Senior Rotating Equipment Engineer (Karratha)

Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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reference
Job reference 1268017
location
Location Perth, Western Australia, Australia
sector
Sector Energy - Oil & Gas
function
Function Engineering & Design
type
Employment type Contract
date
Date published January 13, 2026

About Airswift

Airswift is an international workforce solutions provider. With 1000 employees and 9,000 contractors operating in over 70 countries, Airswift's geographical reach, experience and expertise across the energy, mining, infrastructure and technology sectors is unparalleled.

About the Role

Woodside is looking for a Senior Rotating Equipment Engineer to join the Team for a 12 months+ time horizon. This role is Karratha based.

In this role, you will have an excellent opportunity to further enhance your operational and technical engineering skills and experience working with a wide variety of rotating equipment; working in a multi-discipline team developing effective, fit for purpose and executable solutions to address facility risks in a prioritised manner.

Position: Senior Rotating Equipment Engineer

Location: Karratha (residential)
Indicative Term of Contract: 12 months

Skills & Qualifications:

  • Degree in Mechanical Engineering with 10+ years in a technical Rotating Equipment Engineer capacity
  • Experience on industrial rotating machinery including gas turbines (heavy duty and aeroderivative), compressors (centrifugal, axial and reciprocating) and pump
  • 5+ years experience in Oil & Gas operations
  • Process Safety knowledge
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.
  • Ability to coach junior engineers
  • Strong understanding of management of change, risk identification & assessment.
  • Strong interpersonal & communication skills.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead complex plant modifications to reduce safety, environmental, regulatory, and financial risks to ALARP.
  • Provide technical input into equipment breakdown and troubleshooting, performance monitoring, maintenance strategy and work planning, HAZOP / LOPA workshops, ART forums, and incident investigations.
  • Manage external service providers for multidiscipline projects including scope definition, budget approval, assurance reviews, and schedule tracking.
  • Collaborate across disciplines to deliver practical engineering solutions and support planning engineering via maintenance strategies, procedure updates, and queries

Only candidates with the right to work in Australia will be considered

Interested or know someone who fits the role? Let's connect!

hassan.reza@airswift.com

+618 6118 5956

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