Senior Mechanical Engineer

1 month ago


Canberra, ACT, Australia Leidos Full time
Job Title: Senior Mechanical Engineer

Gibbs & Cox Australia (GCA) is a leading provider of naval and marine engineering expertise. We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Mechanical Engineer to join our team in Canberra.

Key Responsibilities:

  1. Assess and advise on key mechanical system technical risks;
  2. Support the review of technical deliverables from the project's Head Contractor;
  3. Review calculations applying mechanical system engineering principles, techniques, procedures, and criteria for naval ship designs;
  4. Engage with the combat system delivery participants to address provision of combat system cooling requirements, and establishment of the associated interfaces;
  5. Assess and advise on the suitability of system characteristics including performance, noise, and vibration;
  6. Mentor and share experience and lessons with project team personnel to advance mechanical engineering skills and knowledge within the project's technical team.

Requirements:

  1. Degree-qualified mechanical or marine systems engineer with strong knowledge and experience in marine mechanical systems;
  2. Strong communication skills, including the ability to engage with senior stakeholders and decision authorities and explain complex positions and issues in a concise manner;
  3. A demonstrated ability to lead, mentor and share experience and lessons with the project team membership to build mechanical engineering skills and abilities in the project team;
  4. An ability to influence thinking and advocate for the Project team's interests across multiple program stakeholders with divergent interests;
  5. An ability to rapidly assimilate information and describe viable concepts for solutions;
  6. A positive, solutions-orientated attitude.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Strong knowledge and experience in naval ship mechanical systems;
  • Experience in the design and specification of marine mechanical and auxiliary systems, including Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation (HVAC), Chilled Water (CW), and other cooling water systems;
  • Understanding of systems engineering process - from specification writing, requirement analysis and traceability through to system level design/interface, and requirements management.

Additional Information:

GCA offers a permanent full-time position with flexible work arrangements available. We offer a broad range of employment benefits and flexibility provisions. Please see for an overview. The successful applicant will be required to hold a valid NV1 security clearance or have the ability to obtain and maintain a valid security clearance as well as other mandatory background checks including a National Police check.



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