Job Description
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South East Brisbane based role. Perm Opportunity with strong career progression.
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Own the Design Engineering function of an exciting renewables organisation.
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About Our Client
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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.
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Job Description
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Key responsibilities
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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.
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Direct and develop our process engineering team, and embed decades of operating knowledge into the design.
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Lead safety in design - HAZID/HAZOP participation and close-out of process actions.
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Establish the performance and acceptance basis for client-facing plant guarantees.
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Support client feasibility studies and plant projects together with our technical sales team.
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Contribute to the longer-term technology roadmap as the company grows.
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Lead the design and development of engineering solutions and systems.
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Conduct technical reviews and provide recommendations for improvement.
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Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations.
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Analyse and resolve design challenges to achieve project objectives.
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Support the mentoring and development of junior engineers.
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Maintain thorough documentation of design processes and project outcomes.
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The Successful Applicant
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Must have
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15+ years in design,




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