Mine Technician - Water Management

Glencore Australia is seeking a Mine Technician - Water Management for its Murrin Murrin site in Perth, WA. The role includes operating machinery, maintaining water infrastructure, and performing inspections. Candidates should have experience in water management, mobile equipment operation, and open pit mining. This permanent position offers health benefits, training opportunities, and a supportive team culture within a leading nickel and cobalt mining operation.
Glencore Australia is hiring a Mine Technician - Water Management for its Murrin Murrin site in Perth, WA. The role involves operating machinery, maintaining water infrastructure, and performing inspections and repairs. Ideal candidates should have experience in water management, mobile equipment operation, and open pit mining. The position offers permanent employment with benefits including health programs, training opportunities, and a supportive team culture.
Minara Resources is Australia’s largest cobalt producer and a major world producer of nickel. Our Murrin Murrin site in WA’s northern Goldfields is an integrated nickel and cobalt mining and processing operation employing over 1,000 people. We are a diverse, dedicated and driven workforce, building a sustainable business today with a focus on tomorrow.

Minara Resources is wholly owned by Glencore, one of the world’s largest globally diversified natural resources companies and a major producer and marketer of more than 60 commodities. Glencore employs over 145,000 people operates around 150 operating mining and processing sites, oil production assets and agricultural facilities in over 35 countries.

The Role

The successful person will become a member of a hardworking and committed team.

You will be responsible for:
• Operate authorized machinery and conduct daily work area inspections
• Perform planned and unplanned Borefields tasks, including bore and wellhead installation/removal
• Conduct pre-start inspections and maintain housekeeping of vehicles, equipment, and workspaces
• Service, maintain, and repair diesel-run water pumps, including assembly and installation
• Inspect, maintain, and install water infrastructure such as sumps, trenches, and pipelines
• Perform poly welding and relocate pumps and pipelines as required
• Assist with Mine Services tasks, including mobile crib and ablution maintenance
• Ensure equipment and infrastructure are operated and maintained according to procedures
• Apply safe work methods and report active or potential hazards
• Identify and report active and potential hazards

About You

This role would suit an experienced Water Management Technician. You will also have:
• Experience in the repair and maintenance of dewatering equipment and infrastructure
• Experience in the operation of mobile earth moving equipment that includes excavators and loaders/IT
• Previous open pit mining experience
• Experience in Borefields operations
• Ability to maintain service and repair diesel run water pumps
• Knowledge of pump assembly, installation and operation
• Ability to inspect, maintain and install water infrastructure including sumps, trenches and pipes
• Ability to poly weld in order to construct and repair pipelines
• Ability to move pumps and pipelines

What We Offer

We offer a diverse range of opportunities across our multi-pit mining operations through to our complex and technically challenging hydrometallurgical process plant.

Also on offer:
• A permanent position working directly for Minara Resources
• The opportunity to work for a progressive industry leader in nickel mining and processing
• A work environment that prides itself on high safety standards
• A range of health and lifestyle benefits including our Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• An excellent team culture with recognition and reward programs
• An attractive variable compensation program that creates a link between individual performance and company success
• The opportunity to take advantage of our impressive 100 kilometres of cycling and running tracks, premium on-site gym facilities with weekly fitness and sport programs
• An above industry standard superannuation contribution of 14.5%
• A generous private health insurance allowance
• Well established on-the-job training opportunities and development programs to further your technical and leadership skills
• The ability to salary sacrifice flights, parking, super and novated leasing etc.

Apply now at www.glencore.com/careers