A manufacturing engineer is a linchpin in production engineering and vital to achieving smooth manufacturing processes. Overall, manufacturing engineers ensure the efficient and effective manufacturing operation, from designing and optimizing production processes to managing production schedules and resources and ensuring that the products meet the desired quality standards.
 

Manufacturing engineers are responsible for designing, developing, and improving the manufacturing processes used in a production facility. This involves analyzing the existing processes and identifying areas for improvement, such as reducing waste, increasing efficiency, and improving quality.

They also work to identify and solve production issues, such as defects in products, equipment failures, and production delays. They use problem-solving skills and analytical tools to diagnose problems and implement solutions that prevent these issues from recurring.


Manufacturing engineers are charged with overseeing the production systems used in a facility, including the machinery, equipment, and software. They must also safeguard that the products manufactured meet the required quality standards. To do that, they develop and implement quality control measures, such as statistical process controls, to monitor the production processes and ensure that the products meet the desired specifications.


Manufacturing engineers also manage labor, materials, and equipment, to ensure that the facility meets production goals and timelines. It is important for manufacturing engineers to collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product design, supply chain, and quality control, to ensure that the production processes are aligned with the overall business objectives.


In production engineering, the manufacturing engineers must also research automation techniques to maximize production line efficiency and plan factory layouts that optimize how products are made across entire facilities or warehouses.


As the name of the profession suggests, manufacturing engineers typically work in manufacturing plants or at production sites. They can support manufacturing in sectors such as aerospace, automotive, electronics, medical devices, food processing, chemicals, and more. A fast-growing segment of manufacturing engineering is that of additive manufacturing where 3D printing is used to construct three-dimensional objects from computer-aided design (CAD) models or 3D models.

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Project Engineer

Location: Broadmeadows

Branche: Life Sciences

Expertise: Quality Management

Experience: 2 years

This 12-month contract role is based across Parkville & Melbourne CBD. The Project Engineer will be supporting the consolidation of the R&D office into the clients Melbourne CBD site. The position will involce coordinating the relocation and re establishment of over 400 pieces of laboratory equipment. Coordinate the relocation of 400 laboratory equipment items, including planning, transport, and re-installation. Supervise and manage equipment vendors, ensuring timely completion of all activities. Support general coordination tasks associated with the move of staff and laboratory operations. Provide direction, follow-up, and ensure all tasks are completed in line with project schedules. Coordinate equipment vendors to pack up and relocate equipment

Communications Engineer

Location: Perth

Branche: Information Technology

Expertise: IT & Shared Services

Experience: 3 years

As a Communications Engineer, you will: Collaborate with asset engineers, project managers, and internal stakeholders to meet operational communication requirements. Develop medium- and long-term sustainment strategies for communications systems, ensuring reliability and compliance. Work closely with technical specialists to ensure the right expertise is applied throughout project development and delivery. Oversee contractor performance and benchmark service providers against agreed SLAs and standards. Ensure compliance with relevant legislation and industry standards by engaging with regulators and professional bodies. Drive functional excellence through knowledge sharing, lessons learned, and continuous improvement initiatives. Contribute to commercial outcomes by optimising supplier relationships and demonstrating cost leadership. Manage health, safety, and environmental aspects of service delivery, maintaining high safety standards across all activities.

Project Engineer

Location: Broadmeadows

Branche: Life Sciences

Expertise: Quality Management

Experience: 0 years

This opportunity will allow the successful Project Engineer to work on smaller scale projects that focus on construction, contractor management and GMP compliance. This will be a hands on role managing and coordinating trades onsite, permits, and follwo up works to ensure all projects are delivered on time. . Project responsibilities will require the Project Engineer to spend the majority of their time within the office environment and other times within the production or service plants to supervise contractors in the performance of their duties. Perform commissioning activities, visit equipment suppliers for shop audits/technical reviews or visit engineering workshops to inspect work in progress. Manage contractors and trades on-site, ensuring safe and efficient project delivery. Oversee permits, compliance, and construction management activities. Support project planning, scheduling, and execution within GMP frameworks. Ensure follow-up projects and incomplete works are closed out effectively. Projects can be but not limited to Tank replacements Security office expansions Equipment replacement projects Utilities upgrades

Project Engineer - Mechanical

Location: Kwinana

Branche: Mining

Expertise: Production & Manufacturing

Experience: 3 years

Lead the planning, coordination, and delivery of brownfield sustaining projects in accordance with internal project governance. Apply a hybrid Agile/Scrum project methodology including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives. Collaborate with internal engineering, construction, and operations teams to ensure seamless project execution. Manage contractor interfaces and ensure alignment with project scope and standards. Oversee procurement of materials and services, and track cost and schedule performance. Ensure completed works are handed over smoothly to operational teams. Foster a high-performing, safety-focused project environment that aligns with company policies and procedures

Senior Project Engineer

Location: Gold Coast

Branche: Infrastructure

Expertise: Controlling

Experience: 0 years

We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Engineer to play a key role in delivering this landmark development. You'll be responsible for driving engineering functions, coordinating key stakeholders, and ensuring technical excellence across all project stages, from design through to delivery.

Senior E&I Engineer

Location: Perth

Branche: Conventional Energy

Expertise: Validation

Experience: 5 years

Provide day-to-day electrical and instrumentation engineering support to operations and maintenance teams. Deliver technical assurance and troubleshooting across offshore systems. Assist with project scopes, modification packs, and Management-of-Change (MOC) documentation. Support shutdown and maintenance activities as required, ensuring compliance with company and regulatory standards. Collaborate with the Engineering Manager, discipline leads and offshore teams to resolve E&I issues efficiently. Contribute to reliability improvement initiatives and continuous improvement programs.

Senior Project Engineer - Mechanical

Location: Perth

Branche: Renewable Energy

Expertise: Validation

Experience: 4 years

Lead planning and execution of assigned mechanical work packages on site Manage contract deliverables, reviewing contractor mechanical project documents and management plans Respond to technical queries promptly and provide practical mechanical solutions. Investigate and resolve mechanical engineering issues, recommending best practice solutions.

Well Engineering Technologist

Location: Perth

Branche: Conventional Energy

Expertise: Validation

Experience: 5 years

Act as the local Wells Risk Management focal point, ensuring a consistent and standardised approach to well activity risk management. Serve as the local Standards and WellSafe focal point, managing internal assessments, compliance tracking, and coordination meetings. Collaborate with well engineering teams to review and optimise Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). Partner with WellView data analysts, business partners, and technical teams to deliver performance improvement initiatives. Coordinate with international technical service teams to ensure alignment and knowledge sharing. Conduct occasional field visits to interface with operational teams.

Electrical Engineer - Submarine Escape and Rescue (SERS)

Location: Perth

Branche: Shipbuilding

Expertise: Production & Manufacturing

Experience: 0 years

This position, based in Bibra Lake, takes you far beyond a typical desk job. You will contribute directly to maintaining Australia's readiness to respond to submarine emergencies, combining technical engineering with operational involvement. Some days you will be refining engineering drawings, registers, and compliance procedures. On others, you will be at sea, working with highly specialised equipment in real-world submarine rescue exercises. Few engineering opportunities offer this kind of variety, impact, and sense of purpose. Act as the project engineer, delivering critical technical outputs Provide on-site engineering support for maintenance and operations Maintain engineering dashboards, registers, drawings, and procedures Support bids, tenders, and stakeholder meetings with Australian engineering input Engage with technical authorities to ensure compliance and governance Deploy at sea in support of submarine rescue exercises, maintaining 12-hour readiness for call-outs

Engineering Manager

Location: North Geelong

Branche: Renewable Energy

Expertise: Transport & Logistics

Experience: 5 years

About GeelongPort GeelongPort is Victoria's second largest port located within Victoria's largest regional city, Geelong. Managing close to 14 million tonnes of cargo and 1,060 vessel visits per year, GeelongPort supports the agriculture, construction, energy and tourism sectors. As Victoria's premier bulk port and a major driver of Victoria's economy, GeelongPort facilitates more than $10 billion of trade annually and provides land, infrastructure and services to facilitate trade for some of Victoria's largest businesses. The location of GeelongPort makes it of high strategic significance for Victoria, providing easy access to logistics routes for trade through critical road, rail, air and channel connections for Geelong and south-west Victoria's supply chains. GeelongPort is striving to become one of the most sustainable ports in Australia and is committed to undertaking our activities with care and respect for the environment. At the heart of GeelongPort are our values: Anchored in Safety Because We Live Here Too It Takes All of Us Embrace New Possibilities About the Role We're seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead and manage GeelongPort's engineering operations. This pivotal role provides expert technical advice, ensures the optimal performance of our civil, structural, maritime, and mechanical assets, and delivers strategic guidance on infrastructure development. As Engineering Manager, you will oversee capital projects and maintenance initiatives, driving efficiency, compliance, and continuous improvement. You will foster innovation, mentor team members, and collaborate across the business to deliver outcomes that align with GeelongPort's strategic objectives. Key Responsibilities Provide expert technical advice and leadership across delivery team and disciplines. Oversee the design, construction, modification, and maintenance of infrastructure assets. Lead the project management of capital works, ensuring delivery on time, on budget, and to quality standards. Drive asset management strategies, including lifecycle planning, condition assessments, and risk management. Ensure all engineering activities comply with safety, environmental, and regulatory standards. Foster a culture of mentorship, learning, and professional growth within the engineering function. Champion innovation and continuous improvement across engineering operations.

Data Integration Engineer

Location: Perth

Branche: Information Technology

Expertise: IT & Shared Services

Experience: 4 years

The Data Integration Engineer will play a key role in developing, maintaining, and supporting data integration and ingestion platforms within AWS. This role is central to ensuring seamless and reliable data flow between internal systems, APIs, and cloud data warehouses, enabling accurate, timely, and secure data availability for analytics and operational systems.Working primarily with AWS Lambda (Python), Redshift, and API-based data pipelines, the Data Integration Engineer will deliver scalable, well-documented, and automated ingestion solutions. Responsibilities: Implement, test and deploy AWS Lambda functions for daya ingestions from relational DBs and REST APIs, landing into S3/Redshift. Build robust API-API integrations (auth, paging, idempotency, retries, error handling). Monitor and triage ingestion failures; maintain observability (CloudWatch logs/metrics, alerts). Maintain and improve existing Lambda connectors for legacy integration platform / old warehouse.

Senior Cost Engineer

Location: Brisbane

Branche: Conventional Energy

Expertise: Controlling

Experience: 4 years

Lead the development and maintenance of cost reporting dashboards using Power BI, applying advanced DAX to support project performance tracking, variance analysis, and executive-level reporting Prepare and present monthly cost reports, including earned value analysis Support change management processes Monitor project expenditures and commitments against approved budgets and funding Collaborate with estimating teams to validate and benchmark cost estimates Align cost data with project schedules and planning outputs Ensure compliance with internal controls, governance frameworks, and contractual obligations Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives

Common manufacturing engineer responsibilities 

A manufacturing engineer is responsible for performing a range of production engineering tasks. Responsibilities may include:

  • Designing and developing manufacturing processes to meet requirements;
  • Managing production flow, labor, and material costs for manufacturing;
  • Developing process flow diagrams to identify potential areas of improvement;
  • Establishing process standards for production operations;
  • Developing best practices for manufacturing operations;
  • Reporting on all production data and documentation for internal use;
  • Analyzing data and troubleshooting existing processes to identify areas of improvement;
  • Working with vendors to ensure timely delivery of materials and components for the manufacturing process;
  • Ensuring compliance with manufacturing safety regulations;
  • Providing technical support to diverse production process team members, from machine operators to product developers, among others;
  • Developing cost estimates for new production projects;
  • Implementing new technologies or ways of working to improve manufacturing efficiency;
  • Managing manufacturing team members and providing mentoring or training as needed.

Qualifications for manufacturing engineers 

Manufacturing engineers should possess at least a Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field. Some employers may also require a Master's degree in Engineering. In some countries, a professional certification may be required.

Additional supporting skills and experience include:

  • 2-5+ years of experience in production or process engineering, quality control, or similar;
  • Strong foundation in mathematics and science, as well as knowledge of engineering principles, production processes, and quality control methods;
  • Solid analytical and problem-solving skills, as well as excellent communication and teamwork skills;
  • Proficiency in using diverse computer software, including the latest design, modeling, and calculation software like AutoCAD, SolidWorks, CATIA, Pro/ENGINEER, NX, or similar;
  • Being up-to-date with advances in manufacturing technology and industry trends.

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