About Us

TOMRA Food designs and manufactures sensor-based sorting machines and integrated post-harvest solutions for the food industry, using the world's most advanced grading, sorting, peeling and analytical technology. The company's mission is to enable its customers to improve returns, gain operational efficiencies, and ensure a safe food supply via smart, useable technologies.

TOMRA Food is a member of the TOMRA Group founded in 1972 that began with the design, manufacture, and sale of reverse vending machines (RVMs) for automated collection of used beverage containers. Today TOMRA provides technology-led solutions that enable the circular economy with advanced collection and sorting systems that optimize resource recovery and minimize waste in the food, recycling, and mining industries. This person will be operating in the Business Area TOMRA Fresh within TOMRA Food. 

We're after a committed and motivated Design Engineer to join our team and help in the development, delivery, and technical leadership of key projects. We develop products, create technology, and integrate systems. Our work has purpose, and we solve real-world needs. We focus as much on market and commercial development, as we do on the technical development for our solutions.  

If you love challenging convention and imagining how the future may look, this is your chance.


In this role you will:

• This role will see you mechanically designing and developing world leading multi-disciplinary products for TOMRA Fresh sorting machines. This includes:
• Produce detailed design specifications for end-to-end project delivery
• Write test plans, implement testing, and write clear reports with conclusions and recommendations
• Build prototypes in a cost effective and product de-risking manner
• Project plan by making accurate time and cost estimates for projects, and delivering to those estimates
• Provide technical advice and weighing in on decisions that impact projects 

About you

• This role will see you liaising with professionals throughout our organisation from Sales Engineering, R&D, Assembly and Purchasing. Our successful applicant will possess the following skills and experience:
• Tertiary Qualification in Mechanical or Mechatronics Engineering
• Have 3-6+ years' experience in a Mechanical Engineering role
• Experience using Solidworks or another 3D modelling system
• Happy to travel domestically to various sites to install and test prototypes

Why work for us?

• Competitive remuneration package
• Fantastic career development opportunities
• Work within a team of highly experienced Engineers 

How to apply

If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you! All applications will be managed in the strictest confidence.