Delivered by Best-in-Class Technicians for 20 Years
For over 20 years, MEX Engineering Group has operated as the critical infrastructure partner for some of Australia’s most demanding manufacturing and processing environments. We deliver every project under strict HSEQ risk discipline, ensuring safe, compliant, and right-first-time engineering execution.
Unlike other engineering firms who rely on transient labour, we invest heavily in our dedicated in-house training centre to develop the most skilled industrial electricians and mechanical fitters in the industry. This guarantees stable site teams, deep institutional memory, and unparalleled workmanship for your plant. MEX Engineering Group is a CMSE® (Certified Machinery Safety Expert – TÜV NORD) and houses the NSW Centre of Excellence for Additive Manufacturing.
Why choose MEX Engineering Group for manufacturing audits?
MEX Engineering Group is the critical infrastructure partner for Australian manufacturing and production facilities. Operating under strict international certifications, we bridge the gap between high-level compliance auditing and boots-on-the-ground execution. We do not just identify your risks; we engineer and install the solutions that eliminate them.
→ In-House CMSE® – Certified Machinery Safety Expert
→ Audit-proof guarding & safety
→ 24 hour, 7 day breakdown availability
→ Reverse-engineer custom parts
→ No 6-to-8 week overseas wait
→ Full-stack service – risk assessment, design, installation and validation
End-to-end manufacturing audit solutions
Most generalist engineering firms and safety consultants treat an audit as a static paperwork exercise. They identify a severe risk on a high-speed packaging line, hand you a report, and walk away. This fragmented approach leaves your facility vulnerable to SafeWork penalties while you scramble to find separate mechanical and electrical teams to interpret and fix the problem.
MEX Engineering Group provides a complete, end-to-end manufacturing audit solution. By deploying stable, long-term experts who understand live production environments, we identify the root cause of the risk and immediately transition into Safety Concept Development. From assessing legacy machinery to fabricating custom guarding and upgrading PLC safety control architectures, we engineer strategic, long-term compliance that protects both your people and your production output.
Types of industrial manufacturing audits
Our CMSE® Certified Machinery Safety Expert, industrial electricians, and mechanical fitters specialise in the rigorous environments of heavy industry. We conduct a wide variety of tailored audits designed to suit your specific operational reality, including:
Regulatory Compliance Audits
Ensuring your plant’s electrical and mechanical systems strictly adhere to Australian Standards (AS/NZS 3000 and AS/NZS 4024).
Pre-Commissioning Validations
Auditing new turnkey installations or automated conveyor integrations before they go live to ensure they meet exact safety and performance specifications.
Legacy Equipment Safety Reviews
Assessing aging, unsupported machinery to determine the engineering required to bring it up to modern safety standards without forced obsolescence.
Energy Isolation (LOTO) Assessments
Reviewing your facility’s energy sources (electrical, pneumatic, mechanical) to identify isolation points and safety gaps.
Trusted by Australia’s Leading Manufacturers
MEX Engineering Group provides embedded site teams and engineering services to some of the country’s largest production facilities. We maintain critical infrastructure for industry leaders across FMCG, food and beverage, and high-speed packaging, including Tooheys, CHEP, Ullrich Aluminium, Goodman Fielder, and BlueScope Steel.
From audit strategy to boots-on-the-ground execution
We eliminate contractor inconsistency by managing the entire lifecycle of your plant’s compliance. Instead of handing an audit report over to a third-party contractor, we deploy our own in-house trained industrial electricians and mechanical fitters to execute the required upgrades. Our process begins with isolating root causes and designing a robust safety concept.
We then execute precise, data-driven installations, ensuring that the audit strategy is perfectly translated into a safe, high-performance reality on your factory floor. We secure your uptime by providing clear asset documentation, Performance Level validation, and ongoing fractional maintenance coverage.
Full-stack safety compliance and execution for industrial manufacturing
Our steel manufacturing client operates a heavy industrial environment where extreme structural loads and severe safety risks are a daily reality. MEX Engineering Group was engaged to execute a comprehensive slitting line safety upgrade at their Chullora facility.
Our CMSE® Certified Machinery Safety Expert began by performing a detailed machine safety assessment to identify operational risks. Rather than just handing over an advisory report, we scoped and illustrated a new, fully compliant safety control strategy. Our in-house team then designed and constructed two new control panel consoles, physically wiring and commissioning the new safety PLCs and HMIs. This full-stack execution ensured BlueScope achieved total regulatory compliance without enduring the delays and risks of managing multiple fragmented contractors.
Reliable manufacturing audit framework
We follow a structured 6-step framework to embed our auditing and safety expertise inside your facility:
Site Risk Assessment
Identifying potential mechanical hazards, legacy equipment risks, and immediate SafeWork audit exposure.
Root Cause Gap Analysis
Using advanced diagnostics like vibration analysis and thermal scanning to identify hidden faults beyond surface-level compliance.
Safety Concept Development
Translating identified risks into an engineered design, specifying the required safety PLCs, guarding, and energy isolation controls.
Turnkey Installation
Deploying our in-house tradespeople to physically fabricate and install the safety upgrades during planned shutdown windows.
Machine Safety Verification
Conducting functional checks to confirm all installed safety measures achieve the required Performance Level (PL) and reduce risk to an acceptable level.
Ongoing Production Coverage
Supplying embedded fractional maintenance teams to ensure the newly validated systems remain fully operational and compliant over time.
What Our Clients Are Saying
We would highly recommend MEX Engineering Group to any business looking to improve equipment reliability, product quality, and operational performance. Their response time is fantastic for breakdown support 24 hour 7 days a week.
Aaron Gater, BriteStar General Manager
MEX Engineering Group has been an integral part of our operations here in Chullora. MEX Engineering Group is a vital cog of our Engineering and Reliability program, which spans from critical maintenance to capital projects. The relationship we have with MEX Engineering Group is a product of decades and decades of hard work and commitment to safety, and it has been a privilege for us to have them onboard.
Raphael, BlueScope Steel
From initial installation through to full system commissioning. MEX Engineering Group’s hands-on approach and technical expertise allow us to deliver reliable, efficient and high-performing solutions to our clients as well as ongoing mechanical and electrical technical support 24/7. This partnership strengthens our ability to provide complete, end-to-end service with confidence, ensuring long-term performance and operational success across every project.
Dominik Dobaj, Packology
Adapting to high-speed manufacturing demands
Australian manufacturing facilities face immense pressure to increase throughput, automate processes, and run 24/7 rosters. Pushing legacy machinery and aging Low Voltage switchboards to their absolute limits creates severe compliance risks, metal fatigue, and a high probability of operator injury.
Relying on audit-only consultants who lack the boots-on-the-ground capability to fix these issues leaves your operations exposed to revenue-draining shutdowns and regulatory fines. Conducting a comprehensive manufacturing audit—backed by a team that can seamlessly design, install, and validate the engineered safety solution in-house—is the only way to safely survive the demands of high-speed automation.
Audit solutions by industry
| Industry Classification | Common Compliance Challenges | How MEX Engineering Group Adds Value |
| FMCG & Food Processing | Strict washdown requirements degrading wiring and frequent changeover risks. | Washdown-rated Low Voltage electrical audits and custom changeover guarding validation. |
| Brewing & Distilling | Complex fluid routing, valve manifolds, and continuous 24/7 operation. | Condition monitoring on drive systems, SCADA assessments, and LOTO procedure development. |
| Logistics & Warehousing | Automated guided vehicles and fast-moving conveyors creating entanglement risks. | AS/NZS 4024 machine safety audits, safety PLC validation, and presence detection integration. |
| Heavy Metal Processing | Extreme loads, heavy vibration, and severe crushing risks on legacy machinery. | RPEQ-backed structural asset monitoring, thermal scanning of high-voltage loads, and CMSE® safety interlocking. |
Frequently Asked Questions
Why should we use an engineering service provider instead of an audit-only consultant?
Most safety consultants only provide advisory services. They conduct a risk assessment and leave you with a list of non-compliant machinery, forcing you to source separate electrical, mechanical, and automation contractors to fix the problems. This creates massive contractor handoff risk. MEX Engineering Group is a one-stop shop. Through our In-house Engineering Capability, we conduct the audit, engineer the safety concept, fabricate the guarding, program the safety PLCs, and execute the final verification.
What is a CMSE® and why is it important for our facility?
CMSE stands for Certified Machinery Safety Expert, a globally recognised qualification from TÜV Nord. MEX Engineering Group has four CMSE® professionals in-house. This rare capability ensures that our machine safety audits, risk assessments, and engineered solutions are not just theoretical—they are rigorously designed to survive real SafeWork audits, giving you absolute legal and operational confidence.
Will a manufacturing audit disrupt our production schedule?
We understand that unplanned downtime is an unacceptable cost. Our CMSE® experts and project managers strategically align complex testing, thermal scanning, and safety validations precisely with your narrow planned shutdown or changeover windows, ensuring your plant maintains continuous throughput.
What is Fractional Contract Maintenance?
Fractional maintenance means we supply embedded, highly skilled industrial electricians and mechanical fitters to your site for a set number of hours or days per week. This acts as your dedicated maintenance department, building institutional memory of your assets without the overhead of hiring full-time, in-house technical staff.
How does your 24/7 Breakdown Availability work?
Unlike generalist engineering firms who quote fast but mobilise slowly, MEX Engineering Group operates a true 24 hour, 7 day breakdown infrastructure. We provide rapid, on-call mechanical and electrical response capabilities designed specifically to shorten recovery time and restore production when critical infrastructure fails.
Do you use subcontractors for your mechanical and electrical engineering?
While we have a broad network of trusted partners, our core capability is delivered by our own highly trained, full-time technicians and engineers. We invest heavily in our dedicated in-house training centre to ensure every staff member meets the MEX Engineering Group standard of excellence. This strict in-house engineering capability eliminates the risks of third-party contractor handoffs.
Protect your uptime today.
Contact MEX Engineering Group to discuss your machine safety audits, compliance testing, and engineered safety solutions with a senior CMSE® Certified Machinery Safety Expert.
Why contact MEX Engineering Group?
- True 24/7 breakdown availability
- 100% in-house engineering capability
- Backed by TÜV Nord CMSE® experts
- Trusted by Australia’s top manufacturers for 20+ years