Project Engineer - APAC

Project Engineer (Full-time)

Project Delivery and Technical Support

Location: Deepwater Australasia, Perth, AU (CBD)

Reports to: General Manager (Functional Manager: Sr. Project Engineer)

Experience level: Up to 5 years’ experience

Travel: Ad hoc domestic or international travel may be required

Right to Work: Required for Australia

Inclusions: Superannuation; professional development budget and memberships; training opportunities in other Deepwater global offices

Position Overview

Deepwater Australasia is seeking a Project Engineer to support the delivery of subsea corrosion control and cathodic protection projects across the APAC region.

This role is primarily focused on project management and engineering support, technical documentation, basic calculation sheets, quality documentation, document control, supplier coordination, and project close-out support. The successful candidate will work under our Senior Project Engineer and collaborate with Project Managers, Project Engineers, suppliers and fabricators.

Prior experience in cathodic protection or corrosion control is beneficial but not essential. The role is suitable for an early-career engineer with strong attention to detail, good written communication, strong Excel capability, and the ability to work carefully with technical information, drawings, specifications, standards, and project documents.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist in the planning and execution of engineering, fabrication, manufacturing and offshore installation projects.
• Assist in writing Project Quality Management Plans and overseeing the execution of projects within those plans. This may involve in-house engineering and manufacturing as well as managing the quality of external providers, such as outsourced fabricators and specialist suppliers.
• Maintain project trackers, action lists, document registers, procurement trackers, and progress updates.
• Follow up with internal teams, suppliers, and fabricators to close actions.
• Support project planning, cost tracking, invoicing forecasts, and closeout activities.
• Comply with Deepwater HSE policies, JSA/risk assessment participation, and incident reporting.
• Work within Deepwater’s ISO 9001 Quality Management System.
• Technical Support
• Assist with basic technical reports, calculation sheets, design summaries, installation procedures, inspection reports, and closeout documents under guidance from senior engineers.
• Compile technical inputs from engineers, suppliers, and project managers into clear deliverables.
• Review drawings, specifications, procedures, and standards to identify project requirements.
• Third-Party Fabricator & Supplier Support
• Assist with domestic and overseas third-party fabricators, ensuring adherence to project timelines, quality requirements, and cost objectives.
• Support supplier audits and performance evaluations to verify compliance with ISO 9001 quality management systems and contractual obligations.
• Assist with logistics and supply chain coordination, ensuring efficient material flow and on-time delivery of components.
• Review and compile manufacturing documentation as per client specifications, including but not limited to ITP, MDR, MOC, TQ, material traceability.
• Collaborate with quality assurance teams to maintain product integrity and support root cause analysis for defects or process deviations.
• Site and Travel Support
• Be available to support site-based project activities where required, including fabrication yard visits, testing, offshore inspections and installation support.
• Domestic or international travel may be required from time to time, depending on project requirements.
• Travel is ad hoc and project-specific and may occasionally be required at short notice.
• Must be capable of performing site/offshore work and pass basic offshore medicals (e.g. OGUK/AMSA) as well as BOSIET/HUET tickets. If not held, training will be provided by Company.

Required Skills And Experience

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Materials Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Up to 5 years of relevant experience.
• Strong Microsoft Excel and SolidWorks skills.
• Strong written communication skills. Must be proficient in technical writing.
• High attention to detail.
• Ability to prepare structured reports, registers, trackers, and technical documents.
• Ability to read and understand drawings, specifications, procedures, and standards.
• Good communication, task prioritisation and follow-up skills.
• Practical, organised, and willing to learn.

Desirable Skills

• Exposure to fabrication, manufacturing, QA/QC, testing, or project delivery.
• Familiarity with ISO 9001 quality systems.
• Familiarity with ITPs, MDRs, FATs, SATs, TQs, MOCs, NCRs, and material traceability.
• Exposure to cathodic protection, corrosion control, offshore structures, pipelines, oil and gas, or subsea projects.

What Success Looks Like

A successful person in this role will:

• Keep project records accurate and up to date.
• Produce clean reports, calculation sheets, trackers, and closeout documents.
• Follow up actions without constant prompting.
• Use Excel confidently.
• Write clearly and professionally.
• Support Project Managers and Project Engineers in keeping projects organised and moving.
• Learn CP and corrosion control progressively through project work and training.

Why Deepwater

Established in 1986, Deepwater is one of the world’s leading specialist companies in offshore corrosion control, cathodic protection, subsea monitoring, and retrofit anode systems. The company has built its reputation by designing, manufacturing, installing, inspecting, and supporting corrosion control systems for offshore and marine infrastructure worldwide, with particular strength in retrofit technology for ageing assets requiring life extension.

Deepwater’s strength lies in specialist corrosion control engineering, proprietary technology, and practical offshore project delivery. Its technologies, including Polatrak subsea CP probes, I-Rod corrosion-preventing pipe supports, RetroBuoy ICCP retrofit system and RetroLink anode strings are used worldwide and have helped set the benchmark for offshore corrosion control, subsea monitoring, and cathodic protection retrofit solutions.

For an early-career engineer, this role provides exposure to end-to-end engineering within a specialist company, including design, product development, fabrication, testing, installation support, project management, and project delivery. It is suited to someone who wants to develop genuine technical capability and project delivery competence in a high-value niche engineering field.

Prior cathodic protection experience is beneficial but not essential. Deepwater will provide strong training and development support through real project work, mentoring from experienced engineers, internal technical guidance, and external training where appropriate, including AMPP / NACE training where suitable. This aligns with the role’s intended focus on training, development, and progression.

The role can progress toward either project management or technical corrosion engineering, depending on the candidate’s strengths and interests. Deepwater will provide the exposure, support, and responsibility required to build a long-term career in this specialist field.