Lead SMP Designer

Job description

Role Opportunity:
Our client is seeking a highly skilled Lead SMP Designer to join a Perth-based team and work closely with the Design Manager. This role is ideal for an experienced designer looking to step into a key leadership position, guiding a small team and contributing to high-quality brownfields and sustaining capital projects across a diverse client base. You'll be joining a collaborative design team with strong capability across Mechanical, Structural, and Piping disciplines, supporting projects moving from study phase into detailed design.

Benefits:
  • Opportunity to support a growing design function with strong project pipelines
  • Work alongside an experienced and supportive Design Manager and multidisciplinary team
  • 12 month contract with strong possibility of extension

Essential Skills and Qualifications:
  • 10+ years' experience in SMP design
  • Minimum 5 years' experience in brownfields / sustaining capital projects
  • Proven experience leading, managing, or coordinating small teams of designers/drafters
  • Experience across both materials handling and mineral processing design
  • Piping design experience highly desirable to complement existing team strengths
  • Proficiency in Bentley OpenPlant/OpenBuildings and/or Autodesk Plant 3D
  • Strong understanding of brownfields constraints, site integration, and constructability

Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Lead, coordinate, and oversee the production of high-quality modelling and drafting deliverables
  • Work closely with the Design Manager to manage resource planning, forecasting, and team workflows
  • Contribute to and develop fit-for-purpose design solutions for sustaining capital and brownfields projects
  • Provide technical guidance and support to a small team of designers and drafters
  • Ensure deliverables meet project standards, client requirements, and design integrity
  • Collaborate with internal engineers and external stakeholders to resolve design challenges

About Our Client:
Our client excels in delivering projects for the mining and resource industry, assisting clients in successfully developing and implementing solutions by drawing on their extensive expertise and experience in multidisciplinary engineering design and project management.

How to Apply:
Click the APPLY button or contact Georgia Waite on (08) 64670629 for a confidential discussion

About Titan Recruitment:
Titan Recruitment is an Australian-owned engineering and technology recruitment consultancy with over 25 years of industry insights. We create opportunities that connect clients and candidates. View all jobs at titanrecruitment.com.au

Titan Recruitment is an advocate for Equal Employment Opportunity, and we encourage applications from all interested applicants