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Salary- Electrical Maintenance Team at George Fisher Mine
- Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
- Residential: 5 on, 2 off/ 4 on, 3 off lifestyle roster
George Fisher Mine | Maintenance
Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
Reference No: 15216
Mount Isa Mines is one of the oldest, largest and most complex mining operations in Australia located in Mount Isa, Queensland. Employing over 4,000 people, Mount Isa Mines is now looking for a new members to join the team. The Operation
Mount Isa Mines is the second largest producer of copper in Australia and one of the largest zinc mines in the world. It is a key asset in Glencore’s global mining portfolio.
The Mount Isa Copper and Zinc operations are integrated across the entire supply chain, from resource identification and development to production and distribution of copper, zinc and lead to customers across the world.
We are attracting the best in the industry into our teams, as we trust in our people’s talent and support them in their development to become leaders in their field. We offer structured career development plans and mentoring from industry leaders in your field to ensure our people reach their desired potential.
We also provide an excellent remuneration package and benefits including above market superannuation, rental assistance, and retailing discounts. Please take a look at our Liveability website to learn more about what Mount Isa has to offer.
Mount Isa Mines location and roster offers an attractive lifestyle option. With a 5 on, 2 off, 4 on 3 off residential roster, our people return home every day and enjoy a thriving town of 23,000 people. You will always have something to do, go to restaurants, movies, join a gym and sporting activities, play golf, as well as fishing and camping and activities at the lake.
The operation is situated on land traditionally owned by the Kalkadoon People and we respect their rights and interests.
The Role
George Fisher Mine are currently seeking a suitably qualified Supervisor for our GFM Communications Team to work in the Maintenance department. This is a great career opportunity to develop leadership skills in the communications field. Reporting to Superintendent – Electrical Maintenance. This role will see you utilising your highly developed leadership and technical skills to lead a committed team of tradespeople for service delivery to George Fisher Mine Operations (GFM). This is a residential position based in Mount Isa, working a roster of Monday to Friday, 9 day fortnight (5/2/4/3). The GFM communications team provides support to the operation through delivery of voice and data communications services via extensive networks of copper and fibre optic infrastructure. These networks support a number safety and business critical systems.
Your key responsibilities include:
- Responsible for safety leadership across GFM and for the health and safety of the GFM Communication team.
- Responsible for providing visible leadership and ensuring compliance to GFM policies, standards and procedures for the Mine Communication Assets team.
- Responsible on a daily basis for compliance to the weekly schedule to achieve established key performance indicators and compliance with forecast costs.
- Responsible for communicating accurate and relevant information and insight to line management on daily performance and against the weekly schedule.
- Responsible for developing a positive team culture in line with Glencore values including mentoring and coaching to build employee role competency.
- Responsible for the optimisation of assigned resources and continuous improvement to minimise cost and waste.
- Relevant communications qualification.
- A complete understanding of Radio Frequency (RF) principles and experience with VHF 2 way radio systems.
- Extensive knowledge around installation and maintenance of copper and fibre optic infrastructure.
- A working knowledge of IP networking and installation and maintenance of associated hardware.
- A working knowledge of WLAN’s and installation and maintenance of associated hardware.
- A working knowledge of Sandvik Automation
- Highly developed leadership skills.
- A strong work ethic and excellent time management skills.
For further information, please contact: Bek Lewis, Recruitment Advisor, on phone (07) 4744 6073 or email
Applications Close: Sunday 3rd March 2024
Apply online now! Applications will not be accepted via email.
Our mining operation is on land traditionally owned by the Kalkadoon People and we respect their rights and interests. Mount Isa Mines encourages suitably qualified indigenous applicants to apply
