Senior Project Engineer (Mechanical)
Mining Capital Projects | Sustaining Capital | Mining/Resource Sector

Location: Booragoon with Site Travel (SOR)
Rate: $100 to 130 p/hr Plus Super (Dependent on Experience)
Contract Duration: 12 Months with strong possible extensions thereafter

Chandler Macleod is partnering with a leading global resources organisation to recruit an experienced Senior Project Engineer (Mechanical) to deliver a portfolio of mining capital projects , sustaining capital works and infrastructure upgrades across a large-scale operational environment.

This opportunity is ideally suited to a Mechanical Engineer with experience delivering brownfield capital projects , mining infrastructure projects , materials handling upgrades , water infrastructure projects and multidisciplinary engineering packages from concept through to commissioning.

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About the Role
As a Senior Project Engineer, you will be responsible for managing the full project lifecycle, including:

- Project scoping and definition
- Business case development and capital approval submissions
- Engineering design and design management
- Procurement and contractor management
- Construction and commissioning activities
- Cost, schedule and risk management
- Stakeholder engagement across operations, maintenance and project teams
- Project closeout and handover

You will work across a diverse portfolio of projects involving both process plant and non-process infrastructure (NPI) assets.

Key Responsibilities

- Deliver mechanical engineering and capital projects safely, on time and within budget
- Develop scopes of work, technical specifications and project execution plans
- Coordinate engineering consultants, contractors and vendors




- Lead project meetings, risk reviews and contractor interfaces
- Support shutdown planning and execution activities
- Manage project budgets, forecasts and schedules
- Ensure compliance with site standards, Australian Standards and engineering best practice
- Drive project outcomes through all project phases from concept, feasibility and design through to construction and commissioning

About You To be successful, you will have:
Essential

- Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering
- Experience delivering capital projects within mining, resources, heavy industry or minerals processing environments
- Demonstrated experience managing projects through design, procurement, construction and commissioning phases
- Strong contractor management and stakeholder engagement skills
- Experience working within brownfield operating environments
- Robust commercial, risk management and project controls capability

Highly Regarded Experience with any of the following:

- Bulk materials handling systems
- Conveyors, crushers, feeders and transfer stations
- Water infrastructure projects
- Pumping systems and pipelines
- Mechanical plant upgrades
- Fuel, utilities and non-process infrastructure projects
- Port, rail or mining infrastructure
- Owner's team, EPCM or client-side project delivery
- Sustaining capital project portfolios

Why Apply?

- Join a recognised leader within the resources sector
- Diverse portfolio of mining and infrastructure projects
- Strong pipeline of sustaining capital and expansion projects
- Collaborative engineering and project delivery environment
- Competitive salary package

At Chandler Macleod, we are committed to fostering a diverse workforce where everyone is welcome. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, women, neurodiverse, people living with a disability and the LGBTIQA+ community.

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