Senior Mechanical Engineer

Airswift; Gladstone Regional; In loco; AUD 140.000 - 170.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Airswift is seeking a Senior Mechanical & Piping Engineer in Gladstone, Queensland, to join an established engineering team on heavy industrial projects. You will lead from concept through detailed design, manage site implementation, and engage directly with clients and multidisciplinary teams.

The role emphasizes brownfield studies, safety, constructability, and timely delivery, with mentoring of junior engineers and strong stakeholder communication responsibilities.

Competenze

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• RPEQ registration or eligibility to obtain registration.
• Experience delivering mechanical and/or piping engineering in heavy industrial sectors.
• Experience delivering brownfield studies, design, and site-based projects.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Ability to manage priorities and deliver high-quality outcomes.

Mansioni

• Lead mechanical and piping engineering activities from concept through detailed design and site implementation.
• Prepare and review calculations, specifications, reports, datasheets, scopes of work, and technical documentation.
• Deliver brownfield solutions prioritising safety, constructability, operability and cost.
• Engage with clients, operators, vendors, and multidisciplinary project teams.
• Conduct site visits to verify conditions and support construction and commissioning.
• Manage technical quality, risk, budgets, and delivery commitments.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to team development.
• Build relationships with existing and prospective clients.
• Identify operational challenges and develop practical engineering solutions.
• Represent the business professionally in the local market.

Formazione

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

RPEQ registration or eligibility to obtain registration

Descrizione del lavoro

Senior Mechanical & Piping Engineer

Location: Gladstone, Queensland, Australia

About the Role

An exciting opportunity exists for an experienced Senior Mechanical & Piping Engineer to join an established engineering team in Gladstone. This role combines hands-on engineering delivery with client engagement, providing the opportunity to work across studies, brownfield upgrades, and detailed design projects within heavy industrial environments. This is a genuine client-facing role suited to an engineer who enjoys developing trusted relationships, identifying opportunities, and delivering practical engineering solutions while remaining technically involved in project execution.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead mechanical and piping engineering activities from concept through detailed design and site implementation.
• Prepare and review calculations, specifications, reports, datasheets, scopes of work, and technical documentation.
• Deliver practical brownfield solutions considering safety, constructability, operability, maintainability, cost, and schedule.
• Engage with clients, operators, vendors, and multidisciplinary project teams.
• Conduct site visits to investigate issues, verify conditions, and support construction and commissioning activities.
• Manage technical quality, engineering risk, project budgets, and delivery commitments.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to team development.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with existing and prospective clients.
• Identify operational challenges and develop practical engineering solutions.
• Represent the business professionally within the local market.

About You

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• RPEQ registration or eligibility to obtain registration.
• Strong experience in mechanical and/or piping engineering within mining, minerals processing, energy, chemicals, or heavy industrial sectors.
• Experience delivering brownfield studies, design, and site-based engineering projects.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage priorities, solve problems, and deliver high-quality outcomes.

ABOUT AIRSWIFT

Airswift is an international workforce solutions provider within the energy, process and infrastructure industries. Airswift serves as a strategic partner to our clients, offering a turnkey workforce solution to capture and deliver the top talent needed to complete successful projects by aligning with the unique needs of our clients. With over 1000 employees and 9,000+ contractors operating in over 130 countries, our geographical reach and pool of talent available is unmatched in the industry and the level of experience, exposure and expertise that the organization has is unparalleled.

Only candidates with the right to work in Australia will be considered. (Australia Citizen, PR Holder, or Valid Australia working VISA)