Technical Specialist - Elec & Instr
- Employer
- Newcrest Mining
- Location
- Lihir Operations, Papua New Guinea
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- May 26, 2022
- Closes
- Jun 24, 2022
- Ref
- 981990
- Category
- Trade & Skilled
- Work Term
- Permanent
- Work Load
- Full Time
- Language
- English
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:
Our client, Lihir Gold Limited operates one of the largest gold mines in Papua New Guinea 900kms northeast of Port Moresby on the tropical Niolam Island (Lihir Island). Committed to supporting a safe, diverse, and inclusive work culture, Lihir's mission is to deliver superior returns from finding, developing, and operating gold/copper mines whilst providing long-term employment opportunities. Lihir is a hard rock surface gold operation, ore is refractory and treated using pressure oxidation before the gold is recovered by a conventional leach process.
Globe 24-7 has been selected as the recruitment partner to assist with the sourcing process for this position and looks forward to applicants who meet the required skills, experience, and qualifications.
The Role:
We are seeking a Technical Specialist - Electrical & Instrumentation to provide expertise to support the operations, maintenance, and technical service teams responsible for crushing, grinding, flotation, leaching, and gold recovery during regular operations and major plant outages.
Additionally, this role will be required to plan and scope work so that it can be conducted safely; and considers environmental conditions, nearby activities, and the people and other resources needed to complete the work, driving and influencing proactive safety behaviors within workgroups through visible leadership.
Other key accountabilities include:
Skills, Qualifications, and Experience:
The ideal candidate must have a working knowledge of:
Mobilisation Requirements:
The Rewards
A great opportunity to be a part of one of the world's largest and most technically challenging gold deposits across Australasia. Technology-wise, Newcrest is at 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.
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.
The Company:
Our client, Lihir Gold Limited operates one of the largest gold mines in Papua New Guinea 900kms northeast of Port Moresby on the tropical Niolam Island (Lihir Island). Committed to supporting a safe, diverse, and inclusive work culture, Lihir's mission is to deliver superior returns from finding, developing, and operating gold/copper mines whilst providing long-term employment opportunities. Lihir is a hard rock surface gold operation, ore is refractory and treated using pressure oxidation before the gold is recovered by a conventional leach process.
Globe 24-7 has been selected as the recruitment partner to assist with the sourcing process for this position and looks forward to applicants who meet the required skills, experience, and qualifications.
The Role:
We are seeking a Technical Specialist - Electrical & Instrumentation to provide expertise to support the operations, maintenance, and technical service teams responsible for crushing, grinding, flotation, leaching, and gold recovery during regular operations and major plant outages.
Additionally, this role will be required to plan and scope work so that it can be conducted safely; and considers environmental conditions, nearby activities, and the people and other resources needed to complete the work, driving and influencing proactive safety behaviors within workgroups through visible leadership.
Other key accountabilities include:
- Selecting and sizing instrumentation and valving in accordance with process design criteria managing the instrument tag databases including the revision and allocation of new tags.
- Ensuring that all instruments and valves are installed and commissioned in accordance with existing site standards and specifications and that any changes to existing plant instrumentation as requested through the work order system are in accordance with the department's change management procedures.
- Monitor the maintenance activities performed by the national workforce on the Instrumentation and control equipment in the assigned area in line with the maintenance schedule
- Provides input to the development of a preventative maintenance strategy based on leading industry practices to meet both electrical and instrumentation reliability requirements providing advice on the management and improvement of asset performance
- Actively seeks cost reduction opportunities.
Skills, Qualifications, and Experience:
- 5+ years of relevant work experience essential including 3 years as a supervisor
- Dual Electrical & Instrumentation trade qualification or certification is essential
- High Voltage Switching accreditation is desirable
- SCADA knowledge is advantageous
- PLC knowledge is advantageous
- SAP skills are essential
The ideal candidate must have a working knowledge of:
- Large mining or heavy industrial environment in electrical and instrumentation roles with significant High Voltage Switching and HV power reticulation experience.
- Reading/interpretation & accurate updating of electrical drawings.
- Principals 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.
- Australian electrical standards, particularly the AS3000 wiring rules.
- Basic understanding of formal Project management skills, practices, and methodologies.
- Thorough understanding of maintenance processes associated with planning and execution of major shutdowns a large processing facilities
- MS Office suite.
Mobilisation Requirements:
- This is a FIFO role.
- Ability to provide/obtain valid police clearance within the last six months.
- Ability to successfully complete a pre-employment medical assessment.
The Rewards
A great opportunity to be a part of one of the world's largest and most technically challenging gold deposits across Australasia. Technology-wise, Newcrest is at 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.
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.