Mechanical Engineering Manager

About the Role

Reporting to the Manager Asset Performance, the role is responsible for providing technical support for the life cycle management, and design management of mechanical assets and infrastructure.

Key duties include:

• Ensure existing and new assets and infrastructure are developed, delivered, sustained, and disposed in compliance with regulations and codes of practice, Australian Standards, and target levels of service.
• Manage, plan, and initiate investments in mechanical assets and infrastructure, including preparation of scopes of work and preliminary designs and management of design assurance and delivery.
• Develop maintenance strategies and tactics to sustain and improve the performance and reliability of mechanical assets and infrastructure.
• Manage, plan, and deliver programs of asset integrity inspections to ensure adequacy (fit for purpose) and safety of mechanical assets and infrastructure.
• Manage, develop, and sustain mechanical engineering capabilities, including personnel, processes, and systems, to ensure adequate support is available for Fremantle Ports.

Essential Criteria

• Degree in mechanical engineering and a minimum of 10 years’ experience in the design and asset management of mechanical assets, preferably in a port or bulk materials handling environment.
• Chartered Engineer, or eligible for Chartered Engineer registration.
• Extensive knowledge of the design, construction, and maintenance of mechanical assets.
• Advanced skills in technical writing, including specifications and technical reports.
• Knowledge of engineering design and safety standards.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

About Us

Fremantle Ports is a government trading enterprise with proven commercial success and a highly regarded reputation with its partners, the community, and other stakeholders. The Port of Fremantle is a vital transport hub, supporting Western Australia's economic growth by facilitating more than $45 billion of trade in 2023/24. Fremantle Ports acts as both a landlord, and the operator of its own import and export facilities in Kwinana.

At Fremantle Ports, we are proud to have a clear set of four values that set expectations about how we will behave: collaboration, accountability, respect and excellence. These are brought together and further supported under the acronym of CARE.

Benefits

Fremantle Ports can offer attractive employee benefits including free onsite parking, an onsite gymnasium, flexible work arrangements, professional development and health and wellness programs.

Location: Fremantle & Kwinana, WA

To Apply

If you think you have the right skills and experience for this position, please click ‘Apply Now.’ Further information is detailed in the employee job description. For specific queries, please send the Recruitment Team an email via jobapplications@fremantleports.com.au - applications sent direct to this email address will not be accepted.

Closing Date: Tuesday 6^th May 2025 at 5:00pm AWST.

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.

FREMANTLE PORTS IS COMMITTED TO THE PRINCIPLES OF EMPLOYMENT EQUITY AND DIVERSITY AND ENCOURAGES PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, ABILITIES AND BACKGROUNDS TO APPLY