Leading Hand Fixed Plant Maintenance in Perth, WA

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Date: 1 week ago
City: Perth, Western Australia
Est. A$135,109 - A$157,415 / yr
Contract type: Full time
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Leading Hand Fixed Plant Maintenance

Scotford Fennessy

Perth, WA

FIFO

$172400 yearly

9h ago

8/6

The Package

  • ASAP commencement
  • FIFO from Perth ONLY
  • Meals + Accommodation provided at camp
  • Permanent Position – Long-term ongoing role.
  • 8:6 roster – Dayshift only
  • $172,400 – $182,800 base salary, dependant on experience
  • $8000 in allowances
  • Up to 15% STIP

The Role

Working closely with maintenance and operations, you will provide hands-on leadership across planned, preventative and breakdown maintenance activities within the processing plant.

Key Responsibilities Will Include

  • Leading and supporting a crew of Fixed Plant Mechanical Fitters
  • Coordinating daily workloads, maintenance priorities and work allocation
  • Providing hands-on mechanical support alongside the team
  • Overseeing planned and preventative maintenance
  • Responding to breakdowns and complex fault finding
  • Supporting isolations, permits, and safe maintenance procedures
  • Coordinating tooling, parts and resources for scheduled works
  • Monitoring job progress and communicating maintenance priorities
  • Driving plant reliability, availability, safety and team performance

Fixed Plant Experience

You will ideally have extensive mechanical maintenance experience within a gold or mineral processing environment, with exposure across:

  • Crushers and Crushing circuits
  • SAG and ball mills
  • Conveyors, Feeders and screens
  • Pumps and associated pipework
  • Gearboxes, bearings and drive systems
  • Agitators, tanks and cyclones
  • Thickeners
  • General mineral processing and fixed plant equipment

Previous gold processing plant experience is highly regarded, particularly across crushing, conveying and milling circuits.

Strong fixed plant candidates from other mineral processing commodities may also be considered where they can demonstrate relevant plant exposure and leadership experience.

What will you need?

To Be Successful, You Will Ideally Have

  • Australian Recognised Trade Certificate
  • Extensive Fixed Plant maintenance experience within mining
  • Previous leading hand experience
  • Current Australian Driver License
  • Working at Heights & Confined Spaces
  • Police Check
  • Australian Permanent residency or Citizenship
  • Ability to meet pre-employment site requirements
  • Must be residing in Western Australia with full working rights

Why consider this opportunity?

Secure a permanent leadership position within an established WA mining operation, offering an attractive remuneration package, long-term career stability and the lifestyle benefits of an 8:6 days-only roster.

Shortlisted candidates will complete a Microsoft Teams interview with the client as part of the recruitment process.

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