Project Engineer, Battery (Drive in Drive Out)

Aurecon Australasia Pty is hiring a Project Engineer for a battery project in Collie, Perth WA. The role involves managing inspections, liaising with contractors, ensuring compliance with quality and WHSE standards, and maintaining stakeholder relationships. It requires on-site presence for daily engagement with the construction team. The position offers a 38-hour work week with overtime, accommodation, and vehicle access.
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As an engineer you’re no doubt aware of Aurecon – we’ve been a leading design, engineering and advisory company for decades. But why should you choose to join us?

Every project Aurecon delivers leaves a legacy. Every project has sustainability embedded in decision making. And every project is at the leading-edge of technical eminence.

Aurecon plays a critical role in partnering with our client to ensure that the project’s battery OEM (Tesla) and the EPC contractor are delivering to quality specifications and standards. The site representative role will be based in Collie and engage daily on site with the site manager and construction team.

The role is a 38-hour week baseline, with overtime allowed for. There are additional benefits including accommodation and access to a vehicle.
The key tasks that Aurecon’s site representative will undertake will include:
• Management of inspections, liaising with Aurecon SMEs as required to ensure site attendance
• Undertake or manage the completion of all Inspections and certification tasks
• Coordinate with back-office to ensure inspections are undertaken with specialist experts as required
• Contractor engagement
• Maintain good working relationship with Contractors and all subcontractors on site
• Review and comment on the Contractors’ monthly and weekly reports
• Review of Contractors’ monthly project schedules and confirming correctness of progress and correctness of sequence of proposed activities
• Not to interfere with the construction works unless in case of imminent WHSE concern
• WHSE
• Help ensure the adherence of WHSE requirements of the Project, always leading by example in WHSE compliance
• Report and help ensure all site personnel report accidents and near misses
• Reporting
• Attend and contribute to pre-starts and toolboxes on site
• Ad hoc reporting (verbal or written if required) to client as required
• Keep records of meetings. Write and manage detailed meeting minutes ensuring correctness of records
• Record and keep photographic evidence of all site activities
• Maintain complaints and stakeholder register, taking ownership over landowner, community, indigenous and other stakeholder matters with support of the Contractors where required.
• Facilities installation & levelling:
• Confirming that site preparation has been completed as per the construction drawings, being land clearing, small construction roads, heavy construction roads and laydown area
• Equipment installation inspection, confirming installation within specified conditions and tolerances
• Equipment inspection at delivery, confirming that equipment is available on site
• Inspections (by Site Rep or SMEs as required) and sign joint site inspection reports for monthly payment milestones
• Performance Guarantees including:
• Minimum Real Power Output Capacity Guarantee
• Minimum Energy Discharge Capacity Guarantee, and
• Round Trip Efficiency Guarantee,
• Validation of Mechanical Completion (Payment Milestone)
• Validation of Practical Completion, including issue of Defect Lists (Punch list)
Ready to bring ideas to life?

Then please apply. Remember, it’s you and how you bring ideas to life which are important. Your background, unique needs and individuality will be valued. Visit our website to learn more at www.aurecongroup.com or you can apply right now at aurecongroup.com.au/R29539