Electrical Maintenance Technician

About the role

An experienced Electrical Technician is needed to join the Maintenance team at Sunrise Dam Gold Mine. Reporting to the Electrical Maintenance Supervisor, the role provides electrical service for designated fixed plant and infrastructure across the mine site so that it runs reliably, efficiently and sustainably.

Key responsibilities

• Carry out electrical and instrumentation maintenance to a high standard in the processing plant, as directed by the Electrical Maintenance Supervisors.
• Fault find electrical and control systems, analyse causes of failure and put preventative measures in place.
• Maintain crushing circuits, conveyor systems, ball mills, CIL and elution circuits, associated wiring, control systems, PLCs and instrumentation.
• Install new equipment or modify existing equipment while meeting all statutory compliance requirements.
• Be available after hours on a call-out and/or night-shift roster to respond to equipment breakdowns.
• Assist with shutdown coordination and execution.

Required profile

• Current WA electrical worker's licence.
• Extensive experience maintaining mineral processing or heavy industrial plants.
• Ability to work at heights and enter confined spaces.
• Current first aid certificate and CPR.
• WA driver's licence.
• Permanent work rights in Australia (mandatory).

Required skills

• Cert IV Instrumentation; experience with instrumentation and PLCs, preferably Endress & Hauser and Allen Bradley.
• Nationally recognised High Voltage Switching training.
• Microsoft Office computer literacy.
• Previous SAP experience preferred.