Senior Project Engineer (Mechanical)

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Provide technical and project management support to the Project Development and Business Development groups

• Develop commercial relationships with external clients and provide solutions to those clients.

• Prepare and document deliverables as well as identify technical risks for new and existing projects

• Review and develop proposals for new capital projects utilising input from Operations Managers and their teams, ensuring accurate capital funds allocations and deliverables schedules are submitted

• Liaison with and provision of engineering support for interfacing between outsourced engineering contractors.

• Lead with the provision of external support environmental permitting, operational licensing, development applications and statutory approvals for projects as required

• Be involved in the budget development and review process for new and existing projects

• Be actively involved in the delivery of projects, monitoring of budgets and schedule, and reporting of budget and schedule departures

• Actively ensuring own health and safety and the safety of others through understanding and awareness of workplace health and safety obligations

• Support and comply with Company Policies and procedures as advised and documented in the Company's employment policies as amended from time to time and as directed by Managers/Supervisors

• Any other duties appropriate to the level and responsibility of the position as required

Person Specification

• Proven ability to effectively communicate with the construction, purchasing, operations, and accounting groups within the project organisation

• Strong understanding on financial returns on investment and environmental footprints

• Ability to undertake scenario option analysis to meet the clients needs

• Computer literacy using Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project and other computer based engineering packages

• Ability to work within diverse team

• Approachable

• Ability to develop effective relationships internally and externally

• Ability to travel interstate

• Flexible attitude to changes in scope

• Commitment to working flexible and sometimes long hours

• Lead by example

Qualifications and Experience

• Tertiary qualified Engineer (Mechanical) is essential

• Thermal generation expertise (diesel and gas gensets), ideally remote power station applications is essential

• Power industry/utilities background preferred

• Previous experience on projects preferred

• Strong commercial drive essential

• Demonstrated teamwork skills

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in similar roles

EDL owns and operates a global portfolio of power stations in Australia, North America and Europe. Our vision is to be the leading global producer of sustainable distributed energy. At EDL, we are playing a key role in the world's transition from traditional energy sources to decarbonised solutions.

At EDL, our vision is to be the leading global producer of sustainable distributed energy. EDL is playing a key role in the world's transition from traditional energy sources to decarbonised solutions. Our purpose is to provide better energy solutions for the benefit of our world. Wherever we are working in the world, EDL people live and breathe the following SPIRIT values. As we strive to achieve our vision, these values are paramount.