Principal/ Senior Mechanical Engineer

Worley is seeking a Principal or Senior Mechanical Engineer to join our Mining, Minerals & Metals (MMM) team in Adelaide. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key leadership role across studies, major project pursuits and project delivery, providing technical excellence and mentoring the next generation of engineers.

You will be a trusted advisor to customers and project stakeholders, bringing deep expertise across the mining and minerals sector while helping shape innovative, safe and sustainable solutions. Working as part of our multidisciplinary team, you'll contribute to projects ranging from early-stage studies and FEED through to detailed design and EPCM execution.

As a Principal or Senior Mechanical Engineer, you will:

• →Lead mechanical engineering activities across studies and projects from concept development through to detailed design and execution.
• →Provide technical leadership, guidance and mentoring to developing engineers and project teams.
• →Deliver high-quality mechanical engineering solutions in accordance with customer requirements, industry standards and Worley procedures.
• →Develop and review engineering deliverables, including calculations, specifications, datasheets, procurement packages and technical reports.
• →Lead equipment selection, package engineering activities and vendor engagement.
• →Support multidisciplinary design reviews, HAZOPs, constructability reviews and risk assessments.
• →Contribute to project planning, estimating, procurement and delivery activities.
• →Collaborate with process, piping, civil, structural, electrical and instrumentation teams to deliver integrated project outcomes.
• →Build and maintain strong relationships with customers, suppliers, contractors and stakeholders.
• →Drive continuous improvement initiatives and engineering best practices across the business.

To be successful in this role, you'll have:

• A Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering.
• Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) status or equivalent professional registration, preferred.
• Significant experience delivering mechanical engineering solutions across Mining, Minerals & Metals projects.
• Demonstrated experience in studies, FEED, detailed design and EPCM project delivery.
• Strong expertise in mechanical equipment design, specification and procurement.
• Experience with plant infrastructure, bulk materials handling systems, mobile equipment, pumping and piping systems, major equipment packages, workshops, fuel facilities or related mining infrastructure.
• Working knowledge of Australian and international design codes and standards.
• Experience developing equipment layouts, plant integration solutions and managing vendor interfaces.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and multidisciplinary project coordination skills.

• Smelting and metallurgical facilities.
• Cranes and lifting equipment.
• Molten metal furnaces and casting systems.
• Cooling towers and cooling water systems.
• Air compressor systems.
• Fume treatment systems.
• Aluminium reduction facilities.
• Maintenance and reliability engineering.
• Water, wastewater and slurry infrastructure.

Exposure to mineral processing, hydrometallurgical or pyrometallurgical facilities, comminution and screening circuits, along with experience in heat transfer, hydraulic calculations, CFD or FEA analysis, will be advantageous.

• Strong leadership, communication and mentoring capabilities.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• The ability to work independently while contributing to high-performing teams.
• A commitment to safe, sustainable and practical engineering solutions.