Project Engineer

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Company Description:

PROFLUID Pty Ltd is an independent, Australian-owned and operated company servicing the Energy, Mining, and Defence industries.

PROFLUID offers a complete Supply, Installation and Commissioning range of services.

The company design to sustainment approach, supported by experienced OEMs, ensures high quality solutions for complex processes.

Role Description:

Reporting to Operations Manager, you will be based in Gnangara, Perth.

• Act as the primary point of contact for allocated projects, providing clients with a clear and responsive interface from project handover through to completion.

• Manage assigned projects against agreed scope, programme, budget, quality requirements and client deadlines.

• Take ownership of project delivery and proactively drive actions required to meet contractual milestones and committed delivery dates.

• Maintain regular communication with clients regarding progress, priorities, technical matters, documentation, risks, delays and required decisions.

• Build strong client relationships and provide proactive, solution-focused support throughout project delivery, ensuring priorities, emerging issues and key decisions are communicated and addressed in a timely manner.

• Develop and maintain project schedules, action registers, deliverable registers and progress reporting appropriate to the size and complexity of each project.

• Coordinate project interfaces between clients, Sales, Operations, Services, Workshop, Quality, suppliers, subcontractors and site personnel.

• Oversee project execution while respecting the day-to-day operational responsibilities of the Services Manager, Workshop Supervisors and Site Supervisors.

• Monitor workshop and site progress against project requirements and work with operational personnel to identify and resolve constraints that may affect delivery.

• Review client purchase orders, scopes of work, specifications, drawings, datasheets and project documentation to confirm requirements, deliverables, exclusions and technical interfaces.

• Prepare and/or review project documentation including technical submissions, procedures, inspection and test documentation, progress reports, completion dossiers and client correspondence.

• Review technical reports and project deliverables for completeness, clarity and compliance before submission to the client.

• Assist with preparation of technical proposals, quotations, variations, clarifications and project execution methodologies.

• Identify scope changes and variations promptly and ensure additional work is documented and communicated before execution where practicable.

• Monitor project costs, labour, subcontracting, procurement and other expenditure against budget; provide forecasts and report potential overruns or commercial risks to Management.

• Coordinate and follow up procurement of project-specific materials, valves, piping components, services and subcontracted activities with the responsible internal personnel.

• Participate in client kick-off meetings, progress meetings, technical reviews, inspections, FATs and site meetings as required.

• Attend client sites to support project execution, resolve technical or coordination issues and maintain effective client relationships.

• Provide practical engineering support to technicians and supervisors and assist with troubleshooting where project conditions differ from drawings, specifications or planned methodology.

• Support project close-out, ensuring technical documentation, reports, certificates, MDR/dossiers, outstanding actions and client deliverables are completed in a timely manner.

• Maintain accurate project records and ensure key decisions, instructions, variations and client communications are appropriately documented.

• Contribute to continuous improvement of Profluid Group project management, reporting and technical processes.

Qualifications & Experience:

Essential:

• Engineering qualification in Mechanical Engineering or another relevant engineering discipline, or equivalent demonstrated industrial project experience.

• Demonstrated experience managing industrial projects with responsibility for client communication, deadlines, deliverables and project coordination.

• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent priorities and follow actions through to completion.

• Ability to interpret technical drawings, specifications, datasheets, scopes of work and client requirements.

• Strong written communication skills and ability to prepare professional project correspondence, reports and technical documentation.

• Commercial awareness, including understanding of project budgets, variations, procurement, labour utilisation and schedule impacts.

• Strong client relationship and stakeholder management skills, with clear communication and a proactive approach to maintaining project momentum and delivery commitments.

• Ability to work effectively with workshop, site, technical, commercial and administrative personnel of mixed levels of experience.

• Willingness to undertake frequent visits to client facilities and project sites throughout Western Australia.

Desirable:

• Knowledge and practical experience with industrial valves, pressure equipment and/or piping systems.

• Experience in valve servicing, pressure testing, mechanical maintenance, commissioning or shutdown environments.

• Oil & gas, LNG, mining, refining, chemical, energy or heavy industrial project experience.

• Familiarity with valve and piping drawings, P&IDs, isometrics, datasheets, material specifications and inspection/test requirements.

• Knowledge of relevant API, ASME, AS/NZS and ISO standards applicable to valves, piping and pressure systems.

• Experience working within ISO 9001 and/or NATA / ISO/IEC 17025 quality environments.

• Experience with project controls, scheduling, cost tracking, MDRs/dossiers and client document control systems.

• Current Australian driver's licence.