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Senior Project Engineer - Structural, Mechanical and Piping (SMP)

Queensland💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-28 → 2026-09-26

Core

Senior Project Engineer leading the design, construction, and delivery of tailings and infrastructure projects for gold and copper mining assets in Australia and Papua New Guinea.

Role type

Senior IC Project Engineer (Mining/Heavy Industries)

Builds

Tailings storage facilities, decant water systems, pumping and piping infrastructure for mining operations.

Domain

Mining / Heavy Industries / Process Plant Construction

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

End-to-end project management, engineering design oversight, contract management, risk management, change management, stakeholder management, safety-in-design, operational readiness planning, commissioning management, regulatory compliance.

Preferred skills

Project management qualifications, experience coaching and mentoring.

Technologies

MS Office, SharePoint, Teams, Pronto (ERP)

Responsibilities

Initiate projects via Project Charter with risk-based execution plans; manage engineering consultants for scope, time, and cost; ensure facility designs meet safety and pre-construction hazard standards; lead value engineering reviews; develop risk-based contracting strategies; plan and resource field works including pre-constructability reviews; track project progress and maintain change/risk/action registers; lead project assurance and safety-in-design reviews; prepare operational readiness strategies; manage commissioning and change approvals; identify permit/licence changes; provide senior leadership updates; lead project close-out reviews; act as a safety ambassador.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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