Senior Mechanical Discipline Lead & Engineering Team Mentor

Primero Group; Perth; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Compensation

Flexible Working Arrangements

Career Opportunities

Paid Parental Leave

Health and Wellbeing Support

Benefits & Discounts

Employee Referral Rewards

Job summary

Primero is seeking an experienced Mechanical Engineering Discipline Manager to lead our mechanical engineering team. Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you will oversee technical delivery, mentor engineers, and manage client stakeholders in a hands-on leadership role.

This role is based at our Perth head office with strong collaboration across multidisciplinary teams to deliver robust, constructible solutions for mining and heavy industrial projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree required.
• 15+ years' mechanical engineering and project delivery experience in mining/mineral processing, resource, and heavy industrial sectors.
• Proven leadership of engineering and design teams at Discipline Manager or Principal level.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical oversight of mechanical engineering designs, specifications, calculations, and vendor packages.
• Provide management and structured development to engineers, cultivating technical excellence and sustained professional growth.
• Lead the advancement of continuous improvement initiatives and the refinement of engineering standards.
• Contribute to the development of project plans, schedules, budgets, and discipline-specific resource allocations.
• Deliver technical guidance and develop robust, fit-for-purpose, practical, and constructable engineering solutions for clients and key project stakeholders.
• Ensure mechanical designs comply with applicable legislation, standards, client, third party, and project requirements.
• Undertake the review, verification, and formal approval of mechanical calculations, technical reports, specifications, and associated design deliverables.
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary engineering and design teams to achieve integrated project outcomes.
• Engage with clients, vendors and stakeholders to resolve technical issues and support project execution.

Skills

People management

Technical leadership

Engineering design

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (IEAust)

Job description

Primero is seeking an experienced Mechanical Engineering Discipline Manager to lead our mechanical engineering team. Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you will oversee technical delivery, mentor engineers, and manage client stakeholders in a hands-on leadership role.

This role is based at our Perth head office with strong collaboration across multidisciplinary teams to deliver robust, constructible solutions for mining and heavy industrial projects.