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Senior Mechanical Designer / Technologist

WSP Australia
On-site
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

What if you could shape the career of a lifetime?

With us, you can.

Join our National CAD and Digital Engineering Team and enhance your capabilities and the reputation of WSP’s Water Utilities, Water Treatment and Water Asset Management & Planning team. You will collaborate with talented professionals working on iconic projects to drive future ready outcomes that will benefit clients and communities.

Our Water team promotes holistic, sustainable water resource management for governments, investors, developers, manufacturers, utilities, and corporations, helping with network maintenance and development, risk mitigation, regulatory compliance, cost reduction, and future-ready strategies.

We currently have multiple opportunities to join our team in Brisbane and our National CAD Team are involved in some of Australia's industry leading water programs and clients including:

  • Logan Water Partnership, Logan City Council
  • Wastewater Regional Program and Water Southern Zones Programs, Urban Utilities
  • Capital Delivery Office (CDO), TasWater
  • Gold Coast PSP
  • Delivering 4 Customers, Sydney Water
  • SA Water Engineering Panel

What you’ll do

  • Experience in the application of modelling software and/or analytics techniques;
  • Ideally, have local design and modelling experience in consulting firms in fields such as water/wastewater/stormwater networks, pumping stations, and water treatment - or in mining, infrastructure or industrial projects
  • As an experienced CAD specialist, you will proactively maintain effective networks and relevant industry relationships to gain cooperation in meeting business and client outcomes.
  • Generate and maintain federated BIM-compliant models, ensuring clash detection and reporting, as well as database management and manipulation in alignment with client BIM and CAD standards.
  • Demonstrated experience ‘thinking outside the box’ and challenging the status quo;
  • Assume a leadership role in both large and small projects, taking ownership and conducting meetings, check-ins, and design reviews with clients, engineers, and other design staff.
  • Demonstrate a high level of technical and professional acuity throughout.

About You

We value diverse strengths and are seeking Mechanical Technologists or Senior Mechanical Technologists with proven experience in the water, mining, or industrial sectors. Depending on your background, you will have:

  • Proven structural drafting experience, project experience in infrastructure structures across water networks and treatment projects an advantage
  • Strong Autodesk Advance Steel, Revit, and BIM coordination experience are essential.
  • Proven ability to adapt to evolving technology
  • Mechanical drafting (Plant 3D) experience is highly regarded
  • Dynamo or coding experience is highly regarded
  • Experience working in a design consulting environment highly regarded
  • The ability to work independently and as part of a team
  • Enthusiasm coupled with a passion for the water & construction industries.
  • Excellent communication skills - able to speak and write clearly and concisely
  • Teamwork - works collaboratively with others including across functional groups

 In addition, you will bring the following skills and attributes:

  • Natural connector
  • Problem solver with a powerful team spirit
  • Open
  • Curious
  • Passionate
  • Adaptable
  • Someone ready to do the kind of work the world needs

About WSP

WSP is one of the world's leading engineering professional services firms, bringing together approximately 6,000 talented people across 15 offices in Australia. We are technical experts who design and provide strategic advice on sustainable solutions and engineer Future ReadyTM projects that will help societies grow for lifetimes to come. 

At WSP, we want you to embrace your curiosity and work in a culture celebrating different perspectives. With access to global scale and reach, you’ll connect with the brightest minds in the field to make the best work of your life.

We believe that in imagining a better future for us all, you’ll imagine a better future for you.

To find out more about our commitment to the health and wellbeing of our people, and the programs we’ve designed to help you thrive, go to our Benefits page.

Think this could be the opportunity for you? Apply now to begin your journey with WSP.

WSP. With us, you can.