Tronox Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia
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Tronox Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia
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Tronox careers are brighter with interesting and innovative work, a smart team of people and a range of lifestyle benefits. At Tronox, we aspire not only to build a diverse workforce, but to leverage the broad range of people and perspectives within our organisation by fostering an inclusive work environment.
Tronox is a fully integrated titanium minerals producer and pigment manufacturer. Across our Australian operations, we extract and process rich mineral sands into a range of valuable products including ilmenite, zircon, rutile and titanium dioxide pigment which are then exported to international markets.
Our sites are part of the global operations of Tronox Limited, the world’s leading integrated manufacturer of titanium dioxide.
In return for your commitment, we offer a comprehensive and rewarding package that includes:
* Scenic Change: Relocation Support to the beautiful south west Bunbury region
* Work-Life Balance, Your Way : Enjoy a 38-hour workweek with the option for a compressed 9-day fortnight—more long weekends, anyone?
* Celebrate Your Wins : Be eligible for the Tronox bonus scheme because your hard work deserves recognition
* Long Service, sooner : Early access to Long Service Leave at 5 years (pro-rata)
* Peace of Mind: Company paid salary continuance, journey, TPD & life insurances
* More Time for You : Top up your holidays with our annual leave purchase program
* Health & Wellness Perks: Annual health related programs and benefits
* Opportunities for mobility across our sites, allowing you to gain diverse experiences and broaden your skill set
At Tronox, we offer more than just a role—we provide the tools, support, and opportunities to help you achieve your career aspirations.
About The Role:
Ready to take your mechanical engineering expertise into the world of projects?
We’re looking for a proactive Mechanical Engineer to join our Technology & Improvement team and take a hands-on role delivering capital projects across our Australind Pigment Plant and Kemerton Processing Plant, just north of Bunbury in WA’s stunning Southwest region.
This is a full-time site-based role, and successful candidates will need to reside in the Southwest region of Western Australia. Relocation is provided for the successful candidate .
This is an excellent opportunity for an engineer who wants to expand their career into project delivery — managing diverse projects from start to finish.
In this role you will plan, execute, and monitor various Capital Projects from inception to completion for the Pigment Operations.
As a key part of our capital projects team, you’ll be responsible for delivering brownfield process and infrastructure projects from $100k to $2M in value. Duties include:
* Manage 10–15 concurrent projects at varying stages (6-month to 2-year timeframe)
* Develop project plans, budgets, scopes of work, schedules, and execution strategies
* Coordinate contractors and oversee site execution, ensuring safe and timely delivery
* Requesting quotes from and managing sub-contractors relevant to the project.
* Interpret drawings and review scopes of work to ensure it is reflected in pricing and project execution.
* Maintain, track and report on project progress and performance.
* Ensure designs meet ISO 9001 and regulatory requirements
* Support engineering documentation, QA/QC, and statutory approvals
* Collaborate closely with Maintenance, Production, and Technical teams
* Coordinating and supervising the work of contractors against project KPI’s and milestones.
* Contribute to continuous improvement, asset integrity, and replacement projects
* Performing design calculations and checking / approving information on safety critical equipment.
Safety Critical Responsibilities:
* Comply to and promote Company safety standards and procedures to contribute to an incident-free environment.
* Promoting process safety through exemplary behaviour and proactively increasing the awareness of process safety in others on site.
* Developing design scope specifications for projects, ensuring appropriate input and sign-off.
About You
We’re keen to hear from Mechanical Engineers who are ready to step into or grow further in project-based work. Ideally, you’ll bring:
* A degree in Mechanical Engineering (or equivalent)
* At least 3 years’ post-grad experience, ideally in a fixed plant environment
* Experience managing or assisting with capital projects (highly advantageous)
* Strong understanding of brownfield sites and project lifecycle delivery
* Exposure to chemical processing, mining, or other major hazard facilities (preferred)
* Strong organisational skills, with the ability to juggle competing priorities
* Great communication and collaboration with cross-functional teams
* Confident use of MS Office and relevant engineering tools
What’s next?
Does this role sound like the challenge you are looking for? Click ‘apply now” and start your career with Tronox today!
Tronox is committed to building and retaining a diverse and inclusive workforce and encourage women and Indigenous Australians to apply.
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Associate
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Engineering and Project Management
* Industries
Mining and Manufacturing
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