Title: Mechanical Senior Project Engineer
Job Summary:
A highly experienced Mechanical Senior Project Engineer is sought for the Hobson Bay Main Yarra Crossing Duplication Project in Spotswood, VIC. The successful candidate will have a strong mechanical background and experience delivering large scale civil construction projects.
About The Project:
The project requires an experienced Mechanical Senior Project Engineer to manage on-site engineering functions through subordinates, including Project Engineers and/or Cost/Planning Engineers. Key responsibilities include obtaining relevant design parameter information, monitoring quality and quantities of incoming equipment and material, coordinating engineering team activities, and ensuring project completion within budget and on time.
Your Role:
* Manage on-site engineering functions through subordinates, including Project Engineers and/or Cost/Planning Engineers.
* Obtain relevant design parameter information for incorporation into detailed designs and construction specifications.
* Monitor quality and quantities of incoming equipment and material, check work drawings, construction and specifications against site plans and conditions and arrange corrections or modifications where necessary.
* Coordinate the activities of an engineering team, programme workloads and provide technical and administrative guidance to the engineering staff to ensure aims and objectives are effectively and economically achieved.
* Ensure that project engineering completion is on time and within budget. Record completed work, costs incurred, materials used and retain progress drawings.
* Assign work and assist with reviews for accuracy and adherence to required standards of supplier, subcontractor quotations/purchase orders as well as subcontractor arrangements.
* Participate in planning future requirements including machine tools, ancillary equipment, major plant and labour.
* Direct site surveys and preparatory work prior to construction.
* Liaise with clients, consultants, subcontractors, suppliers and planning authorities to ensure satisfactory completion of construction work.
About You:
* A bachelor degree in mechanical engineering.
* 5 years mechanical experience.
* 7-10+ years' postgraduate experience, ideally in a tier one contractor setting.
* Leadership ability to provide mentorship to direct reports.
* Demonstrated commercial experience to include planning and reporting on progress, cost and risk.
* Demonstrated personal commitment to health and safety.
We Offer:
* Competitive remuneration with salary continuance, and salary sacrifice options.
* Great leave benefits, including 18 weeks paid parental leave with super and up to an extra 18 weeks of super paid on further periods of unpaid parental leave, multicultural leave exchange and two extra days to prioritise your wellbeing.
* Career progression underpinned by our exciting pipeline of work means you'll have the opportunity to work on iconic projects that are shaping cities and communities.
* Learning and development opportunities, including emerging talent programs, building your career through clear career pathways, plus technical and leadership training and development opportunities.
* Inclusion, diversity and equity is part of how we work. We want everyone at John Holland to feel that they belong – that's why we're working hard every day to foster a more inclusive culture, backed by a business-wide inclusion strategy to bring about meaningful change.
* Flexible working that works for you, as we know flexibility means different things to different people.