Engineer, Mechanical

Newcastle - Canada

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 14 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Engineer Mechanical

Job ID: 931861
Job Type: Permanent Full Time
Location: Australia - Muswellbrook Australia - Newcastle Australia - Singleton NSW
Categories: Mining Maintenance Engineering - Mechanical

Applications close: 08 Dec 2025 AUS Eastern Daylight Time

Grow your career with Thiess

As a global business we are proud to offer diverse and rewarding career opportunities. We are committed to Thiess being a company which supports great people to succeed develop their careers and feel supported to reach their highest potential. We offer a safe and inclusive work environment where our employees feel strongly connected to our values and objectives and where the capability of our people is key to our success.

About the Role

As our next Mechanical Engineer reporting to the Maintenance Manager and supporting the Statutory Mechanical Engineer you will form an integral part of our Maintenance team while working collaboratively towards delivering high-quality solutions and results. Within this role you will be responsible for providing engineering and project management support to the maintenance team including:

Continual auditing monitoring and improvement of site practice and standards for statutory compliance with:

-Legislation

-Australian Standards

-Mine Design Guidelines

-Industry and Thiess Safety Alert mandates and recommendations

-Mandates and recommendations within Thiess business standards procedures and guidelines

Mobilisation of new and used assets to site including:

-Asset inspections

-Planning/coordinating defect repairs

-Critical inspection report reviews

-Coordinating asset requests

Facilitating risk assessments

Implementing and coordinating effective change management practices

Planning/coordinating statutory and critical asset inspections

Drafting/designing initiatives upgrades and improvements to maintenance equipment/process requirements for certification and fabrication

Developing reviewing and coordinating mechanical improvements on downtime/reliability issues

Developing outcome driven cost-effective solutions to technical and process efficiency based problems

Supporting and coordinating maintenance facilities/infrastructure projects incident investigations and reporting

This role follows a 5/2 roster and is located at Mt Pleasant Operation close to the township of Muswellbrook NSW.

About you

To be successful in this role you will possess strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to establish effective working relationships with key internal and external clients. You will also be able to provide/ demonstrate:

A degree in Mechanical Engineering

Open cut experience supervising mechanical personnel

Experience in asset management/maintenancewill be highly regarded

Experience using developing or managing document control systems

Advanced Microsoft Excel and Autodesk Inventor (CAD software) skills will be highly regarded

A positive self-motivated attitude and drive to learn

Understanding of safe work practices

Understanding of outcome driven cost-effective solutions

Understanding of Australian Standards

Strong report writing & auditing skills

What Thiess Can Do for You

Help to grow your career offering diverse and varied opportunities for advancement
Monthly RDO
World-class health & wellbeing programs
Salary sacrifice options
A range of corporate discounts including health insurance (Medibank) travel & retail products

About Us

At Thiess we partner with our clients to deliver excellence in open cut and underground mining in Australia Asia and the Americas. For more than 85 years we have operated in diverse commodities geologies environments and cultures. Our team uses global insight to optimise solutions and create value for each project positioning them for optimal efficiency productivity and cost performance backed by how we meet our commitments. Thiess is committed to being at the forefront of sustainable mining leveraging the power of our people and technology to support clients in their journey to more sustainable enterprises.

We recognise the value of an inclusive and diverse workplace through our vision of everyone matters always. Were focused on creating an inclusive environment to allow our people to bring their best self to work because they feel safe included and empowered.

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How to Apply

This role is an opportunity to take the next step in your career. With our culture of recognition development and a stimulating and satisfying work environment there is no better time to join Thiess.

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Applications close: 08 Dec 2025 AUS Eastern Daylight Time

Engineer MechanicalJob ID931861Job TypePermanent Full TimeLocationAustralia - Muswellbrook Australia - Newcastle Australia - Singleton NSWCategoriesMining Maintenance Engineering - MechanicalApplications close08 Dec 2025 AUS Eastern Daylight TimeGrow your career with ThiessAs a global business we ar...