Senior Mechanical Engineer

• Generous salary package
• Eastern Suburbs location
• Well established Engineering company

The Company:

We have the privilege of recruiting for a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Mechanical Engineer to work in this highly successful and well-established engineering company.  Reporting to the Managing Director and General Manager, this is a vital role in the business, and one that offers security, variety and a flexible work environment.  You will join a professional team and with your sensible, intelligent and mature minded approach, will provide motivation and leadership to the team, to achieve successful outcomes across all current and new projects.

With a well-structured financial balance sheet, this engineering company has a reputation for quality products, a long term and loyal customer base and employee stability. 

The Role:

In this role you will be responsible for taking on current projects and securing new business, providing leadership, technical advice and leading by example. You will also be responsible for building and maintaining effective relationships with clients and team members and have a strong client/sales focus.  You will have a proven ability to network and inspire peers, as well as excellent communication and relationship building skills both internally and externally. 

Other areas of responsibility will include (but are not limited to):

• Generation of and coordinating of quotes (particularly for large projects)

• Supervision of sales staff in the preparation of quotes and tenders
• Development of the customer base which includes sales, new business development and account management. 
• Advice on technical recommendations
• Representation of the company to resolve technical and sales-based issues
• Generation of purchase orders for products, in particular overseas sourced specialist products
• Investigating new overseas manufacturing, agencies and markets

Your Capabilities:

To be successful in this role, we are looking for someone who has:

• A strong commercial mindset / business acumen
• Sound client liaison experience
• Excellent negotiation skills
• Strong mechanical engineering experience and skills
• A confident, self-driven and highly motivated approach
• The ability to think and act strategically
• Outstanding time management skills
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• A positive and proactive team approach

Your Qualifications:

A tertiary qualification in Mechanical Engineering is essential, along with a sound working history as a Mechanical Engineer (approx. 10 years). 

Ideally you will have a strong working knowledge of Solid Works, AutoCAD & Excel.

So now that you have identified that this may be your next career move, here are the finer and important details to help support your goals:

Your salary:

This is a full-time permanent position working 40 hours per week, and is offering an excellent base salary, commensurate with your experience, + 11% superannuation + 17.5% annual leave loading and 1 RDO per month.

How to apply:

In the first instance, you can contact Vivian Meloni from Complete Recruitment Matters for a confidential discussion on (03) 9249 9650, or simply click onto the apply now button to submit your cover letter and resume for consideration.