Instrumentation Technician – Remote Mine Site

About the role

Newmont is seeking an Instrumentation Technician to join its Tanami Operations in the Northern Territory. You will be responsible for delivering safe, reliable and efficient instrumentation and control services across both surface and underground plant assets in a challenging remote environment.

Key responsibilities

• Perform maintenance, calibration, fault‑finding and repair of instrumentation and control systems, including PLCs, SCADA, control valves and analysers.
• Diagnose and resolve hardware, software, network and telemetry faults on process control equipment.
• Implement approved temporary and permanent changes to instrumentation and control system applications.
• Maintain accurate maintenance records, job times and calibration results for compliance and planning.
• Monitor control system performance, identify reliability issues early and suggest improvement ideas.

Required profile

• Experience working with instrumentation and control equipment in an industrial or mining setting.
• Ability to work on both surface and underground assets and adhere to Australian standards.
• Willingness to work FIFO schedules (14/14 or 8/6) and live on‑site at the Tanami camp.
• Strong communication skills to interface with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, HSE and project teams.

Required skills

• Instrumentation
• Control valves
• Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs)
• SCADA systems
• Analyzers
• Calibration
• Fault‑finding
• Telemetry

What we offer

• FIFO roster with 14‑day on/14‑day off or 8‑day on/6‑day off options.
• Fully equipped on‑site camp with leisure facilities.
• Opportunity to work on a world‑class, low‑cost mining asset.
• Career development within a global mining leader.