Process Engineer

At Beca there are endless opportunities and no shortage of exciting projects within the Industrial team working across the food and beverage, manufacturing, minerals and metals, chemicals, forestry and water sectors. You'll join a diverse and talented team delivering creative, innovative solutions in partnership with our clients. 

Be part of a motivated and trusted team, dedicated to developing and sharing technical innovation to push boundaries and continually challenge and overcome convention and constraints, to transform our world for the better. 

The Opportunity 

Our Industrial group of technical engineering and project management specialists have demonstrated their ongoing commitment to delivering innovative and successful project solutions for our clients. As a result, we are seeking a Process Engineer to join our team, to partner with our clients in delivering all sized projects and capital works. 

This role is ideal for someone with established experience who is looking to take the next step in their Career by playing a lead role in project delivery and supporting the development of their colleagues. 

Based in our Melbourne or Sydney office and working amongst our team of experienced engineers, you will step into a supportive culture where you can be involved, be heard and be encouraged to lead. With a wide range of technical and leadership challenges to grow your skills and knowledge, there are endless opportunities to develop your technical engineering and delivery capabilities, while learning from our leaders and experts. 

About You 

This position would suit a degree qualified Process or Chemical Engineer with experience in delivering capital projects within the food, beverage, energy, manufacturing, minerals, metals or water industries. You will be highly organised with outstanding technical and communication skills, and the ability to influence and drive successful project outcomes for the business and our clients. Previous on-site experience and consulting experience will be well-regarded. 

While each project you work on will be different in scope and scale, this role will see you: 

• Leading process designs, including PFD and P&ID development, developing specifications for process equipment and supporting the tendering of major equipment. 

• Build strong long-term relationships with our clients, demonstrate your ability to understand our client's core business, translate client requirements into project deliverables, and ensure that services meet their expectations. 

• Demonstrate your ability and passion for providing technical advice to improve process capacity or troubleshoot issues either in the main plant or in the utility space. 

• Undertake and lead process reviews, investigations, options assessments and designs. 

• Work effectively in a team environment to deliver multi-disciplinary design, coordinating process design inputs and outputs with other disciplines, from early phase scope definition to detailed design.  

• Manage project finances, including cost tracking, forecasting, and ensuring spend aligns with budget objectives. 

• Leading and mentoring more junior engineers and their professional growth and development. 

• Bring flexibility to travel to work alongside clients to deliver projects – gaining industrial site experience through short to long term assignments as part of site-based engineering teams during the implementation phase, including procurement, construction and commissioning. 

This exciting opportunity will see you step into a supportive and inclusive work environment that values diversity and continuous improvement. You will be given opportunities for professional growth and development as well as mentorship from our highly experienced process engineering team. 

What we offer 

A career with Beca will provide you with: 

• Career Growth & Development: Your growth is our priority! Benefit from continuous learning through our training programmes and support for professional accreditation, including pathways to Chartership with Engineers Australia. Work alongside industry leaders and gain hands-on experience to empower your career potential. 

• Flexibility & Wellbeing: We recognise that achieving a work-life balance is unique to everyone. Enjoy flexible working options to manage your personal and family priorities, along with dedicated leave for wellbeing and community engagement. 

• Belonging & Ownership: Join a diverse and inclusive team where collaboration and creativity thrive. Bring your whole self to work and take advantage of unique shareholder opportunities to share in our collective success. 

• Parental Leave: Take time for what matters most with up to 14 weeks of fully paid parental leave, inclusive of all genders. 

Beca prides itself on supporting a diverse and inclusive culture – open to inputs from creative people of all genders, ethnicity, identity, thought and experiences. 

About Beca 

Beca is one of the Asia-Pacific region's largest employee-owned professional services consultancies. Our team of over 4,000 professionals is diverse enough to bring a wide range of perspectives and expertise to every client and challenge, creating resourceful, smart solutions from our collective experience and insights. 

‘Creative people together transforming our world’ is our vision. It reflects our culture, our aspirations and our purpose – to Make Everyday Better. Our four values – partnership, tenacity, enjoyment and care – sit at the heart of everything we do, reflecting how we work every day with each other and our clients. Our size and agility mean you’re not just on the fringes; you’re making a visible difference, partnering to develop and deliver solutions from the ground up. 

Ready to Be involved. Be heard. Belong? / Apply now 

If you want to make every day better, apply online today!  If you have any questions, you can find out more about our people and projects by visiting www.beca.com 

Beca prides itself on supporting a diverse and inclusive culture – open to inputs from creative people of all genders, ethnicity, identity, thought and experiences.