Mechanical Technician (Fixed)

Company description:

Gold Fields is a globally diversified gold producer with nine operating mines in Australia, Peru, South Africa and West Africa (including the Asanko JV), as well as one project in Chile

Gold Fields' mining assets in the Australia region (GFA) include a 100% interest in the St Ives, Agnew and Granny Smith mines and a 50:50 interest in the Gruyere JV project with Gold Road Resources.

Job description:

Gold Fields has an opportunity available for a Mechanical Fitter to join the Mill Maintenance team at Granny Smith.

Role Details:

Reporting to the Coordinator: Mechanical (Fixed), you will be responsible for providing quality and timely preventative mechanical maintenance and repairs of the processing department and other areas of the operation as required.

Safety is a core value at Gold Fields, and we expect all levels of employees to always act in a manner that seeks to enhance the safety culture and performance of our company.

This is offered on 8 days on 6 days off roster and is FIFO from Perth.

Benefits include:

Gold Fields has a vast array of benefits including:

• • Stability - Granny Smith has a 10-year mine life
  • 6% Site Allowance & Private Health Insurance Allowance
  • Quarterly Bonus Scheme
  • Salary sacrifice options
  • Increased leave entitlements for annual leave, paid primary and secondary parental leave
  • Employee referral program - $10,000 per successful referral!
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Long service leave pro rata after 5 years of continuous service
  • Paid family and domestic violence leave
  • Educational assistance

Duties of the role:

• Ensuring the achievement of budgeted maintenance targets by practising preventative maintenance
• Maintaining a working knowledge of all task instructions and procedures
• Completing all administrative processing requirements associated with maintenance duties, such as requisitioning of parts and materials, processing of maintenance orders and recording of labour time.
• Maintaining a high standard of housekeeping throughout the maintenance workshops and wherever maintenance work is carried out.
• Being available from time to time to be on the plant as an operator/maintainer within the plant

About You:

You will have:

• Previous experience in fixed plant maintenance within a Processing Plant operation
• Mechanical Trade Qualifications

• A sound understanding of machinery and care of fixed plant equipment.
• A Valid C Class vehicle license as well as CN crane, dogging, Rigger basic EWP and Forklift tickets
• A Confined Space and Working at Heights tickets

Applications can be submitted via: https://careers.goldfields.com/Australia

Gold Fields is committed to achieving an inclusive workforce. We recognise that the diverse talent of our people will ultimately determine our growth, performance and success. We strongly encourage applications from female, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, as well as candidates with culturally diverse backgrounds.

We offer:

At Gold Fields we work together as a team to deliver excellent results and take pride in what we do. We actively seek input from others and truly believe that diverse views improve the quality of our work. We work hard, so when the business achieves its goals, employees can share in better salary increases and bonuses, and we have more money to invest in communities and ongoing renewable energy projects.