Mechanical Project Engineer
A rare opportunity to work on exciting new mine development in the northeast, bringing expertise from a mining/heavy industry background.
Role Objectives
The Mechanical Project Engineer reports to the Mine Maintenance supervisor with responsibility for the design, procurement, installation and lead the maintenance of products and equipment supporting the continued and sustained development and improvement of the site.
Duties and Responsibilities
* Project manages all mine related projects. Develop project scopes, budgets, and timelines in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
* Reads and interprets technical drawings, schematics, and computer-generated reports.
* Confers with Mine maintenance and facilities supervisor, project teams and maintenance department to implement operating procedures, resolve system malfunctions, provide technical information and implement sustaining actions.
* Leads and manages mechanical projects across mining and quarrying operations.
* Researches and analyses design proposals, specifications, manuals, and other data to evaluate the feasibility, cost, and maintenance requirements of designs or applications.
* Specifies system components or directs modification of products to ensure conformance with engineering design and performance specifications.
* Researches, designs, evaluates, procures, installs, operates, and maintains mechanical products, equipment, systems and processes to meet requirements, applying knowledge of engineering principles.
* Investigates equipment failures and difficulties to diagnose faulty operation, and to make recommendations to maintenance crew.
* Ensures installation, operation, maintenance, and repair of machines and ensures equipment is installed and functioning according to specifications.
* Conducts research that tests and analyses the feasibility, design, operation and performance of equipment, components and systems.
* Recommends design modifications having identified the real root cause to eliminate machine or system malfunctions.