Senior Mechanical Engineer

About ADE Power and Rarekind

ADE Power is experiencing significant growth due to high demand for its precision-engineered acoustic and modular enclosures. This expansion brings complexity and a sustained pipeline of opportunities. Rarekind is facilitating the search for a Senior Mechanical Engineer to join ADE Power's high-performing design team.

The Opportunity: Lead and Build

Step into a role where you won’t just design; you’ll lead, shape, and influence how engineering is delivered across a fast-moving manufacturing business. This position is crucial for coaching and guiding the team to strengthen capability, improve delivery, and set the foundation for the next phase of growth. You’ll have the opportunity to build processes, build capability, and build a high-performing engineering function that can scale with the business.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry the technical authority for mechanical design, owning the review and approval of drawings, calculations, and specifications, ensuring they are workshop-ready.
• Mentor graduate engineers and draftspersons, providing feedback, development, and direction.
• Lead mechanical design activities across manufacturing, assembly, and installation, ensuring compliance with Australian Standards, safe design principles, and client specifications.
• Produce and review detailed drawings, calculations, and documentation that are accurate, practical, and optimized for manufacture.
• Manage design timelines to align engineering outputs with production schedules, providing technical clarification and resolving issues quickly.
• Build standard designs, processes, and structured ways of working to improve consistency, reduce rework, and support repeatable delivery.
• Conduct design risk assessments, engineering change reviews, and root cause investigations.
• Provide technical input to project managers, clients, and suppliers, supporting effective decision-making across the project lifecycle.

What You'll Bring

• A credible mechanical engineer with strong design depth and practical sense.
• A genuine interest and demonstrated ability in mentoring junior engineers and technical staff.
• Essential background in manufacturing or heavy industrial environments.
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent, with 5+ years’ experience.
• Strong mechanical design capability, able to produce and review detailed, build-ready drawings and calculations independently.
• Sound knowledge of Australian Standards, safe design principles, and quality management requirements.
• A practical mindset – designing for manufacture, avoiding unnecessary complexity, and resolving issues at the source.
• Strong communication skills and confidence working across teams and with external stakeholders.
• CPEng or progress towards it is an advantage (desirable).

What's On Offer

• Visible and lasting impact on the engineering function's operations.
• Inherit a capable graduate team ready for development.
• A business that genuinely values engineering quality.
• Autonomy to introduce and implement desired processes and standards.
• Real influence over engineering processes, standards, and ways of working.
• Strong growth trajectory with opportunities for broader leadership.
• A hands-on environment where engineering decisions directly impact production.
• Competitive salary aligned with experience, with flexibility.
• Permanent, full-time position.

Key Skills/ Competency

• Mechanical Design
• Engineering Leadership
• Team Mentoring
• Manufacturing Processes
• Process Improvement
• Australian Standards
• Safe Design Principles
• Quality Management
• Project Management
• Problem Solving