical engineers across the team.
• Reviewing and approving engineering deliverables.
• Supporting project planning, budgeting and commercial performance.
• Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams across mechanical, civil, structural, electrical and process disciplines.
• Contributing to business development, proposals and client engagement activities.

Skills

Mechanical engineering

Mining industry knowledge

Project leadership

Client relationship management

Mentoring engineers

Education

Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering

Chartered Engineer status or working towards chartership

Job description

Job Description

What if you could do the kind of work the world needs?

At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

At WSP you’ll find the scale and reach you need to do the kind of work the world needs – and the culture and people that make it the best work of your life.

Our Mining & Metals group is a leader in future-led end to end mining solutions and delivery of services to our clients. We specialise in delivering comprehensive and tailored solutions for the mining industry. Our team manages and executes large-scale capital projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within budget, and to the highest standards of quality and safety and leave a lasting positive legacy in the communities we engage with.

What You’ll Do

This is an opportunity to play a key role in a growing team, providing technical leadership, mentoring engineers and overseeing the successful delivery of multidisciplinary mining projects from concept through to execution.

Responsibilities

As a Principal Mechanical Engineer, you will provide technical leadership while supporting project delivery across a diverse portfolio of mining projects. Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading mechanical engineering design and project delivery activities
• Providing technical direction and governance across project teams
• Delivering studies, investigations, detailed design and asset improvement projects
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with mining clients and stakeholders
• Mentoring and developing mechanical engineers across the team
• Reviewing and approving engineering deliverables
• Supporting project planning, budgeting and commercial performance
• Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams across mechanical, civil, structural, electrical and process disciplines
• Contributing to business development, proposals and client engagement activities

About You

You will be an experienced consulting or owner-side engineer with strong mining industry knowledge and a passion for delivering practical engineering solutions.

Ideally, You’ll Bring

• 13+ years of mechanical engineering experience
• Proven experience delivering mining, minerals processing or heavy industrial projects
• Strong knowledge of sustaining capital and brownfield project delivery
• Experience leading multidisciplinary project teams
• Excellent client relationship and stakeholder management skills
• Strong technical expertise across mechanical plant and equipment
• Experience preparing and reviewing engineering documentation and design packages
• Chartered Engineer status or working towards chartership
• A Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering or equivalent qualification

Why WSP?

At WSP, you'll have the opportunity to work on technically challenging projects while helping shape the future of our growing Adelaide Mining business.

We Offer

• A strong pipeline of sustaining capital and mining projects
• Exposure to leading mining clients across Australia
• Opportunities to lead and influence project outcomes
• A collaborative and highly experienced national Mining team
• Flexible working arrangements that support work-life balance
• Career development and leadership opportunities within a global consultancy
• Access to industry-leading technical specialists and project experts