About The Job

Build a rewarding career while enjoying the benefits of regional living. Join our growing Portland team and support our customer, Alcoa, delivering engineering solutions across a complex and dynamic industrial environment. You'll have the opportunity to develop your expertise, work alongside experienced professionals, and contribute to meaningful outcomes, all while enjoying the lifestyle advantages of Victoria's stunning southwest coast. With potential regional tax incentives and salary packaging benefits available for eligible permanent employees, there's never been a better time to take your career further in Portland.

About The Job

Build a rewarding career while enjoying the benefits of regional living. Join our growing Portland team and support our customer, Alcoa, delivering engineering solutions across a complex and dynamic industrial environment. You'll have the opportunity to develop your expertise, work alongside experienced professionals, and contribute to meaningful outcomes, all while enjoying the lifestyle advantages of Victoria's stunning southwest coast. With potential regional tax incentives and salary packaging benefits available for eligible permanent employees, there's never been a better time to take your career further in Portland. While the role is primarily based in Portland, we are also open to candidates located in Adelaide who can commit to regular monthly site visits.

Who We Are

Worley is a global professional services company of energy, chemicals and resources experts headquartered in Australia. Right now, we're bridging two worlds as we accelerate to more sustainable energy sources while helping our customers provide the energy, chemicals and resources that society needs now.



We partner with our customers to deliver projects and create value over the life of their asset portfolios. We solve complex problems by finding integrated, data-centric solutions from the first stages of engineering and consulting through to installation and commissioning. Join us and help drive innovation and sustainability in our projects.

What You'll Do

As part of our Portland team, you'll work closely with Alcoa to deliver practical engineering solutions across a complex industrial environment, helping to improve plant performance, reliability and asset integrity.

- Deliver high-quality mechanical engineering solutions that meet safety, regulatory, customer and project requirements.
- Manage and support engineering activities across the project lifecycle, from concept and design through to procurement, construction, commissioning and operational support.
- Provide technical advice, prepare engineering deliverables and contribute to solving complex operational challenges.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, contractors and customer stakeholders to achieve successful project outcomes.
- Lead mechanical engineering workstreams or projects when required while supporting and mentoring developing engineers.
- Drive continuous improvement through innovation, technical excellence and a strong focus on safety and quality.





This is an opportunity to make a tangible impact at one of Australia's largest industrial operations while developing your career in a collaborative and supportive team environment.

What You'll Bring

- An Australian-recognised Degree in Mechanical Engineering.
- RPEV registration (mandatory), with CPEng highly regarded.
- Strong technical and practical engineering expertise, with a demonstrated ability to consistently deliver protected, high-quality and fit-for-purpose solutions.
- A solid understanding of mechanical engineering principles, with the ability to effectively collaborate across multidisciplinary engineering teams.
- Experience within aluminium smelting or a similar heavy industrial manufacturing environment.
- A proactive, customer-focused approach, with the ability to build solid relationships and deliver value for both Worley and Alcoa.

Most importantly, you'll bring a passion for engineering excellence, a commitment to safety and a desire to contribute to the long-term success of a major industrial operation while growing your career in a supportive and collaborative team environment.

Experience in one or more of the following areas will be highly regarded:

- Cranes and lifting equipment
- Bulk materials handling and storage systems
- Mobile and heavy industrial equipment
- Molten metal furnaces and casting operations
- Cooling towers and cooling water systems
- Air compressor systems
- Fume treatment systems
- Aluminium reduction processes
- Heat transfer systems and associated engineering calculations
- Hydraulic systems and pump calculations
- Finite Element Analysis (FEA) of machin

📌 Senior Mechanical Engineer (Portland)
🏢 Worley
📍 Portland