Engineering Manager - (ENG-L8.72) at Zutari

Role responsibilities

• The Senior Engineering Manager is accountable for engineering leadership and governance across multi-discipline projects in the Resources sector, ensuring the delivery of safe, compliant, high-quality engineering solutions across feasibility, FEED, detailed design and execution phases.
• This role leads engineering teams, provides technical assurance, and partners with Project Managers and Market leadership to deliver projects profitably and in line with Zutari standards.

Engineering leadership & governance

• Provide overall engineering management for complex projects in mining, petrochemical, oil & gas infrastructure, including multi-discipline integration.
• Establish and manage the project engineering execution framework (deliverables, workflows, approvals, document control, engineering change, and design assurance).
• Ensure compliance with relevant client specifications, Zutari standards, statutory requirements and industry codes.
• Lead engineering risk management: identify, mitigate and manage engineering risks, hazards, constructability and operability considerations.

Project delivery and performance

• Accountable for engineering scope delivery against programme, budget, quality and safety targets, coordinating across disciplines and stakeholders.
• Plan and resource engineering activities, including allocation of discipline leads and specialist capability.
• Provide input into project schedules, cost forecasts, progress reporting and change management.
• Support project commercial performance through effective scope definition, variation management support, and technical input to contract strategy where required.

Technical assurance and quality

• Ensure engineering outputs meet performance, safety, operability and maintainability expectations.
• Establish design review and verification processes: HAZOP / HAZID facilitation support, model reviews, design audits, value engineering and lessons learned.
• Review and sign off key technical deliverables and ensure appropriate technical delegation.

Client and stakeholder engagement

• Serve as the engineering interface to the client, EPC/EPCM partners, contractors and third parties.
• Build strong relationships with client engineering teams and support stakeholder confidence through credible technical leadership.
• Participate in technical presentations, design reviews, and steering committee/governance meetings.

People leadership and capability building

• Lead and mentor engineers and discipline leads; contribute to performance management and development planning.
• Promote a high-performance culture aligned with Zutari values: collaboration, accountability, inclusion and delivery focus.
• Contribute to graduate development and knowledge transfer, strengthening long-term engineering capability.

Business development support

• Provide technical and delivery input to proposals and pursuits (methodologies, execution plans, resourcing, schedules, technical differentiators).
• Support market leadership by identifying delivery improvements, technical innovation opportunities, and capability needs.

Minimum requirements

Qualifications

• BEng / BSc (Engineering) in a relevant discipline (Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, Chemical, Metallurgical, or similar).
• Professional registration (Pr Eng / Pr Tech Eng or equivalent)
• Postgraduate qualification (MEng / MBA / MSc) advantageous.

Experience

• 20+ years engineering experience with significant exposure to mining and/or oil & gas / petrochemical / energy infrastructure projects.
• 15+ years in engineering management, engineering lead, discipline management, or project engineering leadership on multi-discipline projects.
• Experience across project phases including pre-feasibility / feasibility, FEED, detailed design and execution support.
• Demonstrated leadership in coordinating multi-discipline engineering teams and managing technical interfaces.
• Proven experience delivering within a consulting, EPCM, or owner’s engineering environment.

Technical and regulatory

• Working knowledge of applicable engineering codes, standards, QA systems, safety practices, and statutory compliance relevant to Resources sector projects.
• Familiarity with engineering design assurance processes such as design reviews, hazard studies (HAZID/HAZOP), and technical risk management.