Ventilation Technician

 Role Details:

Reporting to the Engineer: Ventilation, you will support and facilitate all ventilation requirements as outlined in the WHS Legislation and ensure they are complied with, by conducting regular underground ventilation surveys, assessing risks in the mine environment, validating ventilation system performance, and compiling plans to eliminate immediate hazards.

As an employee at Gold Fields, we expect all levels of employees to act in a manner that seeks to align and enhance the values, safety culture and performance of Gold Fields with the purpose of creating enduring value beyond mining.
 

This role is offered on 8 days on 6 days off as a Fly -in Fly-out from Perth or residential opportunity for local community.

Benefits include:

• 6% Site Allowance
• Private Health Insurance Allowance
• Quarterly Bonus Scheme
• Salary sacrifice options
• Own rooms, short travel times plus excellent camp facilities

About the role:

• Conduct regular inspections and audits, specifically checking standards, workplace conditions, procedures and resolve and/or report safety and environmental hazards when identified.
• Ensure all aspects of the ventilation plan supplied by the Ventilation Engineer are in place, including ventilation controls, primary and secondary infrastructure, and refuge chamber locations, as well as keeping up to date the site ventilation simulation model.
• Monitoring the status of all Primary fans and refrigeration plants through the control network and underground observations
• Assist with ventilation projects and ventilation capital infrastructure planning.
• Share and establish ventilation constraints and ensure ventilation instructions are accurately recorded and distributed including field directions and work instructions.
• Maintain up to date record keeping, as well as communicated to underground personnel to ensure that short- and long-term planning of the ventilation circuit with mine development and needs of the mine are meet.

About you:

• Possess planning, project, and organizational skills,
• Able to work independently and autonomously,
• Demonstrate strong interpersonal skills,
• Enjoy problem solving,
• Possess a valid WA C class (manual) driver’s license,
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office suite products (Outlook, Excel, Word)
• Previous underground mining experience desirable,
• Experience with Ventsim and/or CAD software (Deswik) would be highly regarded.

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.