Senior Engineering Design Lead - Mining Projects

Lycopodium Limited; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Career progression and technical skill

Discounts on retailers in Australia

Maternity leave 18 weeks + superannum

Professional memberships coverage

Job summary

Lycopodium Limited in Melbourne seeks an Engineering Design Manager to lead design management across projects. You will oversee design and drafting activities, ensure compliance with quality, safety and environmental standards, and drive on-time delivery for major studies.

The role requires extensive mining / mineral processing experience, strong leadership, and the ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams across site and office environments. Travel within Australia may be required.

Qualifications

• Tertiary education in Engineering (Mechanical or equivalent).
• Minimum 15 years’ experience in mineral processing or related industries (gold, base metals, ore, lithium preferred).
• Strong written and verbal communication and supervisory skills.
• Ability to manage budgets, time constraints and client relationships.
• Willingness to travel within and outside Australia.
• Intuitive leadership and change management in a complex environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering designs and solutions on schedule with high accuracy.
• Monitor and support engineering/drafting team performance.
• Coordinate multi-discipline design and drafting resources to meet deliverables and budgets.
• Approve drawings, standards, specifications and procedures.
• Contribute to proposals with design scope, budget, and schedule input.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder comms

Quality control

Risk management

Education

Engineering degree (Mechanical)

Job description

Lycopodium Limited in Melbourne seeks an Engineering Design Manager to lead design management across projects. You will oversee design and drafting activities, ensure compliance with quality, safety and environmental standards, and drive on-time delivery for major studies.

The role requires extensive mining / mineral processing experience, strong leadership, and the ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams across site and office environments. Travel within Australia may be required.