Senior Engineer/Technician (APS 6)

Royal Australian Mint; Canberra; On-site; AUD 103,000 - 112,000; Full time

Job summary

The Royal Australian Mint is seeking a Senior Engineer or Senior Technician to join the Engineering, Assets & Quality (EAQ) branch in Canberra. You will contribute to production capability, run process improvements, and support manufacturing activities across industrial, tooling, and process engineering functions.

Ideal candidates hold a Bachelor of Engineering or a diploma in a relevant field, with strong systems engineering, project management and stakeholder engagement skills.

Qualifications

• Senior Engineer: requires a Bachelor of Engineering or equivalent per the Washington Accord.
• Senior Technician: requires a diploma in a relevant field.

Responsibilities

• Applying Systems Engineering principles to designs that are safe, functional and cost effective.
• Developing documentation to align with quality, safety and risk management systems.
• Presenting information in various formats including presentations and technical reports; conducting meetings.
• Applying Project Management principles to plan, manage and deliver complex projects.
• Engaging with stakeholders from diverse backgrounds to gather information and manage expectations.
• Working with production staff and engineers to identify, plan and undertake process improvements.
• Conducting independent research of standards and literature to determine requirements.
• Providing sound technical and engineering advice within scope of knowledge.
• Identifying and pursuing opportunities for self-development.

Skills

Systems Engineering

Documentation

Presentations

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Lean / continuous improvement

Self-development

Education

Bachelor of Engineering

Diploma in a relevant field

Job description

Ongoing$102,516 - $112,011 (APS 4) + 15.4% superannuation
Full-time

About the Mint

The Royal Australian Mint isa small government agency working within the CommonwealthGovernment Portfolio of the Treasury. The Mint is a non-corporateCommonwealth Entity and is listed under the Public GovernancePerformance and Accountability Act 2013 (Cth) (PGPA Act). TheMint is also covered by the Public Service Act 1999 (Cth)(PS Act).

The Royal Australian Mint makes coins and other minted productsto serve the needs of the Australian economy, foreign countries,investors and collectors. We are stewards of a thriving nationalinstitution that showcases our Nations stories through the NationalCoin Collection, and a world class museum and galleryexperience.

The Royal Australian Mint creates public value through a rangeof coining and minting-related activities. We play a key role insharing the stories of Australia by recognising significantanniversaries, events, organisations and cultural perspectivesthrough coins.

About the Branch

The Engineering, Assets & Quality (EAQ) Branchuses engineering, asset management, project management and qualityassurance expertise to help the whole Mint succeed by making oursystems safer, more reliable, more efficient and easier to work in.We support our colleagues, customers, and the public by reducingdefects and downtime, improving throughput, enabling new products,and strengthening the processes that shape Australia’s coinage. Ourpurpose is to care for the systems that care for the Mint, and tocontinuously improve them so people can do theirbest work.

The EAQ branch includes consists of the following teams:

• Process Engineering (PE): Responsible forensuring the minting processes are stable, efficient, safe, andcapable of producing the high-quality products at the requiredvolume.
• Product & Tooling Engineering (PTE):Responsible for design models, specifications and continuousimprovement of production tooling and product packaging.
• Industrial Engineering (IE): Responsibleensuring the production systems (mechanical, electrical,automation and digital) are designed, integrated andcontinuously improved to deliver safe, reliable, efficient andfuture-ready contemporary manufacturing capabilities tooptimise equipment and material handling performance, automateprocess, enhance data visibility and enable precision mintingat scale.
• Project Management Office (PMO):Responsible for setting the organisational direction throughcorporate planning, strategic alignment, prioritisation andhorizon scanning and administering the work plan to deliverstrategic priorities.
• Quality Assurance (QA): Responsible forquality control, defect analysis, precision measurement, andstandards compliance.
• Asset Management (AM): Responsible forasset lifecycle and reliability management, technical problemsolving and undertaking of major projects.

About the Role

The SeniorEngineer/Technician will work in a team of engineers andtechnicians to deliver complex projects, develop productioncapability, run process improvement initiatives and supportmanufacturing activities. The successful candidate will be placedin the team most relevant to their skills, experience andprofessional interests, however there will be opportunities to workclosely with other teams and cross-skill. A brief description ofthe three engineering functions is provided below.

Industrial Engineering

A Senior Engineer/Technician in the Industrial Engineering team isresponsible for conducting projects to improve existing industrialprocesses through procurement or internal development of machineryand automation. They will also be providing technical support forthe operation of existing production machines and equipment,including mechanical design support for parts and tooling, andassisting operation areas in achieving and maintaining compliancewith the relevant machine safety requirements.

Product & Tooling Engineering

A Senior Engineer/Technician in the Product & Tooling Engineeringteam is responsible for developing and maintaining new coinproducts and packaging capabilities. They will work collaborativelywith the Sales, Marketing and production teams to develop collectorand investment products for Mint customers. The role involvesconnecting marketing requirements with structured trials andexperimentation to establish capability, then developing themanufacturing methods and processes with the Processes Engineeringteam for implementation into the production environment.

Process Engineering

A Senior Engineer/Technician in the Process Engineering teamprovides production support, process development and continuousimprovement across all manufacturing areas. This is achieved byworking closely with production teams, implementing Lean and otherindustry best-practice methods, providing troubleshooting support,and ensuring established production throughput and product qualitytargets are maintained.

The Duties

• Applying Systems Engineering principles to designsystems that are safe, functional, and cost effective
• Developing documentation to align with establishedquality, safety, and risk management systems
• Presenting information in a variety of formatsincluding presentations and technical reports and conductingeffective meetings
• Applying Project Management principles to plan,manage and deliver complex projects
• Engaging with stakeholders and customers fromvarious backgrounds and technical abilities to gather information,provide updates, and manage expectations
• Working with production staff and other engineersto identify, plan, and undertake projects to improve processproductivity and safety
• Conducting independent research of standards,academic literature, and other reference material to determineproject requirements and best practice
• Providing sound technical and engineering advicewithin own scope of knowledge and training in a professionalmanner
• Identifying and pursuing opportunities forself-development

Qualifications

Senior Engineer - A Bachelor of Engineering froman Australian institution, or a qualification gained elsewhere that satisfies the requirements of the Washington Accord for recognitionas a Professional Engineer.

Senior Technician - A diploma in a relevantfield.

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Should you have any questions regarding the role, please contactStephen Travis on (02) 6202 3***.