Senior Project Engineer

An exciting opportunity has arisen within our Perth or Melbourne team for a motivated Senior Project Engineer. You will work collaboratively as part of a multi-disciplined engineering team to develop designs on various projects within the resource sector. Further to project responsibilities, this role poses a real opportunity for the right candidate to be involved in growth of the EMtek’s Team, becoming a key focal point for specific clients.

Type: Full time

Location
Melbourne, Perth

EMtek is a multidisciplinary engineering company built on strong values, ethics, and expertise. We offer professional, technical, and project management services across structural, mechanical, process, piping, civil, electrical, instrumentation, functional safety, process control, communications, and software engineering. Our specialists in each field make us your all-in-one strategic partner.

With over 140 employees, EMtek operates from central offices in Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane, and Ballarat, with site offices across Victoria, South Australia, and Western Australia. Our office network enables seamless collaboration across locations.

Our vision is to solve industry challenges through agile, intelligent solutions. We provide innovative engineering services at all project stages—from concept to operation.

We operate across diverse industries, including resources and minerals processing, materials handling, infrastructure, power and renewables, and decarbonisation. Some of our key clients include Fortescue, Iluka, Rio Tinto, Roy Hill, Agnico Eagle, Newcrest, Newmont, Pilbara Minerals, and BHP.

Key Responsibilities:

- Management and ownership of multi-discipline design projects.
- Progress tracking, planning and scheduling.
- Scoping and proposal development.
- Facilitate and participate in design reviews.
- Support and collaborate with highly skilled designers and engineers to develop designs for a wide range of plant elements.
- Prepare technical engineering documents as part of overall project engineering deliverables.
- Visits to client sites as required.
- Represent EMtek throughout the complete project lifecycle, ensuring client satisfaction.
- Maintain a safety focus through all aspects of work.

About you

The ideal candidate will be a collaborative team player with a passion for discovery and a commitment to workplace wellbeing and safety. As part of a small, tight-knit team, strong relationship building, and communication skills will be critical in this role.

Skills and experience

- Tertiary qualification in Engineering.
- 7+ years of multidiscipline Project experience.
- Exposure to Materials handling related design projects, in both the Greenfields and Brownfields space.
- Design and engineering knowledge within the materials handling industry.
- Experience across a range of commodities, including gold, copper, lithium and iron ore, is favourable
- Excellent organisational, communication, teamwork and time management skills.
- Technical aptitude, strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and the ability to think outside the box.

Benefits to You

- Long-term stability with engaging projects in the pipeline.
- Paid overtime for additional working hours.
- Annual salary reviews.
- Professional yet relaxed environment with flexible work arrangements, including work-from-home options and flexible hours.
- Opportunities to work from various company state office locations.
- Career development opportunities in technical engineering design, project and people management.
- Exposure to international projects across the Resources, Minerals Processing, Materials Handling, Infrastructure, Power & Renewables, Decarbonisation sectors.
- Friendly and supportive team with an Employee Assistance Program.
- Beautiful offices, cafes, amenities, showers, and bike racks for a comfortable work environment.

To apply

If you’re interested to know more, please apply now and we’ll be in touch to discuss the company, position, remuneration and team in more details. All applications and conversations will be treated with the strictest of confidence.

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