Senior Mechanical & Piping Designer
Adelaide | 12 months contract
About the role
This prospect sits within a Mining, Minerals & Metals project environment and focuses on delivering high-quality mechanical and piping design solutions across studies, FEED, detailed design, brownfield modifications, and major project development. Working as part of multidisciplinary teams, the role supports 3D modelling, piping layout, equipment arrangement, and coordinated design delivery with a robust focus on safety, quality, schedule, and constructability. This position offers exposure to complex process plant and infrastructure work across both greenfield and brownfield execution phases.
Required Experience
Extensive mechanical and piping design experience within Mining, Minerals & Metals projects
Experience across FEED, detailed design, EPCM, construction support, and commissioning environments
Proven experience supporting brownfield and greenfield project execution
Project exposure in areas such as mineral processing plants, hydrometallurgical or pyrometallurgical facilities, comminution and screening circuits, bulk materials handling systems, mining infrastructure, water or slurry infrastructure, or major equipment and package engineering
Required Skills
Diploma or Advanced Diploma in Engineering Design, Mechanical Engineering, Drafting, or equivalent qualification




Ability to develop and coordinate mechanical and piping design deliverables in line with project requirements, engineering procedures, and applicable standards
Strong capability in 3D modelling, equipment layouts, piping routing, isometrics, support details, plot plans, and design drawing production
Experience coordinating interfaces with process, structural, civil, electrical, and instrumentation disciplines
Ability to integrate vendor and third-party 3D models into a federated project model
Experience conducting clash detection, model quality reviews, design reviews, and constructability reviews
Proficiency in one or more of E3D, SP3D, Plant 3D, AutoCAD, Navisworks, or MicroStation
ABOUT AIRSWIFT
Airswift is an international workforce solutions provider within the energy, process and infrastructure industries. Airswift serves as a strategic partner to our clients, offering a turnkey workforce solution to capture and deliver the top talent needed to complete successful projects by aligning with the unique needs of our clients.
With over **** employees and 9,000+ contractors operating in over 130 countries, our geographical reach and pool of talent available is unmatched in the industry and the level of experience, exposure and expertise that the organization has is unparalleled. Only candidates with the right to work in Australia will be considered. (Australia Citizen, PR Holder, or Valid Australia working VISA)
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📌 Senior Mechanical & Piping Designer (Adelaide)
🏢 Airswift
📍 Adelaide