Address- Lead maintenance across multiple sites: Peak and Federation mines.
- Drive and shape the performance and culture of the maintenance team.
- Join a cohesive and supportive leadership team.
About Us
Aurelia Metals Limited (ASX: AMI) (‘Aurelia’) is an Australian mining and exploration company with a highly strategic landholding and two operating mines in New South Wales (NSW).
Our Peak Mine comprises several underground polymetallic (gold, lead, zinc, copper, and silver) and an 800 thousand tonnes per annum (ktpa) processing plant. The Mine is located in the northern Cobar Basin in western NSW, a short distance from the historical town of Cobar.
Federation is one of the highest-grade base metals development projects in Australia. The Federation deposit hosts high-grade zinc, lead, and gold mineralisation and is located in 15 kilometres south of the central-west township of Nymagee. – this is a new mine site opening not to be missed!
We actively promote a culture where everyone feels safe, included and respected. We welcome differences of thought and people from all backgrounds as we strive to create an inclusive workplace.
The Role
Reporting to the General Manager, Cobar Region, you will play a crucial role in delivering high-standard asset management for the site’s surface and underground fixed plant, as well as Aurelia’s mobile equipment fleet. Your leadership will drive improvements in equipment performance, availability, reliability, and cost efficiency. This will be achieved through your inspiring leadership, commitment to a strong safety ethos, continuous improvement, and the application of robust maintenance standards, systems, and practices.
Where You'll Work:
Nestled just 8 kilometres away from the tranquil Cobar township lies our Peak Mine Site. While we highly encourage and offer comprehensive support for relocation to this local haven, we also understand the need for flexibility:
Priority Residential Option: Join our local community with a balanced 5/2/4/3 roster. Relocation assistance will be provided to simplify your transition.
FIFO/DIDO Alternatives: For those desiring connections to major cities, we offer FIFO from Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane (Charter), as well as DIDO options, both accompanied by a comfortable 8/6 roster.
Key Responsibilities
- Team Leadership and Development: Develop and manage an effective maintenance team, instilling a culture of safety, teamwork, ownership, and accountability while mentoring and coaching for professional growth.
- Proactive Maintenance and Asset Management: Foster a proactive maintenance mindset to minimise breakdowns and ensure long-term asset life through best practice maintenance activities.
- Performance and Cost Management: Drive improvements in equipment performance, availability, reliability, and cost efficiency, ensuring maintenance costs are within budget.
- Compliance and Risk Management: Ensure compliance with legislative and statutory requirements for all equipment on-site and manage risks related to fixed plant and mobile equipment.
- Reliability Engineering: Establish a reliability engineering function to apply root cause analysis (RCA), reliability-centred maintenance (RCM), and failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) techniques.
- Continuous Improvement: Create and support a continuous improvement culture within the department, delivering sustained improvements in safety, production, availability, and reliability.
About You
This position demands a high-calibre individual who brings leadership, enthusiasm, knowledge, and experience to the maintenance function at Peak Gold Mines. The successful candidate will possess:
- A demonstrated commitment to high standards of health and safety.
- Extensive experience in mining or a related industry, with managerial responsibility for operational maintenance and/or project construction.
- Expertise in maintenance strategy development, CMMS, shutdown planning, condition monitoring, and failure analysis.
- Proven ability to implement and sustain change in a dynamic work environment, with strong leadership and team development skills.
- Excellent report writing skills, along with experience in budgeting and cost reporting systems.
- Knowledge of NSW mining legislation and guidelines, with an engineering degree being preferable.
Why work for us?
As a new member of the Aurelia family, you can expect:
- competitive remuneration
- a work environment where safety and people are always the number one priority
- short-term incentive program
- Access to the Cobar gym and free fitness classes
- access to a number of benefits such as participation in our employee share scheme, discounted health insurance and Novated Leases.
- 18 weeks of fully paid parental leave for primary caregivers, supporting you and your family during life's important moments
- access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family
Our recruitment process measures your alignment to our company values and the requirements of the role. There are a number of checks which will be conducted to demonstrate your suitability for a role including police criminal history check, references, qualifications, drug and alcohol and medical testing.
To be considered for these positions you must be the holder of a current valid Australian working visa.
We respectfully ask for no agencies or third parties please.
