Senior Project Engineer

RML Machinery Ltd.; Hamilton; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

RML Machinery Ltd. in Hamilton, New Zealand, is seeking an experienced Project Engineer to convert customer opportunities into practical solutions and lead projects from feasibility to delivery.

You will work at the intersection of engineering, commercial, and project delivery, collaborating with customers, commercial teams, and engineering groups to ensure proposals align with needs, capability, and business objectives.

Qualifications

• Strong engineering fundamentals and practical problem-solving skills.
• Ability to understand customer operations and identify the best technical solution.
• Experience developing customised engineering, automation, or machinery solutions.
• Strong commercial awareness and sound engineering judgement.

Responsibilities

• Turn customer opportunities into practical, deliverable solutions.
• Develop customised machinery and automation solutions that align with customer needs.
• Define project scope, technical requirements, assumptions, and delivery considerations.
• Assess feasibility, identify risks, and ensure solutions are practical and achievable.

Skills

Engineering fundamentals

Customer requirements translation

Project delivery leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

CAD tools

Mechatronics knowledge

Job description

Shape solutions. Win confidence. Deliver outcomes.

Hamilton, New Zealand | Commencing in 2027

We're looking for an experienced Project Engineer who can turn customer opportunities into practical,

Y ou'll provide the technical expertise needed to transform customer requirements into clear, deliverable solutions. While our BDMs focus on market development, customer relationships, and identifying opportunities, you'll take ownership of developing the solution, assessing feasibility, defining scope, and ensuring successful delivery.

This role sits at the intersection of engineering, commercial, and project delivery. You'll work closely with customers, commercial teams, and engineering teams to ensure what is proposed aligns with customer needs, engineering capability, and business objectives.

From early customer discussions through to project completion, you'll provide technical leadership, guide key decisions, and maintain oversight to help ensure successful outcomes for both customers and the business.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Working alongside BDM's to understand customer requirements and opportunities.
• Developing customised machinery and automation solutions that align with customer needs and business capability.
• Defining project scope, technical requirements, assumptions, and delivery considerations.
• Assessing feasibility, identifying risks, and ensuring solutions are practical and achievable.
• Providing technical leadership during proposal and quotation development.
• Supporting customer discussions and presenting solution concepts when required.
• Balancing customer expectations, technical requirements, commercial considerations, and delivery outcomes.
• Providing high-level project leadership from solution development through to delivery.
• Maintaining oversight of project scope, technical decisions, risks, and customer requirements throughout the project lifecycle.
• Working closely with engineering and project teams to ensure successful execution.
• Capturing lessons learned and contributing to continuous improvement.
  

What We're Looking For:

You’ll be an engineer who enjoys understanding how customers operate and translating their requirements into practical solutions.

You may come from machinery, automation, manufacturing, industrial equipment, mechatronics, mechanical engineering, or a similar project-based engineering environment.

We're looking for someone who brings:

• Strong engineering fundamentals and practical problem-solving skills.
• The ability to understand customer operations and identify the best technical solution.
• Experience developing customised engineering, automation, or machinery solutions.
• Strong commercial awareness and sound engineering judgement.
• Confidence working directly with customers and commercial teams.
• The ability to balance customer expectations, capability, cost, risk, and delivery.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
• The ability to provide leadership and direction without relying on authority.
• A collaborative approach and the ability to work across multiple teams and disciplines.

Why Join Us?

• Work on customised machinery and automation projects that deliver real value for customers.
• Be involved at the stage where solutions are created, not just delivered.
• Influence customer outcomes, project success, and business growth.
• Enjoy variety, autonomy, and responsibility.
• Work alongside experienced engineers, project teams, and commercial professionals.
• See your solutions progress from concept through to commissioning.
• Join a business focused on practical innovation, continuous improvement, and engineering excellence.

The Opportunity:

We're looking for an engineer who can take an opportunity identified by our commercial team and turn it into a solution customers believe in and our business can successfully deliver.

Someone who can understand customer requirements, shape practical engineering solutions, guide key project decisions, and maintain oversight through delivery.

This role is based in Hamilton, New Zealand and will commence in 2027.

Applicants must have the legal right to work permanently in New Zealand. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.