At EMtek, we’re a multidisciplinary engineering team built on strong values, ethics, and expertise. We provide professional, technical, and project management services across structural, mechanical, process, piping, civil, electrical, instrumentation, safety, control, communications, and software engineering.

With more than 140 talented people across offices in Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane, and Ballarat, plus site offices throughout Victoria and Western Australia, we work seamlessly across locations to deliver results.

Our vision is to tackle industry challenges with agile, intelligent, and innovative solutions, supporting projects from concept through to operation. We work across diverse industries including resources, materials handling, infrastructure, power, renewables, and decarbonisation, partnering with leading clients such as Roy Hill/Hancock, Rio Tinto, Fortescue, and Newmont.

Position Overview An exciting opportunity has arisen within our Brisbane team for a self-sufficient and motivated Project Engineer or Project Manager. You will work collaboratively to manage and deliver EPC projects along with multidiscipline engineering and design projects within the industrial and resources sector from initiation through completion. Working collaboratively with clients, engineers, and designers across various commodities and project types, this role offers opportunity to drive team growth and become a key client focal point.

In this role, your responsibilities will include:

- Manage multidiscipline engineering and EPC projects from initiation through completion, ensuring delivery within agreed scope, budget, and schedule.
- Support or lead end-to-end EPC project delivery, overseeing engineering, procurement, and construction phases, including management of contractor packages, vendor engagement, procurement scheduling, and site handover to operations.
- Develop project scopes, proposals, and execution plans in collaboration with technical and management teams.
- Oversee project controls including progress tracking, planning, and scheduling to maintain transparency and accountability.




- Coordinate design activities and procurement packages across electrical, mechanical, civil, instrumentation, and process disciplines, managing vendor engagement and ensuring integration of all project elements.
- Facilitate design and safety reviews, ensuring compliance with EMtek's standards, client specifications, and relevant Australian codes.
- Prepare and review technical documentation, ensuring accuracy and alignment with project requirements.
- Engage with clients, suppliers, and stakeholders to foster positive relationships and support repeat business.
- Contribute to continual improvement initiatives, supporting and mentoring less experienced team members, and promoting a culture of collaboration and safety.
- Conduct site visits and provide construction oversight, including management of contractor performance, site safety compliance, and commissioning activities through to project handover.
- Represent EMtek throughout the complete project lifecycle, ensuring client satisfaction and delivery excellence.

About you The ideal candidate will be a cooperative team player with a passion for discovery and a commitment to workplace wellbeing and safety. As part of a skilled tight-knit team, strong relationship building, and communication skills will be critical in this role.

Skills and experience

- Tertiary qualification in Engineering
- Minimum 10 years’ experience delivering multidiscipline engineering and/or EPC projects, ideally within a consultancy environment in the resources or renewables sectors
- Experience gained as a project engineer, project delivery engineer, or project manager is valued as highly as formal project management experience
- Exposure to both greenfield and brownfield project environments
- Demonstrated understanding of multidiscipline engineering design principles




- Multi-disciplinary engineering design experience is desirable
- Experience or exposure to project controls, scheduling, financial management, and contract administration, with the appetite to take full ownership of these
- Experience or exposure to construction management, including contractor oversight, site supervision, and commissioning through to project handover
- Experience or exposure to procurement and package management, including preparation of vendor scopes, RFQ processes, and purchase order administration
- Excellent organisational, communication, teamwork, and time management skills
- Strong technical aptitude, analytical and problem-solving skills, and the ability to think outside the box

Why you'll love it here

- A professional but relaxed workplace with flexible work arrangements
- Friendly, down-to-earth team with supportive colleagues and management
- Long-term stability with engaging projects in the pipeline
- A central office location with great cafes and amenities nearby
- Opportunities to work from various company state office locations
- Career development opportunities in technical engineering design, project and people management
- A genuine step-up pathway for a project engineer ready to take on their own projects, with a senior project manager alongside you
- Exposure to international projects across the Resources, Minerals Processing, Materials Handling, Infrastructure, Power & Renewables, Decarbonisation sectors

To apply If you’re interested to know more, please apply now and we’ll be in touch to discuss the company, position, remuneration and team in more detail. We welcome applications from both project engineers and project managers – the role will be titled and remunerated to match the level of the successful candidate, so please apply even if you don’t meet every point above.

All applications and conversations will be treated with the strictest of confidence.

No agency referrals will be accepted.

If you have any queries please don’t hesitate to contact Human Resources via email at [email protected]

📌 Project Engineer / Project Manager (Brisbane)
🏢 EMtek
📍 Brisbane