Engineering Design Manager

NES Fircroft are supporting our Mining Client who are looking for an Engineering Design Manager to join their Perth Office on a full-time basis.
Our client proudly delivers high quality professional engineering and project delivery services globally, across the resources, infrastructure and industrial processes sectors. By joining our global team and learning from renowned subject matter experts, we can offer you a diverse career that could take you anywhere in the world.
Reporting to the General Manager Engineering, you will lead design management activities in consultation with all project stakeholders to ensure that standards of technical compliance, quality, cost, safety, sustainability and environmental performance are observed and that time schedules are met.
The tasks you'll perform

• Monitoring the progress and performance of the project design team, giving input and providing feedback and support where necessary.
• Coordinating the multi-discipline design and drafting resources assigned to allocated tasks to achieve agreed deliverable dates and man-hour budgets.
• Consistently providing engineering designs and solutions within agreed milestone dates and to a high standard of accuracy and professionalism.

The expertise you'll bring

• Experience in gold, base metals ore or lithium preferred.
• Relevant tertiary education qualifications in Engineering (Mechanical or equivalent).
• Minimum of 15 years’ experience in mineral processing or related industries.
• Demonstrated credentials in mechanical engineering design for studies and detailed design.
• High attention to detail and exceptional knowledge across a broad range of disciplines.
• Excellent written, communication and supervisory skills.
• Demonstrated commitment to providing high quality service to Clients within budget and time constraints.
• Extensive understanding of mine operation challenges, expectations, requirements and risk management process
• Willingness to travel (within and outside Australia) on short-term assignments for site support and key client engagement.
• Ability to build and sustain positive relationships with all stakeholders, including Clients.
• Commitment to continuously seek improvement in engineering solutions and design with a focus on new technologies and innovation.
• Ability to work with mining operations to identify opportunities and win work for the business.
• Intuitive leadership skills with the ability to initiate, lead and manage change in a complex environment.
• Proven commitment to provide mentoring and identify avenues of professional development and succession planning to personnel within your team.

*Applicants must have Australian working rights to be considered* With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.