Capital Engineer

The Opportunity

We're looking for a driven, hands-on Capital Engineer who takes ownership, thrives in fast-moving environments, and brings ideas to life with precision and pace.

This role is perfect for someone who doesn't wait for direction. You plan, engage, and execute with energy and accountability. You'll lead capital projects that expand and improve our production network, working side-by-side with operations, supply chain, and external partners to deliver real outcomes.

If you're hungry to make an impact and want to see your work directly shape our organization's growth, this is your opportunity!

What you'll do

• Own capital projects end-to-end, from design through to commissioning, ensuring quality, safety, and timelines are met based on the original scope.
• Engage proactively across functions (M&SC, R&D, Ops, Tech) and all levels of the organization, from operators to senior leaders to align priorities, resolve issues early, and keep momentum high.
• Drive accountability across vendors and internal teams, ensuring commitments are met and standards upheld.
• Maintain full control of CAPEX governance, delivering clean documentation, transparent budgets, and lessons learned that raise the bar for future projects.

Requirements

• 3-5 years' experience in Project Engineering within FMCG, food, or manufacturing.
• A bias for action, you anticipate challenges, communicate early, and solve problems without waiting to be asked.
• A strong sense of ownership, you follow things through and take pride in seeing great results.
• Confident relationship skills, you're comfortable influencing and collaborating with different teams and contractors.

Benefits

• Work in a fast-growing start-up, experiencing what goes behind the scenes to sustain hyper-growth for a start-up with a physical product!
• Growth and Development - Our organization is growing extremely quickly, which means you will have the opportunity to experience different challenges every day and progressively acquire more responsibilities as our facility and team expands. We provide an annual budget for you to continue your personal development.
• Work for a sustainability-focused company - we care about the health of our pets and our planet. We're proud to be Australia's only carbon-negative and plastic-negative pet company and we're always looking at ways for us to improve sustainability practices.
• Be part of a diverse top talent team, coming from widely different backgrounds and geographies.
• Up to 18 weeks of paid parental leave top-up.
• Wellbeing assistance and tools to take care of your mental and physical wellbeing so you can do your best work.
• Pupper parent support to care for your furry friends - flexible arrangements for new pets, pet-friendly offices, discounts, and financial allowance for dog training & care to help them live their best life.

We are committed to building inclusive and diverse teams

Our organization is an equal opportunity employer devoted to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. We celebrate diversity, are devoted to creating an inclusive environment for all staff and encourage people of all backgrounds to apply. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of application.