Senior Mechanical Designer (Layout)

Lycopodium; Perth; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Professional memberships

18 weeks paid maternity leave + super

Retail discounts

Job summary

Lycopodium, with a Perth-based team, seeks a Senior Mechanical Designer to drive drafting and design deliverables for major projects. You’ll develop conceptual designs, lead a drafting team, and ensure compliance with standards while contributing to project execution.

The role requires 6+ years in mechanical design/drafting, expertise in plant layouts, and MicroStation proficiency, offering growth in a global engineering environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6+ years’ experience in Mechanical Design/Drafting.
• Proficiency in design layout and detailing for materials handling and process plants.
• Understanding of fabrication and construction techniques in materials handling.

Responsibilities

• Produce Lycopodium and industry standard models and drawings from calculations and sketches.
• Ensure design drawings comply with Australian and International standards.
• Produce plant layouts from data and design information.
• Review vendor drawings and design data.
• Meet project schedules and man-hour budgets for assigned work.
• Collaborate with personnel across business units.

Skills

Mechanical design

Drafting

Plant layout

MicroStation 2D/3D

Fabrication techniques

Education

Engineering Design Drafting degree

Tools

MicroStation

Job description

With offices in Australia, Canada, USA, Southern Africa, Ghana, Philippines, Argentina and Peru, Lycopodium proudly delivers high quality professional engineering and project delivery services globally, across the resources, infrastructure and industrial processes sectors. By joining our global team and learning from renowned subject matter experts, we can offer you a diverse career that could take you anywhere in the world.

Lycopodium is currently recruiting for a Senior Mechanical Designer to join our growing Perth based team.

Reporting to the Design Coordinator, the Senior Mechanical Designer will operate as an integral part of the drafting and design team in producing project drafting deliverables, developing conceptual designs for project implementation and providing leadership to the team as required.

The tasks you'll perform

• Producing Lycopodium and industry standard models and design drawings from the design engineer calculations and sketches.
• Ensuring design drawings comply with all relevant Australian and International standards.
• Produce plant layouts from preliminary project data and design information.
• Reviewing of vendor drawings and design data.
• Ensuring project schedules and man-hour budgets are met for areas of assigned work.
• Work collaboratively with personnel across all business units.

The expertise you'll bring

• Minimum 6+ years’ experience in Mechanical Design/Drafting
• Proficiency in the design layout and detailing of materials handling and process plants (full plant layout experience is key)
• Understanding of fabrication and construction techniques in the materials handling industry
• Experience with MicroStation 2D and 3D
• Relevant tertiary qualifications in Engineering Design Drafting

The Benefits We'll Provide

• Invest in our people for the long-term, building a diverse and rewarding career, mentored by the best in the industry.
• Allow our people to balance work with other commitments, like family or study, offering flexible work arrangements.
• Provide access to a benefits, rewards and recognition platform that also offers great discounts to hundreds of retailers in Australia.
• Provide employees with a variety of additional benefits such as coverage for professional memberships, 18 weeks paid maternity leave + superannuation continuance, discount and rewards programs, and much more.

Lycopodium is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering diversity and maintaining a discrimination free workplace, guided by our core values of Respect, Integrity and Diligence.

As part of our commitment to providing the best possible care and service to you the candidate, we commit to respond to every applicant.