The Role The Mechanical Engineer will provide engineering knowledge and technical support across a major Australian naval sustainment program, with a focus on support systems and waterfront engineering activities.

The role will contribute to the establishment and ongoing management of support systems for complex submarine sustainment activities, ensuring technical decisions are safe, practical, compliant and suitable for implementation. The engineer will work autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team, with opportunities to lead individual engineering tasks and projects.

The role is based in Perth, WA, but may involve supporting engineering activities at waterfront locations.

Skills & Experience

Essential

- Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or a related discipline, satisfying eligibility for Engineers Australia membership.
- Demonstrated experience in mechanical engineering, ideally within a design, manufacturing, maintenance, construction or sustainment setting.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and deliver against agreed scope, schedule, cost, quality and customer requirements.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively and lead small engineering teams where required.
- Understanding of sustainment, change and configuration management, safety and integrated logistics support principles.
- CPEng or actively working towards Chartered Professional status.
- Eligibility to obtain and maintain an NV1 Defence Security Clearance and relevant program access requirements.

Desirable

- Defence, naval, shipbuilding or submarine sustainment experience.
- Experience resolving technical issues within a design, manufacturing, maintenance or commissioning environment.
- Understanding of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, cost, risk and opportunity management.




- Experience with engineering analysis, modelling, component design and troubleshooting.
- Familiarity with US/UK engineering standards and Australian equivalency assessment.
- Awareness of submarine safety, including SUBSAFE principles.
- Experience with asset management, obsolescence management or configuration management systems.
- Familiarity with ITAR requirements.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

- Provide mechanical engineering support across support systems, sustainment and waterfront activities.
- Lead individual engineering tasks and small projects, with a focus on delivery, safety and quality.
- Perform engineering calculations, analysis, modelling and component/sub-system design.
- Troubleshoot technical issues during commissioning, integration and sustainment activities.
- Assess parts substitutions, obsolescence issues and equivalency between US, UK and Australian standards.
- Prepare engineering documentation including specifications, sketches, test procedures, calculations and technical reports.
- Review engineering artefacts and confirm engineering data is complete, accurate and appropriately controlled.
- Support the management and configuration of support system assets, including jigs, fixtures and associated engineering documentation.
- Coordinate with engineering, production, procurement, supply chain, asset management and external design organisations.




- Support planning and scheduling to ensure support equipment is available to meet operational requirements.
- Provide engineering support to procurement and external suppliers within approved authorities.
- Develop and maintain engineering metrics and reporting on asset and work status.
- Ensure engineering activities comply with applicable safety, security, ITAR, configuration and governance requirements.
- Support continuous improvement across sustainment engineering processes and systems.

Key Success Measures

- Engineering tasks are delivered safely on schedule and to the required quality standards.
- Technical decisions and engineering outputs are practical, compliant and suitable for implementation.
- Support system assets and associated engineering data are accurately documented and controlled.
- Technical issues are resolved efficiently with appropriate engineering justification.
- Effective coordination is maintained across engineering, production, procurement and external stakeholders.
- Support equipment and engineering deliverables are available in line with operational requirements.
- Engineering activities comply with applicable safety, security, regulatory and governance requirements.

Please only apply if you hold Australian Citizenship and can obtain and maintain a Defence Security Clearance.

If you think you match the above criteria, please apply in Word format only. PDF is also accepted.

Kinexus is the leading supplier for recruitment solutions to the Australian Defence Industry bringing intelligent connections and ideas together to better our sovereign nations capabilities in the field, at sea or in the air.

All applications should include your resume as a Word document.

For more information, visit our website, www.kinexus.com.au or contact Hari Kutty on (02) 9492 7***. #SCR-hari-kutty

📌 Mechanical Engineer (Perth)
🏢 Kinexus
📍 Perth