Mechanical Project Engineer – 3-Month Contract
This is a remote position.
Location: Brisbane, QLD – Corporate Office Based
We are seeking an experienced Mechanical Project Engineer for an initial three-month assignment supporting a major project in Papua New Guinea.
The position will be based from our client's corporate office in Brisbane, providing engineering, project controls and commercial support to the project delivery team.
This role would suit a practical Project Engineer with a strong mechanical background who is comfortable working across engineering, procurement, construction, cost control and schedule management.
Key Responsibilities
The Mechanical Project Engineer will provide day-to-day project engineering and controls support, including:
- Review, coordinate and respond to Technical Queries (TQs) raised by contractors, vendors and site personnel.
- Review engineering documentation, drawings, specifications, datasheets and vendor submissions.
- Coordinate technical issues between engineering, construction, procurement, vendors and the client project team.
- Maintain TQ, engineering deliverable and action registers and ensure outstanding items are progressed to closure.
- Monitor the project schedule, key milestones, critical activities and upcoming deliverables.
- Identify potential schedule delays and assist the project team with recovery and mitigation actions.
- Support project controls, including progress measurement, forecasting and reporting.
- Prepare and contribute to weekly project reports covering engineering progress, schedule, cost, procurement, risks and key actions.
- Prepare and contribute to monthly budget and project performance reports.
- Monitor project expenditure against approved budgets and forecasts.
- Review commitments, actual expenditure and forecast costs to completion.
- Assist with cost forecasting, budget variance analysis and Estimate at Completion (EAC) reporting.
- Monitor contractor and vendor performance against agreed scope, schedule and deliverables.
- Assist with procurement activities, technical bid evaluations, vendor clarifications and equipment delivery tracking.
- Participate in project coordination meetings and maintain actions through to completion.
- Identify engineering, commercial, schedule and delivery risks and escalate issues to the Project Manager as required.
- Support change management, including assessment of scope changes, variations and their potential cost and schedule impacts.
- Provide engineering support to the PNG site team as required.
The Assignment
This is an initial three-month contract assignment, based primarily from our client's corporate office in Brisbane.
The role will form part of the project delivery team supporting an active project in Papua New Guinea, with regular interaction with the PNG site team, contractors, suppliers and project stakeholders.
The successful candidate will need to be comfortable operating in a fast-moving project environment where priorities can change quickly and engineering, cost and schedule issues need to be identified and resolved efficiently.
Immediate availability or short notice periods will be highly regarded.
Requirements
- Degree qualification in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
- Previous experience as a Project Engineer, Mechanical Engineer or Mechanical Project Engineer within heavy industry, mining, oil & gas, energy, infrastructure or major industrial projects.
- Strong understanding of mechanical equipment, piping, packages and associated engineering documentation.
- Demonstrated experience managing Technical Queries (TQs) and engineering interfaces.
- Experience with project controls, cost tracking, forecasting and schedule monitoring.
- Ability to interpret project schedules and understand critical milestones and dependencies.
- Experience preparing weekly and monthly project performance reports.
- Strong commercial awareness and an understanding of budgets, variations, commitments and forecast costs.
- Excellent written communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively with engineering teams, contractors, vendors and senior management.
- Strong Microsoft Excel and reporting capability.
- Previous experience working on projects in Papua New Guinea or other remote/international project environments would be highly regarded.