South East Brisbane based role.
Perm Opportunity with strong career progression.
Own the Design Engineering function of an exciting renewables organisation.
About Our Client
Our client is an engineering driven clean tech company that converts bio-waste into valuable products such as fuel and fertilizer pellets, helping industries reduce waste, emissions, and disposal costs.
Job Description
Key responsibilities
Own the process design basis and lead development of our commercial-scale reference plant - PFDs, heat and mass balances, P&IDs;, equipment specification, control and operating philosophy.
Direct and develop our process engineering team, and embed decades of operating knowledge into the design.
Lead safety in design - HAZID/HAZOP participation and close-out of process actions.
Establish the performance and acceptance basis for client-facing plant guarantees.
Support client feasibility studies and plant projects together with our technical sales team.
Contribute to the longer-term technology roadmap as the company grows.
Lead the design and development of engineering solutions and systems.
Conduct technical reviews and provide recommendations for improvement.
Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations.
Analyse and resolve design challenges to achieve project objectives.
Support the mentoring and development of junior engineers.
Maintain thorough documentation of design processes and project outcomes.
The Successful Applicant
Must have
15+ years in design,



mechanical/electrical or chemical engineering within process industries (waste, bioenergy, water, food, minerals, chemicals or similar).
Must have owned the process design basis and lead development of a commercial-scale plant design
Demonstrated pilot-to-commercial scale-up experience - you have owned or been a lead author of a design basis or process design package that was subsequently built and commissioned.
Hands-on plant fluency - as comfortable on the tools at a demonstration plant as defending a heat and mass balance in a design review.
Experience specifying and managing external engineering consultancies and/or interfacing with EPC contractors.
HAZOP/HAZID participation experience and a solid safety-in-design mindset.
Bachelor's degree in Chemical, Mechanical or Design Engineering (or equivalent).
Based in, or willing to work predominantly from, greater Brisbane; the right to work in Australia; current Australian driver's licence.
Good to have
RPEQ registration (Queensland) or eligibility.
FOAK industrial design experience
Drying, dewatering, densification/pelletising, sludge or organic-waste processing experience.
Experience in a technology licensor, OEM or scale-up environment.
HAZOP facilitation; capital cost estimating (AACE class 3-4).
What's on Offer
Competitive salary ranging from $170,000 to $180,000 AUD base + super + bonus.
Equity in the company as part of the package.
Permanent position.
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📌 Lead Process & Design Engineer (Brisbane)
🏢 Michael Page Australia
📍 Brisbane