Job Description

Are you a senior fluid systems engineer Or a subject-matter expert? the person customers and colleagues turn to when the technical questions get hard?

If you love being the technical authority, interpreting P&IDs, running the sizing and calculations, and validating that a system will perform safely and reliably, we want to hear from you…If you enjoy working alongside Sales, Applications Engineers & Fabrication teams to turn complex customer challenges into sound, field-ready solutions, we want to hear from you…

If you want to help shape technical direction, mentor engineers, and build the engineering capability of a growing Engineering Services team, we want to hear from you…

Who is Swagelok?

Swagelok helps customers minimise their impact on the environment. Our products and services help customers become more energy efficient, reduce emissions, and reach their sustainability goals.

We are a $2.8 billion, privately-held global company that designs, manufactures, and delivers an expanding range of the highest quality fluid system products and solutions. Through an exclusive network of authorised Swagelok sales and service centres, Swagelok delivers knowledge, resources, innovation, and value to customers worldwide.

We have been around since 1947 and our vision is to be the fluid system experts the world relies on. Our mission, as fluid system experts, is to provide integrated commercial, technical, and business solutions that set the benchmark for customer and Swagelok success – creating a high-performance, results-oriented company that creates value for customers, associates and the communities in which it operates.

Check us out – https://anz.swagelok.com/en

About your new role

As a Field Engineer, you will play a senior technical advisory role within Swagelok Australia & New Zealand, acting as a specialist in fluid system engineering and providing authoritative guidance across customer engagements, internal engineering workflows and solution development.

Reporting to the Field Engineering Supervisor within our Engineering Services team, you will strengthen Swagelok’s technical credibility by delivering high-level engineering insight, system interpretation and advisory support that helps us offer safe, reliable and commercially sound solutions.

You will be integrated across the customer project lifecycle from early discovery and qualification, through solution design and proposal development, and into troubleshooting, optimisation and technical review. While physical field activities such as surveys and installation oversight are carried out by our On-Site Services team, you will review their technical findings, validate engineering assumptions, and provide the deeper engineering interpretation needed to guide customers and internal teams. You will support customer visits where complex, high-risk or sensitive technical matters call for specialist input.

This is a consultative, influential role. You will act as a bridge between Sales, Engineering & Fabrications, give Account Managers the technical confidence to pursue advanced opportunities, and provide internal technical leadership that lifts the capability of the wider engineering team.

What you’ll be doing

• Provide high-level engineering advisory support to Sales and Account Managers during discovery, qualification, early design exploration and proposal development.
• Review and interpret P&IDs, GA drawings, installation diagrams, site surveys and specifications to validate design feasibility and identify risks or optimisation opportunities.
• Perform engineering calculations: flow, pressure drop, time delay, heat transfer, material compatibility to validate design assumptions and ensure safe, accurate system operation.
• Use advanced sizing tools and engineering software (e.g. Swagelok sizing tools, AFT Arrow/Fathom, regulator sizing programs) to size valves, regulators, tubing, orifices, flowmeters and specialised third-party components.
• Conduct system-level evaluations of fluid systems: performance, contamination, reliability, installation practice, vibration risk, material compatibility and system integrity.
• Provide the deeper engineering interpretation of on-site findings gathered by the On-Site Services team, and attend customer visits where complex or high-risk matters require specialist input.
• Act as a bridge between Sales, Engineering & Fabrication teams, ensuring customer expectations, field conditions and engineering constraints are fully considered in design work, reducing rework and improving solution quality.
• Provide internal technical leadership, mentoring and supporting capability development across Applications Engineers, Project Engineers and Technical Specialists.
• Collaborate with Engineering Services leadership to refine the tools, processes, training and best-practice frameworks that lift technical standards across the business.
• Produce clear, structured technical reports and advisory outputs that uphold Swagelok’s safety, quality and compliance expectations.

What will make you successful in this role

• An engineering degree in mechanical Engineering or a closely related discipline.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience working with fluid systems in a relevant industry (oil & gas, petrochemical, energy or similar).
• Proven expertise in fluid system technology small bore tubing systems, valves, instruments and components.
• Minimum 3 years performing engineering calculations (flow, pressure, sizing, material compatibility) and sizing / selecting fluid system components.
• Strong ability to interpret P&IDs, drawings, specifications and technical documentation.
• Experience conducting site visits and system evaluations, and writing clear, structured technical reports.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and stakeholder engagement skills, with the confidence to present to medium and large groups.
• Strong computer skills and proficiency with engineering tools and MS Office.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• A valid driver’s licence and a willingness to travel.

Desirable experience

• Prior experience with Swagelok products, tools or technologies.
• Exposure to sampling system evaluations or grab sampling reviews.
• Familiarity with on-site installation quality practices.
• Working experience with AFT Arrow/Fathom
• Knowledge of hydrogen systems or high-pressure applications.
• Experience in the oil & gas, mining, energy, resources or heavy industrial sectors relevant to the Western Australian market.
• Experience coordinating Factory Acceptance Testing and/or supporting site commissioning.
• Experience mentoring, training or supporting others as a subject matter expert.
• Understanding of ISO 9001 or similar engineering governance frameworks.
• Exposure to Energy Institute survey guidelines.

What’s in it for you?

• Career and personal development growth, backed by a supportive leadership team invested in helping you learn, grow and progress.
• Access to world-class Swagelok engineering training, including international travel for training and conferencing.
• A genuine, values-driven team culture – we pride ourselves on truly living our values of Quality, Integrity, Respect for the Individual, Customer Focus, Innovation and Continuous Improvement.
• A collaborative and supportive working environment where your technical expertise is recognised and valued.
• A competitive remuneration package base salary, PLUS uplifts allowance for customer paid site activities, PLUS superannuation and incentives.
• Tools of trade, laptop and mobile phone.