Electrical Technician - Mill Maintenance

About the role

Gold Fields is hiring an electrical technician for its Mill Maintenance Electrical Department at the Granny Smith mine, an owner-operator gold mine. You will perform high-quality electrical maintenance, repairs and installations on all fixed plant processing equipment. The roster is 8/6, day shift only, with 12-hour days, and the role is permanent.

Key responsibilities

• Carry out planned and reactive maintenance safely, as directed by the Maintenance Supervisor.
• Fault-find, diagnose, repair and maintain electrical, communication and instrumentation components within the fixed plant.
• Perform HV switching.
• Minimise downtime and production loss by using efficient maintenance practices to meet budgeted targets.
• Take part in continuous improvement initiatives and small projects.
• Assist with contractor supervision during shutdowns and help supervisors and planners develop weekly and shutdown plans.
• Requisition parts and materials and process work orders accurately and on time.
• Support the Mechanical and Operations teams as directed.

Required profile

• WA A Class electrical licence.
• HV switching ticket and experience.
• Process plant experience in a gold processing plant.
• WA C manual driver's licence.

Required skills

• Knowledge of instrumentation and a good understanding of Allen Bradley PLCs (highly desirable).
• Experience with CMMS systems such as SAP.

What we offer

• 5 weeks annual leave and internal and external training.
• 6% site allowance plus a quarterly bonus up to 10% annually.
• Monthly private health allowance and long service leave after 5 years.
• 18 weeks parental leave and 2 weeks cultural leave.
• FIFO parking discount and a $10K referral bonus.

To apply, use the Gold Fields careers page.