Senior Specialist - Electrical & Instrumentation

Globe 24-7 in partnership with Newcrest Mining, is working together to source experienced and qualified talent to join their Mining Team at their Lihir Gold Operations (LGO).

The Company

Newcrest is one of the world's largest gold mining companies. As a global business, they aim to create a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone feels safe, valued and supported to bring their whole unique self to work.

At Newcrest, they hold core values that focus on caring about people, working together and achieving a high-performance culture through innovation and problem-solving.

The Role

We are seeking a Senior Specialist - Electrical and Instrumentation for a FIFO position at Lihir Gold Limited. Reporting into the Superintendent - Processing you will drive the long term maintenance activities in the implementation of a maintenance plan in Power and Utilities and Electrical and Instrumentation teams for the delivery of reliability and minimum interruption to Oxygen plants and facilities when outages occur and provide technical support during plant shutdowns and power generation. You will have significant exposure to coaching, mentoring and upskilling personnel around High Voltage Power and training them on highly technical switching procedures to ensure safety and skill is at the up most standard to ensure long term learning and power is kept to the Plant and Island which is critical. SAP capability requirement needs to be between an intermediate or advanced level.

Additional scope will include but not be limited too

• Drives and influences proactive safety behaviours within workgroups through visible leadership.
• Develops team members through daily feedback, coaching and formal training.
• Provides electrical and instrumentation technical assistance and support to the operations, maintenance and technical services representatives responsible for crushing, grinding, flotation, leach and gold recovery areas.
• Monitors the maintenance activities performed by the national workforce on the Instrumentation and control equipment in the assigned area in line with the maintenance schedule
• Selects and sizes instrumentation and valving in accordance with process design criteria managing the instrument tag databases including the revision and allocation of new tags.
• Ensures that all instruments and valves are installed and commissioned in accordance with existing site standards and specifications and any changes to existing plant instrumentation as requested through the work order system is in accordance with the departments change management procedures.
• Recommends new installations or modifications to improve plant control performance or replacement of defective or obsolete instrumentations for control equipment systems and subsystems.
• Supervises and monitors the progress of all types of routine, breakdown and planned maintenance activities, so as to minimize down time for the equipment for increased plant productivity.
• Ensures instrument documentation (P&IDs, datasheets, instrument list, loop and termination drawings. etc.) are revised in accordance with industry standards and kept up to date in an auditable format.
• Effectively manages costs within team's business area including participation in the budgeting process, financial analysis & cost benefit assessments.
• Advanced understanding of the principles associated with the repair and maintenance of industrial electrical equipment including HV and LV motors, motor control centres, variable speed drives, power distribution and lighting systems.
• Advanced understanding of the principles associated with the repair and maintenance of industrial electrical equipment including HV and LV motors, motor control centres, variable speed drives, power distribution and lighting systems.
• Advanced understanding of the principals associated with the installation, repair, and calibration of industrial instrumentation including flow, pressure, temperature, density, position and chemical analysis instruments.
• Proficient in the reading / interpretation & accurate updating of electrical drawings.

Skills, Qualifications and Experience

• 10+ years relevant work experience essential including 5 years as a leader.
• Dual Electrical & Instrumentation trades qualification or certification essential.
• Australian, New Zealand or PNG Power Electrical Licenses [Essential]
• High Voltage Switching Accreditation Essential
• Radiation Safety Officer accreditation desirable.
• Experience in a large mining or heavy industrial environment in electrical and instrumentation roles with significant high voltage switching and HV power reticulation experience.
• Extensive experience within a large-scale complex processing plant or heavy industry.
• Previous experience working in a remote location in a developing country advantageous, but not essential.
• Proficient in English with excellent verbal, written communication and public speaking skills.
• Computer proficiency in MS Office suite.
• Sound planning, analytical, and problem-solving skills including project execution management experience.
• Self-motivated with the ability to work under pressure and autonomously.
• Excellent attention to detail and time management skills to meet deadlines.
• Strong active listening & interpersonal skills for rapport building, conflict resolution & training.

Mobilisation Requirements:

• Must be open to work FIFO in PNG
• Ability to provide/obtain valid police clearance
• Ability to successfully complete a pre-employment medical assessment

The Rewards

This position gives you the opportunity to be a part of one of the world's largest and most technically challenging gold deposits across Australasia. Technology wise, Newcrest is on the forefront of many innovations and data work so you will gain great exposure to new cutting-edge maintenance equipment and software systems enabling you to further develop your skills. Lihir Gold Limited exhibits a fantastic working environment and the people you work alongside are motivated and dedicated. It's a culturally enriching experience where you can develop long lasting relationships in the industry. There is also the ability of flexible remote work available.

Contact Us

Newcrest's commitment to diversity and inclusion respects both the rights of every individual to work to their highest potential, free of discrimination, as well as the cultures, religions and governing codes applicable to each country in which we operate.

If you share these values and feel that you could make a meaningful difference in this role, please apply online before the advertised application closing date, preferably as a Microsoft Word document.

Only successful applicants will be contacted.