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Form of work Rare opportunity at our Newman Power Station to lead a high performing and close-knit team
Permanent Full-Time position, with a great roster – 2 weeks on 2 weeks off from Perth or Newman
Great exposure to be gained with a wide variety of work
About Alinta Energy:
At Alinta Energy, we’re constantly striving to do better. Whether it’s lowering customers costs, providing world class local service or sustainable energy, our aim is to be better. And to keep getting better day after day. Better for our customers. Better for Australia. And better for our environment.
We’re a leading Australian utility with an owned and contracted generation portfolio of 3,000MW, over 1 million combined electricity and gas retail customers, and around 1,000 employees across Australia and New Zealand. Supplying energy in Australia for over 20 years, today we’re a vertically integrated energy company providing generation, retail and wholesale supply of gas and electricity across Australia. We support the development of renewable energy generation and offer local customer service through support hubs in Perth, Western Australia and Morwell in Victoria.
Our Culture:
It’s an exciting time to become a part of our growing team at Alinta Energy. Our people are our greatest asset and we’re committed to a culture that’s focussed on being better at providing great service externally and internally. An organisation where people truly matter. That’s better.
About Newman Power Station:
The Newman Power Station is a 212MW plant located in the regional town of Newman in the Pilbara of Western Australia. The power station comprises of three GE Frame 6B turbines, one Siemens (Rolls Royce Trent WLE 60) turbine, 14 x 4.4 MW Jenbacher gas reciprocated engines and a 36MW Battery Storage System which supplies power to the Roy Hill and FMG Mining Operations located approximately 123 – 160KM NE of Newman along the Marble Bar Road via a 220kV transmission line.
We also own and operate a 60MW Solar Farm located at FMG’s Christmas Creek mine.
About the role:
We are looking for an experienced Operations and Maintenance Technician Supervisor (Electrical) to join our Newman Power Station team on a permanent, full-time basis, working a 2 week on, 2 week off roster FIFO from Perth or residential in Newman. Reporting to the Plant Superintendent, the primary objective of the role is to assist the Plant Superintendents through supervision and coaching of staff to maintain a high-performance team culture. Co-ordinating the delivery of the annual work plan and ensuring a safe and efficient operations & maintenance of plant at Newman Power Station.
Duties:
Supervise the team to achieve maintenance and operation of equipment in accordance with good engineering and operating practices, to ensure the capacity, availability, and reliability of the generating plant
Contribute to the development of the annual work plan, then coordinate and execute the plan including optimising the assignment of resources
Coordinate, and monitor the performance and delivery of works carried out by Alinta personnel and contractors alike
Prepare detailed work scopes, and procedures for routine maintenance tasks, outages, capital projects, and plant/facility improvements
Ensure reporting and investigations are completed on plant and equipment incidents in a timely manner
Skills & Experience:
Relevant technical qualification – Certificate III in relevant discipline: electrical, instrumentation or dual trade
Relevant industry experience in power station operation and/or maintenance, including gas turbine generators and or gas reciprocating engines
Relevant technical experience with advanced process control systems, including but not limited to maintenance and modifications
Genuine ability to foster the development and learning of others to improve capability by providing development experiences and opportunities as well as coaching, guidance and feedback
This is a great opportunity for an Operation & Maintenance Supervisor to join our Newman Power Station. You will be given the opportunity to develop skills in a range of areas, day to day coordination, project management and prioritisation. PTW and safety system administration. Contractor and outage planning, scheduling, and management. Work with people that know success firsthand, that share your passion.
Benefits:
Staff energy discount offer (where products are available)
Generous employee referral bonus
Salary Packaging options
Wellness programs including our Employee Assistance Program and free full access to the Headspace application
Paid community volunteer leave
Access to LinkedIn learning
Discount program for a range of products and services
14 weeks of fully paid parental leave
Company paid salary continuance insurance
Ability to purchase additional leave
Modern offices with free snacks, drinks and coffee
Let’s spread the positive energy together…
Alinta Energy is a Circle Back Initiative employer – we commit to respond to every applicant.
Alinta Energy takes the safety and wellbeing of our people seriously. We require employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to be able to attend our workplaces.
Please note that if your application progresses you will be required to complete background/pre-employment checks. These checks may include but are not limited to - right to work/immigration checks, reference checks, criminal background checks, checks, qualification checks and additional finance checks for finance related positions.
How to apply:
Click “APPLY” to submit your application. Applications close on the 19th of December
