Xenco provides businesses with executive and operational level support that significantly improves productivity, efficiencies, and company profitability. We pride ourselves on our ability to develop a rapid understanding of business issues, formulate an achievable plan, and execute it to deliver improvements to our clients' bottom line.
The Chance
We're looking for an experienced Senior Project Engineer – Structural, Mechanical & Piping (SMP) to join our team, working directly with a tier-one mining client on the delivery of major capital projects at an operating minerals processing site in regional Australia. This is a consulting role, not a permanent site position – you'll be engaged on assignment as part of the client's owner's team, providing client-side SMP engineering leadership and technical oversight of an EPC Contractor from design through to commissioning.
This role suits an experienced client-side, EPC or EPCM SMP engineer looking to make the switch into consulting, or an existing consultant, bringing genuine hands-on project delivery and field engineering experience in a brownfield or operating environment into a client advisory setting.
What You'll Be Doing
Providing senior technical and project engineering leadership for civil and SMP delivery on behalf of the client
Providing technical governance over the EPC Contractor's structural, mechanical and piping engineering, including review and approval of models, drawings, specifications and technical queries
Monitoring EPC Contractor performance against project requirements, engineering standards, quality and schedule
Supporting constructability reviews, execution planning and field delivery of SMP works
Providing senior SMP technical support through construction,



pre-commissioning and commissioning, including timely resolution of field issues
Overseeing owner-managed procurement and construction packages, including technical input into packages, vendor data reviews and contractor interfaces
Managing engineering and delivery risks and ensuring compliance with applicable codes, standards and site requirements
Supporting the management of scope, cost and schedule, and preparing project reporting for a wide range of stakeholder groups
Providing technical direction to a multidisciplinary project team, including design, EI&C;, metallurgy and operational readiness
Building strong working relationships with client stakeholders, from EPC engineering and construction teams through to operations, maintenance, procurement and project leadership
Working cross-shift across roster handovers to maintain continuity of project delivery
Contributing to the continuous improvement of Xenco's project delivery and engineering consulting methodologies, tools and frameworks
What We're Looking For
Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical preferred; other relevant engineering disciplines considered)
Extensive experience in SMP engineering for minerals processing or heavy industrial projects, genuine site-based construction and commissioning experience is essential
Experience in client-side, EPC or EPCM roles, including reviewing engineering deliverables, managing technical risk and overseeing contractors
Demonstrated experience resolving engineering and construction issues in an operating or brownfield environment
Why Join Us?
Be part of a global leader with the resources and reputation to get things done.
Enjoy a unique role where you can directly influence project outcomes, engineering standards and delivery.
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📌 Principal Project Engineer - Smp (Brisbane)
🏢 Xenco Services
📍 Brisbane