P078 Project Engineer SMP

At SIMPEC, culture is a big deal! Forged on community spirit and mateship. We operate in a candid environment where we value real collaboration and connection with people as people, and not as commodities. We are genuinely committed to live our values and walk the talk.

We have been contracted to Glencore's Mc Arthur River Mine to complete modifications of existing site infrastructure along with the installation of a new Filtration Plant.

We are currently seeking a Project Engineer SMP to join our team commencing ASAP. This will be a full-time role with approximately 9+ months project duration, supporting the team remotely initially until mobilisation in late March on a 2:1 roster.

This is an outstanding opportunity to develop your career with a dynamic and growing company, who boast a great and different culture " Be Like No Other”.

The Role:

• Implementing, maintaining, coordinating, and expediting the procurement and construction elements for the designated work area.
• Identifying and resolving technical engineering issues and associated problems which may arise throughout the duration of the project.
• Creating work packs, test packs; estimation & site variations.
• Developing, preparing, scheduling, coordinating, and monitoring the specifications for all equipment that is required for each stage of the construction.
• Presenting project progress updates to senior management and clients.
• Developing and monitoring KPIs and analysing productivity factors against program and budget.
• Perform overall quality control of the work (budget, schedule, plans, personnel’s performance) and report regularly on project status.
• Manage all technical queries and requests for information sent to the client and received from sub-contractors.
• Review engineering deliverables and initiate appropriate corrective actions.

About You:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering
• Minimum 5 years+ experience in a similar role in Mining Construction – involving structural steel erection, mechanical and piping installation.
• Ability to effectively work autonomously within a collaborative team, be proactive and able to take initiative.
• Good understand of construction estimating and cost controlling i.e. First Principle estimating, Productivity Factor and Cost Code allocation.
• Experienced in managing, raising, and responding to RFI’s and TQ’s.
• Good understanding of Mining Processing and equipment.
• Contractor side experience in SMP construction projects.
• Experienced in managing and developing QMP’s, ITP’s and FIC’s/ITR’s
• Good understanding of all stages of construction, from construction verification to commissioning.
• Demonstrate problem-solving skills, attention to detail and work well under pressure.

If this sounds like you then apply now, we would love to hear from you!

At SIMPEC we recognise that we are strengthened by diversity and pride ourselves on leading positively as an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to continuing to build upon the inclusivity in our workplace and ensuring that collectively, we as a team, are a diverse representation of the communities in which we operate. We recognise that diversity includes gender, age, race, disability status, sexual orientation, neurodiversity, religion, Veterans and defence service and many other aspects of your identity and experience, and strongly encourage all to apply!