Job Description
OPEN FOR SPONSORSHIP FOR THE RIGHT CANDIDATE! CALLING STRUCTURAL ENGINEERINGS WITH EXPERIENCE IN CRANES!!!!
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ABOUT THE COMPANY
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Australian owned family business and Australia's leading overhead crane and hoist manufacturing company
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Growing & Fast Paced Organization
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Challenging and Rewarding Role
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ABOUT THE ROLE
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Eilbeck Cranes is seeking a fulltime Structural Engineer to lead our design operations in Moorlands, Ingleburn. You will own the end-to-end engineering process—from initial quotes to final compliance.
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Duties but not limited to -
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Design Leadership: Execute structural calculations for cranes, portals, and heavy structures (quotation through post-award).
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Operational Excellence: Replace external contractors by building in-house design capacity and improving manufacturing cost-efficiency.
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Compliance & QA: Ensure 100% adherence to Eilbeck Quality Systems, IMS documentation, and WorkSafe/DMP requirements.
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Verification: Validate third-party calculations and maintain rigorous change management
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WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR - Minimum of 5 years experience on the below :
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1. Technical Competency in Relevant Standards
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Must know and actively work with the standards that govern crane and runway design in Australia and internationally:
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Crane-Specific Standards
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CMAA ***** (USA) — Bridge cranes and gantry cranes
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AS **** series — Safe use & operation (for integration)
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Structural Standards (Australia)
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AS **** — Steel structures
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AS/NZS **** — Structural actions
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Part 1: Dead/live
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Part 2: Wind
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Part 3: Crane loads / dynamic effects
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AS **** — Mechanical equipment steels
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AS/NZS **** — If runway integrated into a building/bridge structure
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Welding standards:
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AS/NZS ****** — Structural welding
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AS ****** — Welding of cranes & lifting equipment components
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2. Ability to Model Crane-Specific Loads
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Must fully understand non-building load cases, which are unique to crane structures:
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Agile & Fatigue Actions
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Impact factors
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Long travel/ cross travel acceleration loads
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Skewing forces
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Fatigue regions in welded joints
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Wheel loads under–
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Unbalanced loading
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Trolley eccentric loading
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Side thrust (CT braking, skewing)
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Runway Beam Loads
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Vertical wheel loads (static + dynamic)
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Horizontal loads (transverse & longitudinal)
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Crane surge and braking forces
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Lateral wheel loads per FEM or AS ****
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Fatigue from repetitive cycles
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Rail bending + local bearing/stress checks
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Connection design for runway brackets or cap channels
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3. Competency Using the Right Software Tools
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For crane structures, should be proficient in:
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Structural Analysis
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SpaceGass
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Strand7
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Robot Structural Analysis
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RISA
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SAP****
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ANSYS (if doing high-fidelity fatigue studies)
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Design/Detailing
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Advance Steel
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SolidWorks (for trolley/hoist frames)
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AutoCAD
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Specialised Crane Tools (optional but valuable)
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FEA for girder stability (lateral torsional buckling, distortional buckling)
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Wheel load calculators (custom or FEM-based)
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4. Crane Girders: Specific Competencies
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Girder Design Requirements
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Welded box girders, RHS, plate girders, or hot-rolled profiles
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Lateral torsional buckling calculations
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Distortion under trolley eccentric loading
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Fatigue life calculation for welded joints
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Deflection control
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Vertical (usually L/**** to L/750 depending on standard)
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Lateral (strict to prevent skewing)
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Local Checks
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Local web bending under wheel loads
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Web crippling
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Web buckling
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Flange local bending
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Stiffener design to address all above
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5. Runway Beam & Support Structure Design
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Runway Beam Requirements
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Clip weld design and fatigue
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Beam bending + torsion
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Lateral loads from crane skewing
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Fatigue class assignment (FEM group 1–5)
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Supporting Structure
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Portal frames
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Columns & brackets
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Vibrations & resonance checks
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Anchor bolts & base plates
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Runway-to-building interaction
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6. Understanding of Fabrication & Inspection
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Must know how their design will be built:
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Welding
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Selecting correct weld sizes, types & fatigue classes
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Controlling distortion in welded plate girders
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Heat input considerations
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NDT requirements (UT, MT)
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Rail alignment tolerances
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Wheel-to-rail geometry
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End carriage alignment
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Inspection & QA
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WPS/PQR compliance
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Test certificates
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Material traceability (plate, bolts, weld consumables)
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7. Certification & Professional Requirements (Australia)
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CPEng or RPEQ highly preferred, often required for signing off
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Registration with Engineers Australia
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Ability to issue:n
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FEA verification
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Form 15 / Form 16 (QLD)
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Compliance statements to AS **** & AS ****
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8. Industry Experience
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Must have practical familiarity with:
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How cranes actually operate in the field
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Fatigue failures in crane girders
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Realistic dynamic factors beyond textbook assumptions
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Maintenance issues (cracks, wheel wear, runway alignment)
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***An engineer without industrial crane experience will miss many of the load cases and fatigue issues that are essential.
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9. Documentation Requirements
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Complete structural calculations
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Load diagrams (wheel loads, reactions, lateral loads)
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Deflection analysis
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Welding details and notes
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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Fulltime permanent position
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Based in Moorlands, Ingleburn but potential to change contingent to business need
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📌 Structural Engineer (New South Wales)
🏢 EILBECK CRANES
📍 New South Wales