About the role

We're looking for a mechanical design engineer who can independently deliver design, drafting, scanning, and project support work, and own it end-to-end. This is a fully accountable role. You'll take assigned tasks from initiation through completion, make routine and moderate-complexity decisions within approved standards, and deliver accurate, manufacturable outputs to agreed time, quality, and commercial requirements.

You'll be Bundaberg-based, with purposeful travel for scanning, data capture, and production support — photos, measurements, sketches, and scan-based interpretation that feed modelling and drafting.

Key responsibilities

- Developing, checking, and revising 2D drawings, 3D models, assemblies, bills of materials, and supporting documentation for custom and standard exhaust, thermal, and acoustic products.
- Applying sound engineering judgement to layout, interfaces, thermal movement, vibration, serviceability, manufacturability, and the installation realities relevant to the job.
- Taking full ownership of assigned work — defining the required steps, commencing promptly, and progressing end-to-end using available data, precedent designs, and documented assumptions rather than waiting for perfect information.
- Planning and performing data capture, and converting field and scan data into usable engineering inputs — identifying inconsistencies, uncertainty, and dimensional risks before release.
- Coordinating directly with sales, operations, production, procurement, service, and site contacts to secure inputs, confirm constraints, and resolve issues affecting design progress.




- Supporting project delivery through design planning, action tracking, procurement input, manufacturing clarifications, and installation support within assigned scope.
- Maintaining disciplined document control through PDM (SolidWorks) revision management, BOMs, assumptions, and design records — kept clear, traceable, and auditable across Aletek's design workplace.

About you

- Degree or diploma in mechanical engineering, design, drafting, or a related discipline, with practical experience using 2D and 3D CAD in a manufacturing or heavy industry environment.
- Design and drafting experience in heavy industry, mobile equipment, exhaust/thermal systems, or comparable engineered products.
- Working knowledge of SolidWorks (or equivalent 3D CAD), with sound 2D drawing production, checking, and revision control.
- A working grasp of design for manufacture, tolerancing, revision control, and relevant product considerations — thermal expansion, vibration, corrosion, and serviceability — in an ISO-aligned environment.
- A demonstrated ownership mindset — you take assigned work from definition to completion without needing to be managed, and you escalate with recommendations, not just problems.




- The ability to interpret specifications, site information, scans, and commercial requirements, and to use Microsoft 365 and engineering systems effectively for communication and record keeping.
- Clear written English — you'll be coordinating with a global team, so precision matters.
- Comfortable with a Brisbane base and purposeful travel for scanning, site, and production support.

Benefits

- A fully accountable engineering role with real ownership of your work and its outcomes.
- Genuinely varied work — design, drafting, scanning and reverse engineering, and project support — with the chance to build specialty depth as a subject matter expert in a product or technical area.
- Bespoke, technically interesting work for major resource companies across exhaust, thermal, and acoustic systems.
- A clear development path toward senior design engineer, project coordination, or SME-level technical specialisation.
- Competitive salary commensurate with experience.
- All travel and accommodation costs covered, with purposeful, not reactive travel.
- A direct line to the Global Head of Engineering — your work matters and is seen.

About us

Aletek is an Australian manufacturer of exhaust systems, thermal insulation blankets, diesel particulate filters, and acoustic systems for the mining, oil and gas, marine, rail, and construction industries. We engineer bespoke solutions for tier-one resource companies across Australia, Asia, and the Americas. Our engineering team spans Brisbane, Bundaberg, Indonesia, Latin America, and the USA.

📌 Design Engineer (Mechanical) (Bundaberg Central)
🏢 Aletek
📍 Bundaberg Central