Engineering Manager

Engineering Manager

• Engineering & Design
• Perth
• Permanent / Full Time

3/6/2026

• Materials handling focus
• West Perth Location
• Expert Team - built to deliver

WGA is an Australian and New Zealand company like no other – we are technically led, loved by our long-term clients and have deep roots in our communities. With a team of over 800 people, WGA provides a rich, diverse, and empowered workplace, and offers you a chance to work alongside some of the best in the business.

WGA offers an outstanding working environment that fosters and supports mutual learning, respect, dignity, cultural openness, and an appreciation of differing perspectives and backgrounds. We strive to offer inspiring career paths and a selection of fantastic employee benefits including exceptional parental leave options, flexible hours and work from home capability and learning and development programs tailored to you.

We empower our engineers and designers to think outside the square and dare to be different in their delivery of tailored design engineering solutions across the Buildings, Transport, Water Infrastructure, Urban Development, Ports and Marine, Energy, Defence and Resources sectors.

About our Role

With an ability to blend major materials handling and ports design projects with sustaining capital works and a range of exciting developments in between, our multi-disciplined team based in West Perth have quickly established themselves as a go-to delivery partner.

Overland conveyors, new port infrastructure and highly sought after resources facilities are just some of the opportunities that await you as an experienced Engineering Manager within our Industrial division.

About you

• Previous experience as Engineering Manager on materials handling projects.
• Mechanical Engineering background preferred.
• 15+ years working within the engineering industry with majority exposure to resources/mining and materials handling preferred.
• Experience within the consulting environment.
• Previous role as Mechanical Lead Engineer on large projects is desirable.
• Ability to lead and integrate multi-discipline design engineering teams (including sub consultants).

Required experience

• Ensure all engineering work is completed on schedule, stays within baseline hour budgets, and adheres to strict change management processes
• Direct interfaces between the engineering team and other project execution groups, such as Procurement, Project Controls, and the Client team
• Guarantee that deliverables meet WGA’s quality standards, review procedures, and safety compliance requirements
• Lead technical meetings
• Lead design and SiD reviews
• Input and lead progress and schedule reporting
• Own and manage the engineering deliverables list

About working with us

At WGA we believe a diverse workplace fosters unique and progressive ideas and drives our culture of learning and sharing knowledge. We encourage all to apply because whatever your background you can progress your career and enjoy the benefits that only a privately owned organisation can offer.

WGA is a Work180 endorsed workplace for women, find out more at WGA | WORK180 Endorsed Employer