Technician : Electrical (Underground)

• Permanent underground role with a leading gold producer, including a 6% site allowance and quarterly bonus
• Hands-on HV electrical role supporting an owner-operated underground mining operation
• Work across diverse HV and LV infrastructure, underground equipment and critical surface support assets

The Opportunity:

As a Technician Electrical Underground, you will join the Underground Electrical Maintenance team at our owner-operated Granny Smith Gold Mine.

You will provide practical electrical expertise across underground and surface operations, helping to maintain the safe, reliable and efficient performance of critical electrical and communications infrastructure. This is an opportunity to strengthen your technical capabilities while working on diverse equipment and systems in a safety-focused underground mining environment

Why Join Gold Fields?

• Permanent role with a leading gold producer
• 6% site allowance and quarterly bonus up to 10% annually
• Monthly private health allowance
• 6 weeks annual leave, pro rata long service leave after 5 years, 18 weeks parental leave
• Cultural leave equivalent to one weeks paid leave (aligned to rostered hours)
• FIFO parking discount
• $10K employee referral bonus

Skills & Qualifications:

• Current manual driver’s licence.
• Electrical trade qualification
• High-voltage switching certification
• Current LVR and CPR certification
• Current manual driver’s licence
• Extensive experience maintaining underground mining electrical equipment and infrastructure
• Experience maintaining associated surface fixed-plant equipment
• Strong fault-finding and diagnostic skills across HV and LV systems
• A safety-focused approach and the ability to work effectively as part of a collaborative maintenance team

About the Role:

• Fault-finding, diagnosing, repairing, commissioning and decommissioning HV and LV underground electrical infrastructure
• Maintaining and repairing underground mobile equipment, pumping systems and ventilation networks
• Supporting the reliable operation of underground communications infrastructure
• Maintaining surface support facilities, including administration buildings, surface chiller plants, reverse-osmosis water plants and concrete batch plants
• Completing preventative and corrective maintenance safely and efficiently
• Maintaining high housekeeping standards across underground work areas and maintenance workshops
• Working collaboratively with operational and maintenance teams to minimise downtime and support safe production outcomes
  
  

About Gold Fields

At Gold Fields, we’re proud to be one of the world’s leading gold producers and more importantly, we’re a team united by a commitment to safety, respect, and creating lasting value for our people and communities.

We’re building an inclusive workforce where diverse perspectives drive success. We welcome applications from women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and candidates from culturally diverse backgrounds.

How to Apply

Start your journey with Gold Fields: https://careers.goldfields.com/Australia

       CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: Wednesday 2 December 2026

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.