Senior Piping Engineer

Senior Piping Engineer | Brisbane, QLD

Join a leading engineering team delivering major mining and mineral processing projects across Australia.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Piping Engineer to provide technical leadership across studies, FEED, detailed design, brownfield modifications, sustaining capital works, and major project developments within the mining and minerals processing sector. This role is based in Brisbane and offers the opportunity to work within a multidisciplinary team delivering high-quality engineering solutions for complex projects.

About the Role

As a Senior Piping Engineer, you will play a key role in delivering piping engineering services across the project lifecycle, from concept studies through to commissioning support. You will collaborate with stakeholders across engineering disciplines, procurement teams, contractors, and clients to ensure safe, practical, and efficient project outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver piping engineering services across studies, FEED, detailed design, construction, and commissioning.
• Prepare and review piping specifications, calculations, material requisitions, scopes of work, and engineering deliverables.
• Perform and review hydraulic calculations, slurry and process piping designs, pipe stress analysis, and nozzle load assessments.
• Review piping layouts, isometrics, support designs, and 3D model deliverables.
• Support procurement activities, including technical bid evaluations and vendor document reviews.
• Participate in HAZOPs, constructability reviews, model reviews, and project meetings.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to engineering best practices.

What You'll Need to have:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline.
• Mandatory RPEQ registration.
• Strong experience delivering piping engineering solutions within mining, minerals, metals, or mineral processing environments.
• Proven experience across FEED, EPCM, detailed design, construction, and commissioning phases.
• Technical expertise in slurry transport, process piping, dewatering systems, pipe stress analysis, piping supports, and ASME B31.3 standards.
• Experience with engineering tools such as FluidFlow, AFT Fathom, CAESAR II, NozzlePRO, E3D, Smart3D, or Plant3D.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.

About Airswift

Airswift is an international workforce solutions provider within the energy, process and infrastructure industries. Airswift serves as a strategic partner to our clients, offering a turnkey workforce solution to capture and deliver the top talent needed to complete successful projects by aligning with the unique needs of our clients. With over 1000 employees and 9,000+ contractors operating in over 130 countries, our geographical reach and pool of talent available is unmatched in the industry and the level of experience, exposure and expertise that the organization has is unparalleled.

Only candidates with the right to work in Australia will be considered. (Australia Citizen, PR Holder, or Valid Australia working VISA). If you would like to be considered for the position, please apply directly to this advertisement or send your application via email to [email protected] with your updated CV/ resume & contact details. Alternatively, you may contact Kash at**[+61 08 6256 0338](tel:+61 08 6256 0338)**for more information.