Principal Mechanical Engineer, Water Treatment

KBR Careers; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Industry salaries

Flexible work

Salary packaging

Professional membership

Health discounts

Stock purchase plan

Parental leave

Career development

Growth opportunities

Job summary

KBR’s Infrastructure Services Australia seeks a design-focused Principal Mechanical Engineer for water treatment projects across Australia. You will lead design for large water and wastewater facilities, mentor engineers, and manage client relationships in a dynamic, technology-driven environment.

You will drive constructable solutions, oversee technical reports and bid preparations, and collaborate on digital engineering initiatives to future-proof projects.

Qualifications

• Design focused Principal Mechanical Engineer with water & wastewater experience across utilities and industrial applications.
• Pragmatic approach to develop constructable design solutions with commercial acumen in water infrastructure delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design of large water and wastewater treatment plants and pump stations.
• Lead investigations and prepare technical reports, designs and drawings, contract documents and specifications.
• Provide guidance to engineers across the company
• Manage client relationships across projects nationwide
• Assist Industry Leads in business strategy development
• Lead the preparation of large and small bids
• Promote and practice KBR’s Zero Harm policy

Job description

Principal Mechanical Engineer, Water Treatment

We support water customers across Australia to provide our communities with the best drinking water and wastewater treatment services, whilst innovating ways to safeguard and secure our country’s water supplies, elevating public spaces and enhancing liveability.

You’ll be a key member of our Water team who have secured projects that will change the way water in Australia operates forever.

Our Water team offers services across the full water cycle, delivering major pipelines, large pumping stations, advanced water, wastewater and recycled water treatment plants.

KBR have significant work in hand supporting key water utilities such as South East Water, Melbourne Water, Sydney Water, Water NSW, Sydney Desalination Plant, Urban Utilities and SA Water to achieve phased savings in capital expenditure, while delivering the best environmental and community outcomes.

We have long term panel contracts in both consulting, and design and construction, enabling us to offer work opportunities from strategies through all stages of design and on to construction and commissioning support.

You will play a vital role in not just the national team, leading projects, mentoring people, providing technical oversight and managing client relationships on a range of projects across the country.

Our team is also exploring new ways to integrate digital engineering, virtual reality and artificial intelligence on projects, offering you the opportunity to future proof and broaden your skills in the digital sphere.

Who are you?

You are a design focused Principal Mechanical Engineer who is motivated by achievement and outcome orientated.

Your experience with design practices for water & wastewater across utilities and industrial applications will be highly valued.

You possess a pragmatic approach to the development of constructable design solutions and have proven commercial acumen in the delivery of water infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design of large water and wastewater treatment plants and pump stations.
• Lead investigations, and preparation of technical reports, designs and drawings, contract documents and technical specifications
• Provide guidance to engineers across the company
• Responsibility for maintaining relationship with clients
• Assisting the Industry Leads in business strategy development
• Lead the preparation of large and small bids
• Promote and practice KBR’s Zero Harm policy

Who are we?

KBR’s Infrastructure Services Australia business offers a wide range of professional services to private and public sector clients delivering projects in both urban and remote environments across transport, water, environment, buildings and defence.

We are committed to social and environmental sustainability and delivering projects with a digital mindset that drives innovation within our business, for our customers and stakeholders.

Our continued growth allows us to offer unrivalled opportunities to our staff in terms of career paths, career development and project exposure.

At KBR, we value you – here’s how.

While our people are busy delivering leading science, technology, and engineering solutions, we’re committed to providing them with a supportive, trusting environment and benefits that enable them to thrive and continue doing what they do best.

Benefits

• Industry leading salaries reviewed annually.
• Flexible work arrangements (start/finish times, WFH, Flex time)
• Salary packaging and novated leases
• Paid professional membership fees
• Life/Health insurance discounts
• Employee stock purchase plans
• Paid parental leave
• Personal career development plans
• Growth and promotion opportunities

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to leave your impact on our society with one of Australia’s leading infrastructure businesses.

Our Values

In everything we do, we are guided by our ONE KBR Values: We Value Our People – We create diverse, inclusive environments in which each person can feel safe, respected and valued, and where everyone has opportunities to grow and reach their full potential. We Deliver – We are uncompromising in our commitment to deliver innovative, high-quality, technology-led solutions for our customers and exceptional, sustainable value for all our stakeholders. We Are People of Integrity – We value honesty, trust, courage, fairness, prudence and tenacity. We believe doing what’s right for the planet, the communities where we work, and our people is good for business. We Empower – We empower our people with a shared purpose, the right tools and the supportive culture they need to be proactive decision-makers, to be adaptive to change, and to succeed. We Are a Team of Teams – We have a will to succeed, but we value the achievements of our team of teams over individual accomplishments. Our collective focus makes us a better, stronger, more effective company.

We have also embedded environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles in every business operation and corporate function. Not only are we committed to operating safely, sustainably and equitably, but we are also committed to using our capabilities and expertise to help our customers accomplish their sustainability goals.

Worldwide, KBR employs a diverse workforce approximately 29,000 people strong, with customers in more than 80 countries and operations in 40 countries.

At KBR, We Deliver.