Engineering Manager

• Full time permanent leadership position based in Perth CBD
• Flexible & dynamic team environment with salary and benefits to match
• Cutting edge engineering projects on offer in a growing ASX listed business

About us

With over 500 dedicated team members operating out of locations across Australia and New Zealand, Verbrec is a leading ASX listed company (ASX: VBC) providing exceptional engineering, operations and training services across the entire asset lifecycle, with a significant focus on growth into new and existing industries.

We provide services to our clients across Australia, New Zealand, PNG, and the Pacific in the energy, infrastructure, and mining sectors helping them to improve efficiency and capability as they transform their operations toward a more sustainable and smarter future. We take great pride in our focus on safety, while driving a strong people-focused culture.

About the role

Reporting directly to the General Manager, this role will require a people-focused professional who can provide technical direction, leadership and guidance to a high performing multi-disciplinary engineering team, including Pipelines, Electrical & Instrumentation, and Automation & Controls. The ideal candidate will be someone who has proven experience in leading large teams with a track record of success in delivering quality results across multiple projects in parallel.

The key responsibilities for this role include:

• Managing and mentoring the WA based Business Unit Engineering team;
• Setting the culture and rhythm of the team through being part of the WA Leadership team;
• Driving a continuous improvement mindset to ensure your team consistently delivers the necessary output quality on time and to budget to meet business goals;
• Resourcing, developing and supporting your team to meet business needs.
• Building and maintaining trusted relationships with clients, seeking feedback and providing innovative solutions to meet their requirements and deliver improvements;
• Assisting in the development of systems and procedures to ensure engineering projects comply with statutory and regulatory requirements, company policies and conditions set out in project scopes of work;
• Ensuring the technical integrity of the team through teamwork methods, tools, quality assurance and peer reviews that meet or exceed client requirements;
• Ensuring relevant aspects of the quality management system are followed by your team members;
• Contributing towards, and leading where necessary, multidisciplinary engineering proposals and tenders where appropriate;
• Identifying and documenting potential risks and developing effective control and mitigation strategies.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will ideally have:

• An Engineering degree and 15+ years’ experience in the industry
• Proven track record of effectively managing large multidisciplinary teams;
• Excellent engineering knowledge within the Mining, Infrastructure, and/or Energy (including Oil and Gas) sectors;
• Successfully managed complex engineering projects with an understanding of scheduling and financials, along with the whole of life asset development cycle;
• Strong relationship-building skills;
• An advanced knowledge of the local market and key contacts to support business development activities;
• The ability to work autonomously within your delegated authority
• A desire to be part of an exciting and growing team committed to achieving our vision together.

To find out more about our Employee Benefits, Learning & Development opportunities and our projects visit us at and find out more about your potential career with Verbrec .

The new Verbrec brand represents our evolution and continued growth by leveraging emerging techniques and technologies for the benefit of our clients. Evolution, engineered.

Our Vision - Meeting the future by engineering transformative solutions through full project and asset lifecycles.

Our Promise to You - We believe in passionate and innovative people delivering our success. We take pride in seeing our people continually develop their career opportunities and access wonderful employee benefits. We offer our people engaging and challenging work, the opportunity for personal success and, a fun and friendly culture. We are an inclusive workplace and believe in diversity and opportunity for all.

*Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are encouraged to apply*

26 July 2023 Perth Western Australia, AustraliaFull Time Engineering Management