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Overview Job Type: Permanent position | Full time position Job Description Mechanical Rock Pty Ltd 200 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA 6000 Principal Consultant, Full-Time Permanent Salary Range: From $180,000 - $210,000 (dependant on experience + superannuation) Role Purpose The Principal Consultant is a role model within Mechanical Rock who drives delivery excellence, shapes client engagements, uplifts consulting capability, and supports the strategic direction of the business. They take a systems-thinking view of people, process, and technology Responsibilities & Accountabilities Engagement Leadership & Client Partnership Lead complex engagements and shape strategic direction for clients. Key Activities: Lead consulting engagements from discovery through delivery, balancing client needs with Mechanical Rocks standards. Facilitate alignment discussions, design sessions, and executive-level conversations. Anticipate risks, trade-offs, and delivery constraints; make decisions that optimise business value. Shape engagement direction through insight, experimentation, and evidence-based recommendations. Ensure delivery excellence and successful client outcomes across multiple workstreams. Complex Problem Solving & Systems Thinking Solve the right problems, not just the obvious ones. Key Activities: Apply systems thinking to analyse problems across people, process, and technology. Navigate ambiguity to find clarity and shape the problem alongside clients. Develop approaches that optimise long-term outcomes rather than just short-term fixes. Run experiments and measure results to verify improvement opportunities. Technical & Delivery Excellence (Across All Streams) Set standards for quality across Mechanical Rocks consulting practice. Key Activities: Demonstrate mastery in core consulting craft. Guide teams toward delivering high-quality, testable, maintainable solutions. Ensure engineering practices, design approaches, or delivery frameworks are consistently applied. Contribute to the refinement of Mechanical Rocks playbooks and consulting toolkits. Coaching, Mentoring & Developing Others Build the capability of the consulting team. Key Activities: Mentor Senior Consultants and Consultants in both technical craft and consulting skills. Offer clear feedback, coaching, and defined growth pathways. Create learning opportunities through pairing, facilitation, and reflective conversations. Support capability uplift across delivery, engineering, and design disciplines. Thought Leadership & Community Impact Shape Mechanical Rocks voice, reputation, and contribution across the community and tech ecosystem. Key Activities: Create blogs, case studies, and technical articles that showcase Mechanical Rocks expertise. Present at meetups, conferences, and internal learning sessions. Share insights and reusable IP to strengthen Mechanical Rocks practice. Represent Mechanical Rock as an active ambassador in the WA tech community. Business Contribution & Strategic Influence Help shape the growth, direction, and capability of the business. Key Activities: Offer strategic input on services, capability, delivery standards, and value propositions. Work with Practice Leads, the CTO, and the Leader of Mechanical Rock on key strategic initiatives. Spot opportunities for new offerings or ways to create more client value. Contribute to bids, pre-sales discussions, and commercial modelling when required. Client Relationships & Value Creation Strategically grow client accounts, own opportunity shaping, and represent Mechanical Rock commercially and technically. Key Activities: Build deep, advisory-level relationships with client leaders and decision-makers. Lead discovery conversations, framing opportunities to add further value and identifying strategic opportunities. Shape and validate follow-on engagements, including scope, approach, risks, and sequencing. Proactively identify longer-term capability roadmaps and partnership opportunities. Work closely with MEL and Consulting Lead to progress, qualify, and convert opportunities. Promote Mechanical Rocks brand and expertise across community, industry, and thought-leadership platforms. Ensure opportunities align with Mechanical Rocks strategy, value chain, and technical excellence principles. Required Skills On-premise and cloud infrastructure with both AWS and Azure experience including: Security: Cybersecurity, Risk & Incident Management, Disaster Recovery, Vulnerability Management Management, Application Security, DevSecOps, Information Security Governance Servers, Networks, Storage, SQL, Desktops Delivery Leadership Experience including: Stakeholder and Vendor management Agile methodology Team leadership, coaching and mentoring How to apply Applications open on 12 March 2026 and close on 11 April 2026. Please send your CV to ****@businessnest.com.au. Please include the job role title in your email. Be careful - Dont provide your bank or credit card details when applying for jobs. Don''t transfer any money or complete suspicious online surveys. If you see something suspicious, report this job ad. #J-18808-Ljbffr