Varley Group is an Australian company that has a rich history spanning over 138+ years.
We have evolved into a highly successful, diverse, and multi-national engineering and manufacturing firm servicing a wide variety of major sectors including emergency service, defence, health care, cyber security, mining, marine, rail and more.
Varley Group's network of subsidiaries includes: Norship, SEM Fire & Rescue, Air Boats International, EMC Electric Vehicles, IDES, Introspectus and Frame Group.
With over 1,200 employees in the Varley Group, our company reputation is built on providing first-class work, manufacturing quality products, and providing unsurpassed service.
It is our broad but specialised skills base, and employees that have a passion for doing a good job that gives us a competitive edge.
The Role: We have a permanent position based at our Ballart site for an experienced Engineering Manager to join our Specialised Vehicles team.
This is a unique opportunity where you will: Manage and increase the effectiveness and efficiency for each reporting function as well as coordinate and communicate between all business functions.
Contribute to the development of structures, policies, and processes that support the delivery of engineering projects in full, on time, and fit for purpose.
Drive continuous design process improvement to aid the end-to-end process delivering products more cost-effectively.
Interpret drawings and specifications, and provide advice on engineering methods and procedures to achieve production requirements.
Liaise with marketing and manufacturing managers regarding aspects of new construction and product design and tendering support.
Lead FEA analysis, risk assessments, and DFMEAs, perform manual hand calculations and publish engineering reports as required.
Support and prepare tender responses, work estimates and quotations, liaise with customer, project, and technical personnel ensuring capture and clarity of requirements.
Review and utilise customer specified standards and relevant regulations to prepare system requirements and ensure effectiveness of deliverables.
Lead system integration activities to ensure design packages support/achieve overall integration requirements.
To be successful in this role you will need: Tertiary qualification in Mechanical Engineering (minimum Bachelor Degree).
Substantial experience providing mechanical engineering advice and support including functional specification development, design coordination, safety in design, constructability reviews, testing and commissioning, and the application and development of engineering management systems.
Demonstrated experience in the successful implementation of relevant standards such as Australian Engineering and Technical standards.
Understanding of Australian Design Rules (ADRs) is advantageous.
CPEng / RPEQ (or equivalent) certification, or ability to obtain.
Knowledge of hydraulic & electrical circuits.
Nastran, ANSYS or equivalent FEA.
Why Us: Our people matter to us, so we provide: Good life/work balance.
Variety of work on innovative and market-leading projects.
Permanent position.
Opportunity for career development and encouragement to work across teams to build your skills and experience.
Access to our employee assistance program.
Mentoring and development programs.
To Apply: If this sounds like the role you are looking for, please send your resume and a cover letter outlining your experience.
We know that diverse teams are high performing teams.
At Varley Group, we welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds and we are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.
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