HD Fitter - Underground

The underground mobile maintenance team at Agnew Gold Mine have an opportunity for a HD Fitter – Underground to join the team.

Role Details

Reporting to the Leading Hand Mechanical Mobile, you will be responsible for carrying out preventative and scheduled maintenance and breakdowns on Surface and Underground equipment as directed by your supervisor.

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 role is offered on 8 days on, 6 days off, 7 nights on, 7 days off roster and is FIFO from Perth.

Benefits include:

• 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

About the role:

• Perform preventative maintenance through scheduled inspections, servicing, adjustments, troubleshooting and timely repair of mobile equipment.

• Provide reliable and accurate maintenance knowledge, expertise, and practical application to minimize down time and subsequent loss of production.

• Assist with ongoing training and mentoring of apprentices and trainees and supervising of contractors.

• Requisitioning of parts and materials and processing of maintenance orders.

• Develop, implement and maintain adherence to appropriate procedures and processes to ensure consistent, timely and efficient delivery of mining plans.

About you:

• Australian recognised Heavy Mobile Mechanical Trade Qualification

• Previous experience in mechanical maintenance in an underground environment and knowledge of mining technologies and equipment

• Creation of Workorders/Backlogs for defects and future repairs in the requisitioning of Parts line.

• Experience with Atlas M7C drills and MT65 trucks, CAT R2900 loaders and Sandvik development drills DD421, Volvo 120F IT’s and Normet Charge Wagons is preferable.

• High Risk license with Forklift, RB, DG, EWP

• Valid manual driver’s license

• Automotive Air Conditioning License is desirable.

• Previous SAP experience is desirable

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.