Engineering Manager

Who are we? Swagelok is a global leader in fluid system solutions, offering high-performance products, assemblies, and services across a wide range of industries including oil & gas, chemical processing, power, clean energy, medical and manufacturing. We pride ourselves on delivering engineered solutions with exceptional reliability, backed by our local technical expertise and global capabilities. The Opportunity We’re looking for an Engineering Manager to join our Melbourne-based Engineering Services team, providing people leadership across Applications Engineering, Project Engineering, Field Engineering, and Production Engineering. Reporting to the Engineering Services Director, you will:

• Lead and coach Engineering Supervisors and Engineers, driving performance, capability development, workforce planning, and disciplined workflow management
• Act as the engineering authority, ensuring engineering outputs (designs, specifications, documentation and technical decisions) are accurate, controlled and aligned with Swagelok standards
• Lead cross-functional teams to resolve complex technical and customer issues using structured root cause analysis and continuous improvement methods
• Provide strong project governance and stakeholder communication across the lifecycle (scope, timeline, risk, escalation, reporting, deliverables)
• Strengthen compliance and quality culture (quality systems governance, audits, documentation integrity, NCR/CAPA participation, design validation and change control)
• Partner closely with Fabrication, Operations, Sales, Quality, Supply Chain, On-Site Services and Customer Service to ensure engineering output is manufacturable, compliant and commercially aligned
• Drive continuous improvement and digital enablement (data-driven decision making, dashboards, workflow tools) to improve throughput and reduce rework
• Contribute to business planning and annual business reporting to Swagelok Corporate (in partnership with Finance)

What Are We Looking For? Essential

• Degree qualified engineer with 8+ years progressive engineering experience including people leadership
• Demonstrated experience leading engineering teams in technical services / engineering governance / project delivery environments; related to Fluid systems Engineering.
• Proven capability in regulated / high-compliance engineering
• Strong stakeholder leadership, able to work across engineering, operations, quality, supply chain and commercial functions and communicate clearly to leadership groups
• Experience driving continuous improvement, operational efficiency uplift, and disciplined process adherence
• Strong commercial/financial acumen including planning and reporting exposure

Highly Regarded

• Professional registration / license (e.g., PE, CPEng, RPEQ or equivalent)
• Experience with engineered solutions, assemblies, and fluid system applications

Requirements

• Must be able to work from our Melbourne office (this is an office-based leadership role).
• Applicants must have working rights in Australia or be eligible for employer sponsorship (visa support may be considered).
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Thank you for your understanding.

What’s in It for You?

• $130,000-$150,000 Base + bonus incentives
• Clothing allowance
• Onsite parking
• Full product and systems training
• Career development pathways and access to leadership development
• Join a high-performing team that values quality, technical rigor, and teamwork

Job Type: Full-time Pay: $130,000.00 – $150,000.00 per year Work Location: In person