Senior Mechanical Engineer

About Orontide

Orontide is a leading Western Australian company providing specialist engineering, fabrication, preservation, and integrity maintenance services to the Oil & Gas, Mining, Naval Defence, Marine and Commercial Industries.

As a result of the company’s continued growth, an excellent opportunity has become available for a well-rounded Senior Mechanical Engineer to join our Henderson based team.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Oversees various projects from initial involvement with Managers/Supervisors through to final installation, delivery or completion.
• Ensure the design teamwork is carried out within the procedures outlined within our Intralogic Document Control System, Quality Control and drafting requirements.
• Primary point of contact for engineering requests and technical solutions to maintenance and capital project problems
• Ensuring the design team continues to meet or exceed the certification and accreditation requirements of AS/NZS ISO 9001
• Design of mechanical equipment and components for manufacture and site construction
• Design of basic structural elements
• Developing data sheets, detailed calculation books, work packs, specifications and reports.
• Specification of materials and familiarity with quality management requirements, inspection and testing.

 To be successful for this position, you must possess the following:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering
• Proven experience in a Mechanical Engineering role, minimum 5 years
• Experience in material handling and processing plant systems and components; for example, pulleys and chutes deflectors
• Mechanical Engineering design to standards such as AS3990 and AS1403
• Experience in some structural design work is desirable to AS4100 and AS1170.
• Be familiar with design office procedures and processes.
• Ability to work unsupervised, within a team as well as with internal and external stakeholders.
• Sound knowledge and hands on experience in using SolidWorks software for modelling, drafting, drawing generation and FEA calculations will be highly regarded.
• Flexibility to grow with the business.

Why Orontide?

Here at Orontide, we embrace change, new ideas and promote a culture of innovation, respect and equal opportunity. Our stimulating and challenging work environment will present you with many opportunities to grow, develop and improve your skills. We also offer:

• Fantastic Company Culture
• Career Development Opportunities
• Weekly Pay

Orontide is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages people with diverse backgrounds to apply, particularly persons of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent. We embrace cultural diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from all backgrounds.