Location Sydney, New South Wales Category Engineering, Technology, & Science Job Type Full time Job Id R2126928 Posted Date 07/23/2026
Title:
Mechanical Field Engineer
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With over 65 years working on some of Australia’s largest and most complex projects, KBR has unmatched experience supporting the nation’s critical infrastructure, energy transition and national security priorities. KBR has around 2,000 employees throughout Australia, who are focused on delivering innovative technology and engineering solutions for a safer, more secure and sustainable future.
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The Opportunity:
Join KBR and play a critical role in supporting Australia's Defence capability as a Mechanical Field Engineer within our Capability Life Cycle Manager (CLCM) team. This is an exciting opportunity for a subject matter expert to apply their specialist knowledge across a broad range of complex mechanical systems while contributing to the sustainment and operational readiness of key Defence assets.
In this role, you will provide technical leadership and engineering expertise across mechanical systems, including seawater, freshwater, HVAC, hydraulic and pneumatic systems, and mechanical handling and lifting equipment.
As a senior member of the engineering team, you will mentor and support fellow Mechanical Engineers, fostering collaboration and technical excellence across CLCM engineering activities.
Holding an Engineering Delegation, you will deliver risk-based engineering advice and recommendations, partnering with the ACSSPO Principal Engineer to ensure safe, effective, and efficient outcomes for the PBS.
Responsibilities:
- Deliver engineering activities to ensure compliance with approved policy, plans and processes. Conduct work to the requirements of the Engineering Management Plan and individual CSC task plans.
- Exercise technical oversight and assurance over the engineering activities via the cycle of systems engineering, configuration control and materiel support processes.
- Provide governance of technical certification of systems including compliance with standards, specifications and regulations and assuring fitness for purpose on delivered systems.
- Manage the required systems engineering process including requirements engineering, integration engineering, verification and validation, test and evaluation, mechanical, electrical, structural and safety engineering.
- Develop tasking statements for design tasks to be executed in accordance with the planned schedule.
- Work within a multidisciplinary team to develop requirements and solutions to the requirements in the context of Engineering Change Management, Configuration management, Systems Safety and Certification.
- Review engineering design task deliverables and conduct associated technical Design Reviews.
- Verify new Request for Problem Resolution (RPR) against the approved Requirements baseline, Certification Basis and Safety Case on the PBS.
- Manage Request for Variations (RFV) assigned prior to expiry date to Return to Standard (RTS), Make Permanent or cancellation.
As the ideal candidate you will bring:
Essential:
- Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical or a related discipline.
- Eligible to obtain SQEP Engineering Delegation Authority within an Authorised Engineering Organisation (AEO).
- Highly developed organisational and analytical skills.
- Hold, or be eligible for, membership of a recognised professional body and registration as Chartered Engineer.
- A minimum of 7 years related experience,
- Must be eligible for ITAR clearance of relevant ship systems.
Desirable:
- Experience in a Department of Defence design delivery.
- Experience in marine design or maintenance.
All candidates will be required to hold and maintain an active Baseline Defence Security Clearance. Only candidates holding a Baseline Clearance or above should apply.
What we will offer you:
- A workplace culture certified as a Great Place To Work
- Competitive salary (including annual reviews)
- Salary packaging/Novated leasing
- Employee stock purchase plans
- Flu shots, skin checks and discounted private health insurance
- Career development: Online learning, mentorship and career pathways
If you’re ready to shape tomorrow, let’s get started. Apply Now!
KBR acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and their continuing connections to land, sea, community and culture. We pay our respects to Elders past and present.
As a Major Service Provider of the Australian Defence Force, an AGSVA security clearance will be required and compliance to International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). As such, our hiring decisions are based on the key requirements of each role and candidates are selected based on their unique strengths and experiences.
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