Senior Mechanical Engineer – On-Site, Refineries & Mining

Worley; Wagerup; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Worley is seeking an experienced Senior Mechanical Engineer to join the project team based at Wagerup. The role is based at site full-time and may transition to a hybrid arrangement after familiarisation.

You will work on Australia’s significant industrial assets, delivering innovative engineering solutions, major projects and critical operational support, with responsibilities spanning design, safety, and project leadership.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications with a 4-year Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• Minimum 8 years technical experience in the Refinery/Mining industry or similar.
• Experience leading projects on a discipline level and brownfield processing plants/refineries, preferably Alumina.
• Ability to work across multiple projects.
• Experience across all phases of engineering projects.
• Knowledge of equipment layout, piping design and fluid systems.

Responsibilities

• Deliver mechanical engineering services that meet Worley, client, statutory and regulatory requirements.
• Undertake engineering design and technical verification of discipline deliverables.
• Develop fit-for-purpose solutions from concept to as-built, considering safety, sustainability, constructability, operability, maintainability and decommissioning.
• Identify and manage safety hazards and asset lifecycle risks, ensuring actions are closed out.
• Identify issues, develop practical solutions and seek support where required.
• Perform and/or manage discipline engineering activities, including scope control, calculations, drawings, documentation, checking, project reviews, HAZIDs/HAZOPs and safety in design workshops.
• Prepare mechanical engineering estimates for RFQs, including scope, methodology, assumptions, exclusions, deliverables, schedule inputs and resourcing requirements.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of Worley engineering systems, processes, practices and procedures.
• In a project lead capacity: Manage engineering task sequencing to support project schedules, including third-party activities.
• Act as the primary client interface for discipline-specific engineering matters.
• Maintain technical integrity through checking, design reviews and quality control.
• Provide technical direction, supervision and resource coordination for engineering and design.
• Deliver discipline outputs on schedule and budget while managing change control, technical queries, progress reporting, files and squad checks.

Skills

Equipment layout

Pipe stress analysis

Piping systems design

Fluid system design

Materials handling equipment

Read drawings

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Navisworks

MS Office

AFT Fathom

Fluid Flow 3

Bluebeam

Adobe Suite

Job description

Worley is seeking an experienced Senior Mechanical Engineer to join the project team based at Wagerup. The role is based at site full-time and may transition to a hybrid arrangement after familiarisation.

You will work on Australia’s significant industrial assets, delivering innovative engineering solutions, major projects and critical operational support, with responsibilities spanning design, safety, and project leadership.