Structural Engineer

Our client is a well-established Australian engineering and manufacturing business operating within the materials-handling sector is seeking an experienced Structural Engineer for its Ingleburn team.

With a national footprint supporting major industrial, mining, manufacturing and infrastructure clients, the business designs, manufactures and delivers complex overhead-crane, lifting and materials-handling systems.

Benefits

• Permanent, full-time position offering a highly competitive salary tailored to your specialist crane-design experience
• Ownership of technically complex projects from initial design and calculations through to fabrication and delivery.
• Work closely with experienced engineers, drafters and manufacturing teams in a practical, collaborative environment.

Key responsibilities 

• Complete the structural design and analysis of overhead-crane systems.
• Design bridge girders, runway beams and associated supporting structures.
• Calculate crane wheel loads, dynamic forces and relevant load combinations.
• Assess fatigue, buckling, deflection and local stresses within crane structures.
• Develop practical designs for fatigue-sensitive welded and fabricated steel components.
• Prepare engineering calculations, design reports and verification documentation.
• Use structural-analysis and FEA software to model and validate designs.
• Review drawings and provide technical guidance to drafting and manufacturing teams.
• Resolve engineering queries arising during fabrication, installation and commissioning.
• Independently manage design deliverables across multiple projects.
• Ensure designs comply with relevant crane, structural and manufacturing standards.

Requirements –

• A degree in Structural, Civil or a closely related engineering discipline.
• At least five years of direct, hands-on overhead-crane design experience.
• Experience personally designing crane structures—not solely inspecting, maintaining or commissioning cranes.
• Strong experience with bridge girders, crane runways and supporting structures.
• An understanding of both the crane structure and its interaction with the runway system.
• Experience calculating dynamic crane loads and fatigue-sensitive structural details.
• Knowledge of AS 1418 or another internationally recognised crane-design code.
• Experience with structural-analysis, FEA, calculation and CAD packages such as SpaceGASS, Strand7, Mathcad and AutoCAD, or comparable software.
• Practical knowledge of structural-steel fabrication, welding and manufacturing.
• CPEng, RPEQ or progress towards professional registration.

MAYDAY Recruitment is also recruiting a Mechanical Design Engineer with direct overhead-crane design experience. Candidates whose experience crosses both disciplines are encouraged to apply or you want to speak about other potential vacancies please Apply or drop me an email with an up to date resume to – ••••@maydaytechnical.com