Design Manager

2 weeks ago


Brisbane, Australia Lycopodium Limited Full time

With offices in Australia, Africa, Canada, Peru and the Philippines, Lycopodium proudly delivers high quality professional engineering and project delivery services globally, across the resources, infrastructure and industrial processes sectors. By joining our global team and learning from renowned subject matter experts, we can offer you a diverse career that could take you anywhere in the world.

With the recent award of work with a tier one mining house, and other international projects Lycopodium is currently recruiting for an experienced Design Manager to join our growing Minerals team in Brisbane. 

Reporting to the Manager of Engineering the Design Manager will be a key stakeholder in leading and managing multi discipline engineering and design activities, for projects and studies, in consultation with all project stakeholders to ensure that standards of technical compliance, quality, cost, safety, sustainability and environmental performance are observed and that time schedules are met. This will include integrated design management across the Brisbane and the multiple Lycopodium Australian and International offices, Engineering and Design teams, ensuring successful project execution and integrated teamwork.

The tasks you'll perform

  • Interdisciplinary co-ordination of technical aspects of the project engineering, design and drafting.
  • Monitoring the progress and performance of the project design team, giving input and providing feedback and support where necessary and progress reporting to the project management team
  • Coordinating the multi-discipline engineering, design and drafting resources, assigned to allocated tasks, to achieve agreed deliverable with the scheduled dates and allocated man-hour budgets.
  • Consistently providing engineering designs and solutions within agreed milestone dates and to a high standard of accuracy and professionalism.
  • Approve, guide and review engineering designs, including calculations & design development.
  • Ensure associated engineering and design procedures are adhered to including, but not limited to, calculation checking, design reviews and change management.
  • Maximise the productivity and efficiency of the study and project teams by planning, scheduling, appropriate allocation of resources and ensuring collaborative teamwork to ensure deliverables are met.
  • Consistently incorporate safety in design and technical integrity within the engineering design process
  • Contribute to engineers-in-training professional development by providing consistent mentoring and identify avenues of development.
  • Develop and contribute to the delivery of improvement initiatives which support business priorities for continuous improvement.

The expertise you'll bring

  • Relevant tertiary education qualifications in Engineering (Mechanical or equivalent).
  • Minimum of 15 years’ experience in mineral processing or related industries. Experience in gold, base metals or lithium will be considered favourably.
  • CPEng and RPEQ accreditation (preferred).
  • High attention to detail, demonstrated high level of technical ability, and exceptional knowledge across a broad range of disciplines.
  • Demonstrated commitment to providing high quality service to Clients within budget and time constraints.
  • Extensive understanding of studies, projects and detailed design execution, mine operation challenges and requirements, and risk management process.
  • Excellent interpersonal and client interaction skills.
  • Willing to travel outside Australia on an ad-hoc basis to suit the needs of the business and its operations.
  • Commitment to continuously seek improvement in engineering solutions and design with a focus on new technologies and innovation.
  • Intuitive leadership skills with the ability to initiate, lead and manage change in a complex environment.
  • Proven commitment to provide mentoring and identify avenues of professional development and succession planning to personnel within your team.

The benefits we'll provide

Lycopodium has a strong company culture focused on career progression and technical skill development. You can expect to be involved in a wide range of large projects whilst working amongst a team of highly skilled professionals.

We recognise that everyone is different and needs may change over the course of your career. That’s why we :

  • Invest in our people for the long-term, building a diverse and rewarding career, mentored by the best in the industry.
  • Allow our people to balance work with other commitments, like family or study, offering flexible work arrangements.
  • Provide access to a benefits, rewards and recognition platform that also offers great discounts to hundreds of retailers in Australia.
  • Are undertaking significant people and technology initiatives that will support the workplace of the future.

We encourage and value diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from all backgrounds regardless of gender, age, disability and ethnicity, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.

Our commitment to equal opportunity is embodied in our values of Respect, Integrity & Diligence. They are inherent in who we are, as individuals, and collectively as a Company.

We are a 2024 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we commit to respond to every applicant.

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