Why work at MPC?

“We are a team of 17 that like what we do. We know we are the Maths in the Middle… the piece between aesthetic design and practical construction that does the maths … on the loads, the forces, the transfers… to make sure each element and the structure as a whole WORKS!

From stunning upgrades of residential alterations and additions to many of the region’s schools with their COLA’s and amazing Multi Purpose Sports Facilities and hospitals, aged care centres and medical centres.

For high end homes for expansive water or mountain views and open plan living in harsh environmental conditions also prone to earthquakes or even a bit of mine subsidence!  As well as medium density mixed use and multi-rise residential developments in Newcastle’s growth and expansion.

There are also the many recreational facilities and structural assessments for local Newcastle, Lake Macquarie and Port Stephens Councils, School Infrastructure NSW, Catholic Schools Office, St Philips Christian Colleges or the Newcastle Jockey Club.

They rely on us and we are trustable. We deliver safe, strong, stable structures that are practical and last.

So – yes – you will have a terrific variety of work.

You will also be working for a company that has a 88% repeat/referral rate.  That means that 80% of our projects each year come from repeat clients and 8% come from referrals – we are reliable, we are trustable, we are quality.

We work hard for this and we are proud of this.

What’s Involved?

This role is full time, five days a week.

It is located in the picturesque Newcastle East CBD sandwiched in between Newcastle Beach, Foreshore Park and the Harbour where the big coal tankers come in and out.  You will see and hear the Airforce F18/F35s, the Fort Scratchley Canons and the TugBoats showing off their water displays. The Grain Store, Customs House Hotel, Rustica, Scotties or Sticky Rice Thai are all within 300m.

You will need to have your Engineering Degree, CP Eng, NER and at least 7 years’ experience.

Essential experience is in Steel, Concrete and Timber in both Residential and Commercial. Being able to do hand calcs to set up your models is a critical start to having a good technical sense and being able to produce practical design solutions.

Preferred Experience in other sectors, particularly Schools, Health/Aged Care and Government helps to round out that Design Consulting Engineer.

You can either be a focussed technical senior engineer or a project managing/technical senior.

You do the Site Inspections for the Projects you help to design, so having an MPC car is fairly critical to your time management and progression.

The work will involve, but not limited to

• Calculations, modelling and analysis
• Concepts, including being willing to learn to do butter papers if you don’t already
• Quality Engineering Design
• Technically superior
• Quality Coordination with our Senior Draftspeople and other consultants.
• Site Inspections, Responding to RFIs and Shop Drawing Reviews during Construction
• Work in high pressure time environments sometimes – as part of delivering for our clients
• Having a can do attitude
• General administration tasks such as daily timesheets, archiving, scanning and working in Microsoft Excel Spreadsheets, MarkUps in Adobe pdf, BlueBeam