Principal Mechanical Engineer

With international offices in Africa, Australia, Canada and the Philippines, Lycopodium proudly delivers high quality professional engineering and project delivery services globally, across the mining and metals; infrastructure and process industries.

Due to the Company’s involvement in a number of new projects and studies, we are currently recruiting for an experienced Principal Mechanical Engineer to join our Perth based team.

Reporting to the Group Manager - Engineering, this position will involve, but not be limited to the following responsibilities:

• Providing proficient and accurate design input for the production of mechanical drawings;
• Coordinating all engineering disciplines in the development of Study / Project designs;
• Piping design and provision of information to draftsmen for the preparation of design drawings;
• Development and review of piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs);
• Reviewing of vendor certified documentation (drawings, data sheets and manuals) and responsibility for the implementation of engineering interface data onto the drawings via the draftsmen; 
• Conducting timely reviews of Project mechanical drawings to achieve full compliance with design intent;
• Performing accurate engineering design and calculations in accordance with Project, Client and regulatory standards;
• Interpreting engineering drawings, documents, specifications and scopes;
• Identifying scope variations and prepare relevant documentation accordingly;
• Ensuring correctly specified equipment is sourced to meet project deliverables.

You will possess:

• Qualification in Mechanical Engineering, or the equivalent
• Minimum 15 years of experience in Mineral Processing ideally in an EPCM environment
• Piping design experience in mineral processing plants
• Experience in gold, base metals and iron ore is advantageous
• Ability to build and sustain positive relationships with all stakeholders, including Clients, vendors and co-workers
• Solid technical aptitude, analytical and problem-solving skills
• High attention to detail and exceptional knowledge across a broad range of disciplines
• Proven time management and organisational skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication

Lycopodium has a strong company culture focusing on career progression and technical skill development. You can expect to be involved in a wide range of large projects whilst working amongst a team of highly skilled professionals.

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