Senior Mechanical Engineer, Industrial (Perth)

Senior Mechanical Engineer – Industrial (Perth, WA) In this role, you’ll provide mechanical leadership across industrial projects with a focus on pumps, pump stations, pipelines and piping systems. You’ll work in a sustaining capital and brownfield delivery environment, partnering with multidisciplinary teams to deliver protected, buildable and compliant outcomes for clients in the resources and defence markets. Responsibilities
- Senior mechanical design delivery for pumping and piping/pipeline packages across concept, feasibility, detailed design and construction support.
- Develop and review key deliverables including datasheets, specifications, scopes of work, design reports, calculations and drawings, ensuring quality and consistency.
- Provide technical leadership on pump selection and system design (pump duty/standby philosophies, hydraulics, NPSH, controls/interfaces, operability and maintainability).
- Coordinate multidisciplinary interfaces (process, civil/structural, electrical, EI & C, drafting/BIM) and manage inputs from distributed/offshore teams where required.
- Support project delivery to timeframes and budgets, managing scope, risk and priorities across multiple work fronts.
- Drive Safety in Design, constructability and brownfield integration – working closely with site stakeholders, contractors and vendors.
- Mentor and uplift capability across the team, supporting less senior engineers and sharing expertise. Qualifications
- Strong background in industrial mechanical engineering within mining, resources, water and/or defence environments – sustaining capital/brownfield experience highly regarded.
- Demonstrated capability leading pumps, pipelines and piping scopes (design, reviews, vendor engagement and delivery coordination).
- Experience delivering work in line with Australian legislation, Australian Standards, client specifications and industry norms.
- Confidence working across project fundamentals: scope definition, cost/schedule inputs, and effective collaboration with project managers and discipline leads.
- Strong communication skills and a proactive, solutions-focused approach – comfortable engaging with clients, operations teams, contractors and suppliers.
- Degree qualification in Mechanical Engineering.
- For defence projects, Australian citizenship and the ability to obtain a Defence clearance may be required. Apply on Kit Job: kitjobau.com/job/3rgnlo