At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead design projects in the water industry and manage a dynamic team of experts.
- Company: Join Aquatec Maxcon, a leader in innovative water solutions.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, career growth, and a collaborative work environment.
- Other info: Opportunity to work on exciting multi-disciplinary projects and travel internationally.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in water treatment and sustainability.
- Qualifications: 5+ years in design engineering with leadership experience.
The predicted salary is between 90000 - 110000 $ per year.
As a part of the Aquatec Maxcon team, you'll join a group of passionate professionals who work safely and responsibly to deliver world-class solutions to exciting new projects. This role offers the opportunity to work in a diverse engineering department, facing challenges of designing and providing solutions that make a real difference to the water industry.
You will:
- Plan and program the design process to ensure all stakeholders act in a timely manner and in accordance with the agreed schedule and budget.
- Review plant layout, mechanical, structural and piping drawings to ensure high-quality deliverables for proposals and delivery for applications, upgrade and creation of client’s water and wastewater assets, with a particular focus on water and wastewater treatment plants.
- Work on challenging projects as part of a multi-disciplinary team delivering 'ingenuity in design'.
- Manage scheduling of work, priorities, resource requirements across multiple offices both locally and internationally based.
- Provide quality assurance and design engineering sign-off and approve drawings from the points of view of technical completeness, clarity, conformance with standards, dimensional accuracy and the correct specification of materials.
- Ensure the deliverables and associated documentation are presented in a clear and concise package to enable ease of detailing and fabrication.
- Engage in risk assessments and actively participate in safety reviews and HAZOPs and safety in design.
- Manage a team of drafting and documentation experts.
- Deliver drafting outputs in a timely manner.
Applicants will ideally have:
- Experience in leading and managing technical/project teams and working on multi-disciplinary projects.
- Tertiary qualifications in either Structural/Civil or Mechanical Drafting.
- Minimum of 5 years Australian design engineering experience.
- Experience in driving continuous improvements in digital drafting operations.
- A knowledge of major Australian Standards for design of steel structures.
- Previous experience working in treatment plant design.
- Working with water and wastewater treatment projects and government municipalities will be well regarded.
- Ability to occasionally travel to off-shore design offices.
Aquatec Maxcon specialises in process technologies, design, fabrication, mechanical and electrical equipment, installation, commissioning and maintenance service for both industrial and municipal clients. This role is located in our office in Ipswich. You must hold current Australian working rights to be eligible to apply for this role.
Design Office Manager employer: Aquatec Maxcon Pty
Aquatec Maxcon Pty Ltd is an exceptional employer that fosters a collaborative and innovative work culture in the heart of Ipswich. With a strong focus on employee growth, we offer ongoing professional development opportunities, including support for CA/CPA progression, ensuring our team members thrive in their careers. Our commitment to stakeholder engagement and cost-reduction initiatives not only enhances job satisfaction but also contributes to meaningful projects within the construction and water sectors.
