Production Engineer

Holcim Participations (Australia) Pty Ltd; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development opportunities

Training opportunities

Location: Milton, QLD

Job summary

Holcim Australia and New Zealand, including its Humes division, seeks a full-time Production Engineer in Milton, QLD. You will drive process improvement projects from conception through to factory implementation, supporting advanced automation and delivering on cost, quality and safety outcomes across the Humes business.

The role requires tertiary qualifications in an engineering discipline, an interest in CI, and the ability to lead projects with strong stakeholder engagement.

Qualifications

• Degree in an engineering discipline relevant to process or mechanical systems.
• Interest or experience in CI/Process improvement and project delivery.

Responsibilities

• Plan, execute and finalise projects to deadlines and budget.
• Drive projects from R&D trials to factory implementation.
• Provide technical support and build capability for advanced automation.
• Coordinate resources and cross-functional team efforts.
• Define project objectives and ensure quality control throughout life cycle.
• Manage assets modifications with engineering integrity checks.
• Support safety and quality management systems.

Skills

Process improvement

Project management

Communication

CI principles

AutoCAD

Education

Engineering degree (Process/Mechanical/Mechatronic/Civil)

Tools

AutoCAD

Job description

• A key opportunity to develop your career within the world's leading sustainable building materials company.
• Process/ Continuous Improvement focussed role.
• Drive projects through R&D trials to factory implementation to improve cost, quality and safety outcomes for the entire Humes business!
• Career development and training opportunities.
• Supportive & diverse management setting realistic targets and goals.
• Located at Milton QLD.

Holcim:

Holcim is the leading partner for sustainable construction, creating value across the built environment from infrastructure and industry to buildings. Headquartered in Zug, Switzerland, Holcim has more than 45,000 employees in 43 attractive markets - across Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, Middle East & Africa. Holcim offers high-valued end-to-end Building Materials and Building Solutions, from foundation and flooring to roofing and walling - powered by premium brands including, ECOPact® low-carbon concrete and ECOPlanet® low-carbon cement.

Holcim Australia and New Zealand is a leading supplier of cement, aggregates, ready-mix concrete, and engineered pre-cast concrete solutions. Our proud history began in 1901 in Australia and 1888 in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Holcim is certified as a Top Employer 2026 by the Top Employers Institute, recognising our commitment to creating a workplace where people thrive.

Humes, an important Holcim business, has a long history of engineering precast and prestressed concrete solutions and, after one hundred years of manufacture, our product range has never been more diverse, more competitive, or more in-tune with our clients' needs than it is today. Humes offer a range of solutions for bridges and platforms, road and rail infrastructure, tunnels and shafts, retaining walls, pipeline systems, water treatment, reuse and detention, and traffic management.

About the opportunity:

This exciting opportunity is a full-time permanent Production Engineer role in which you will be responsible for assisting in planning, executing and finalising projects according to strict deadlines and within budget. You will drive projects through R&D trials to factory implementation to improve cost, quality and safety outcomes- providing technical support and assisting in building capability within the Humes business for advanced automation plant. The role will include acquiring resources and coordinating the efforts of team members and assisting to define the project's objectives and oversee quality control throughout its life cycle.

Further and detailed responsibilities are found in the position description which is available upon request and will include:

• Managing projects through from proposal, design, installation and commissioning.
• Provide technical support and assist in building capability within the Humes business for advanced automation plant.
• Ensuring all modifications and additions to assets have been designed and checked for engineering integrity.
• Assisting with root cause analysis and implementation of long-term improvement actions.
• Estimating and ordering production consumables for projects.
• Ensuring safety management and systems to protect the health and safety of all people.
• Ensuring quality management systems are in place and adhered to.
• Minimising our exposure and risk on project/s.
• Ensuring project documents are compete, current and stored appropriately.

About you:

• Tertiary qualified in Process, Mechanical, Mechatronic, Civil or other relevant Engineering disciplines.
• You may be at ‘grad-plus' level looking to develop your career.
• A sound understanding of Process Improvement/ CI principles.
• Practical experience in the prestress, precast or reinforced concrete industry will be highly regarded but experience in related industries e.g. civil construction/ heavy industrial manufacturing and similar also considered.
• Interested in Project Management, delivering projects from infancy to final completion.
• Strong problem-solving ability and an ability to work under pressure and meet strict deadlines.
• Highly effective communication skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are a given and you will be helped by your ability to maintain effective relationships with all internal and external stakeholders.
• AutoCAD – ability to understand drawings.

This is an outstanding opportunity to join our high performing team and to contribute to our world leading business.

Why Holcim?

At Holcim we offer an inclusive environment, where our people feel comfortable bringing their authentic self to work. We offer a high-performance workplace empowering problem solvers, creative thinkers and innovators to seek combined perspectives and voice opportunities to go further and faster. Our workplace is a safe environment where individuals can be themselves and where we promote a diverse workforce. We are an equal opportunities employer, making no distinction on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability or age. People are treated fairly at work - respecting and supporting human rights and non-discrimination.This is rooted in the values and standards set out in the Holcim Code of Ethics.

We don't just offer jobs - we offer long term careers with a deep and diverse structure which affords a great number of cross functional pathways available as you progress your career so if you're ready to take your career to the next level and join our dynamic team of professionals, we want to hear from you.

Please note:

Candidates must hold valid Australian work rights with no restrictions on employment duration or hours.

We are dedicated to improving employment outcomes and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Holcim will not accept unsolicited resumes from third party recruiting agencies in response to job postings.