Senior Design Engineer

Kinetic; Toowoomba Regional; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

MPK is seeking a Senior Design Engineer in Australia to lead the development and refinement of innovative engineering solutions across multiple projects.

You will oversee the design process from concept to completion, ensuring high standards of quality, functionality, and reliability, while collaborating with product managers, manufacturers and engineers to translate requirements into detailed specifications and prototypes.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree in Mechanical, Electrical or Mechatronics.
• RPEQ certification is highly desirable.
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in design and engineering.
• Strong leadership and people management skills.

Responsibilities

• Present creative and practical engineering design concepts.
• Lead and manage the engineering and drafting team.
• Coordinate design projects and develop detailed plans to meet goals.
• Direct, review and approve product design changes.
• Maintain CPD and stay current with technology developments.

Job description

Re-energised. The kind of thinking the world is demanding to transition to a new energy future. This requires the dynamic attitude that MPK is known for delivering. Whether it’s upstream LNG development and servicing, fluid transportation, or renewables, in the essential energy, water and natural resources sectors, we’re here to use our proven ingenuity to redefine the challenge and innovate solutions that solve problems and deliver high quality outcomes.

You need only look at our long term partnerships and outcomes with major industry leaders to see how we have successfully realised their vision.

With the world's growing demand for increased energy supply, MPK are there to provide essential infrastructure services and solutions. We offer three primary, but interconnected, divisions to clients – Infrastructure, Services and Solutions.

MPK. Right solutions. Right people. Right for the future.

Care: We are genuine and fair and have high expectations of ourselves. We are like family. We pull our weight and watch each other’s backs. We care for our people because our people are who we are.

Solve : We understand our client needs because we collaborate. We align with clients to pursue efficiency and safety and, as partners, anticipate challenges and adapt. We embrace technology to deliver the solutions our clients need.

Deliver : Our focus in delivering value to our clients is paramount and is the cornerstone of our commercial relationships.

We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples to apply for our positions.

Job Description

About the role:

The Senior Design Engineer will spearhead the development and refinement of innovative engineering solutions across a range of projects. The primary responsibility will be to oversee the design process from concept through to completion, ensuring that all products meet high standards of quality, functionality, and reliability, with close collaboration with cross-functional teams, including product managers, manufacturers, and other engineers, to translate project requirements into detailed technical specifications and prototypes .

Other responsibilities include:

• Presenting creative and practical engineering design concepts
• Leading and managing the engineering & drafting team
• Coordinating design projects, makes detailed plans to accomplish goals
• Directing, reviewing, and approving product design and changes
• Being a trusted technical advisor and subject matter expert; keeping current on technology developments through continuing professional development (CPD)
• Coordinating the preparation of project budgets, schedules, and resources
• Preparing cost analysis on the development of new products (AFE) for opex or capex assets
• Coordinating with manufacturing to create prototypes and field test equipment, ensures regular communication to ensure that products are designed for manufacturing
• Creating detailed engineering plans, processes, procedures and standards
• Quality assurance checks and product certification
• Leading weekly engineering meetings to ensure critical next steps, owners and dates are clearly communicated for on time project delivery
• Coaching and developing the engineering team members; ensuring adequate resourcing and training needs
• Developing relationships and fosters collaboration with functions including Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Business Development, and Operations to drive project delivery
• Promoting a safe work environment and supports compliance to regulatory requirements as applicable

Desired Skills and Experience

About you:

The successful applicant will be a clear communicator, have a proactive outlook and be results and timeline driven. The successful applicant will have the following:

• Engineering Degree in Mechanical, Electrical or Mechatronics
• RPEQ Certification - Highly Desirable
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in design & Engineering
• Strong leadership skills

Agency submissions will not be accepted.