Minerals Institute of Western Australia

Mechanical Engineer

Mechanical engineers apply engineering principles in the utilisation of energy, machinery, equipment and materials. They design machines and mechanical installations and evaluate installed machinery, processes and products. Mechanical engineers in the minerals industry may perform the following tasks:

• undertake the design and construction of resource development projects (eg gas platforms, mining facilities etc)
• design new machines, equipment or systems taking into account costs, material suitability and life, etc;
• carry out research in areas such as use and application of different fuels and energy, materials, heating, handling, storage and pumping of liquids etc;
• use CAD to design plant;
• supervise and manage the working of production plants (eg coal handling, power stations etc);
• set up work control systems.

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