Study & Design Manager
On-siteNewcastle, New South Wales, Australia or Newcastle, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Lead planning, coordination, and delivery of multidisciplinary mining studies and design projects across Australia, driving execution from concept through detailed design. Coordinate technical teams spanning mechanical, process, civil, structural, and electrical disciplines while managing scope, budget, schedule, and deliverables. Facilitate study workshops, risk reviews, and value engineering activities to ensure quality, safety, and technical excellence. Build strong relationships with mining clients and stakeholders to deliver practical solutions for capital programs, brownfield upgrades, and major infrastructure. Support business development to identify project growth opportunities.
Required Qualifications
- Degree qualifications in Mechanical Engineering
- Extensive experience delivering mining, minerals processing or heavy industrial projects
- Strong technical grounding in mechanical engineering
- Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary studies and engineering teams
- Experience across concept studies, feasibility studies, FEED and detailed design
- Strong understanding of project delivery, stakeholder management and commercial drivers
- Ability to balance technical quality, project outcomes and client expectations
- Excellent communication and leadership skills
Desired Qualifications
- Chartered status or eligibility for chartership
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