Electrical Coordinator

Gruyere Gold Mine, a Gold Fields and Gold Road Resources Joint Venture (50/50) is located in the Yamarna Greenstone Belt in Western Australia. Gruyere was commissioned in 2019 and is one of Australia's largest and lowest cost gold mining operations boasting a plant production of 300,000+ ounces per annum with an enviable production profile in excess of 10 years.

Role Details:

As the Electrical Coordinator, reporting directly to the Maintenance Superintendent, your role is to manage all electrical maintenance activities across the site processing and non-processing infrastructure. Your focus is to meet operational needs in line with Gold Fields' standards, ensuring strict adherence to legal and regulatory frameworks including safe work practices. Success in this role requires strong leadership, technical proficiency, and a strategic mindset.

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 roster and is Fly in Fly out from Perth.

Benefits Include:

• 6% Site Allowance & Private Health Insurance Allowance
• Quarterly Bonus Scheme
• Salary sacrifice options.
• Increased annual leave entitlements.
• Employee referral program - $10,000 per successful referral!
• Employee Assistance Program
• Long service leave pro rata after 5 years of continuous service.
• Educational assistance

About the role:

• Drive exemplary safety practices through proactive team engagement and rigorous incident management.
• Direct predictive, preventive, and corrective electrical maintenance, optimising resource allocation through the weekly and shutdown scheduling process.
• Accountable for delivery for the Gold Fields work management process. Including the continuous refinement of these processes
• Ensure precise information delivery to support planning, engineering, maintenance, and operational decisions. Including the building of strong relations with these key stakeholder and support teams.
• Maintain strict compliance with energy safety, workplace health and safety, mining regulations and other regulatory obligations.
• Efficiently manage plant outages to minimise operational disruption.
• Lead electrical team recruitment, fostering development through, succession planning, targeted training, and mentorship.
• Implement continuous improvement programs to electrical systems to ensure plant reliability and workplace safety.
• Assume Superintendent duties when needed, showcasing operational leadership, adaptability and driving of the business plan.

About you:

• Unrestricted WA Electrical License required.
• A current and valid Certificate of Competence as a Statutory Supervisor (or in the process of obtaining one)
• Demonstrated leadership and operational management experience; formal leadership training valued.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills essential.
• Electrical & instrumentation maintenance experience in mineral processing, with gold processing experience valued.
• Strong computer skills, particularly in Microsoft Office, with proficiency in Excel beneficial.
• High Voltage qualification and training in working at heights, EWP, and confined space preferred.
• LV Rescue and CPR certifications are desirable.
• Extensive knowledge of process technologies and equipment; familiarity with DCS/PLC. Yokogawa DCS experience valued.
• Current manual Driver’s License mandatory
• Experience in SAP 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.