Senior Project Engineer (Mechanical)

Key Areas of Responsibility 

• Provide technical and project management support to the Project Development and Business Development groups

• Develop commercial relationships with external clients and provide solutions to those clients. 

• Prepare and document deliverables as well as identify technical risks for new and existing projects

• Review and develop proposals for new capital projects utilising input from Operations Managers and their teams, ensuring accurate capital funds allocations and deliverables schedules are submitted

• Liaison with and provision of engineering support for interfacing between outsourced engineering contractors.

• Lead with the provision of external support environmental permitting, operational licensing, development applications and statutory approvals for projects as required

• Be involved in the budget development and review process for new and existing projects

• Be actively involved in the delivery of projects, monitoring of budgets and schedule, and reporting of budget and schedule departures 

• Actively ensuring own health and safety and the safety of others through understanding and awareness of workplace health and safety obligations

• Support and comply with Company Policies and procedures as advised and documented in the Company’s employment policies as amended from time to time and as directed by Managers/Supervisors

• Any other duties appropriate to the level and responsibility of the position as required

Person Specification 

• Proven ability to effectively communicate with the construction, purchasing, operations, and accounting groups within the project organisation

• Strong understanding on financial returns on investment and environmental footprints

• Ability to undertake scenario option analysis to meet the clients needs

• Computer literacy using Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project and other computer based engineering packages

• Ability to work within diverse team

• Approachable

• Ability to develop effective relationships internally and externally

• Ability to travel interstate

• Flexible attitude to changes in scope

• Commitment to working flexible and sometimes long hours

• Lead by example

Qualifications and Experience 

• Tertiary qualified Engineer (Mechanical) is essential

• Thermal generation expertise (diesel and gas gensets), ideally remote power station applications is essential

• Power industry/utilities background preferred

• Previous experience on projects preferred

• Strong commercial drive essential

• Demonstrated teamwork skills

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in similar roles