Australian Garnet (AGPL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Resource Development Group Limited (RDG), a publicly listed company trading on the ASX. AGPL has been operating our brand-new garnet processing plant, the Lucky Bay Mine for the past 2 years. Our onsite team is responsible for the mining, the wet processing, dry and packaging plants, then packed into containers and transported to Perth. The management team and workforce are directly employed by AGPL and the mine site is located approximately 35 kilometres from the Kalbarri township, with a mine life of over 40 years, this is an exciting project.

We are currently looking to employ a permanent experienced Mobile Heavy Diesel Maintenance Supervisor to work at our Lucky Bay mine site.

This is a 2 week on 1 week off fly in fly out roster from Perth. For candidates that live locally in the Geraldton, Northampton or Kalbarri region there are other roster options available.

PRIMARY PURPOSE:

Take full responsibility of the workshop, liaise with the onsite Project Managers and other senior members of the project teams. Supervise all the workforce including Fitters and Maintenance Personnel to ensure the company owned equipment is well maintained and in good working order.

Ensure that parts requisitions are produced to allow parts to be ordered in a timely manner using a “hands on” approach and the work areas are kept in a tidy and well organized and clean appearance.

Key responsibilities include:

• Allocate & ensure works are completed timely and to a standard on company owned equipment.
• Oversee the cleanliness of maintenance and site facilities and keep in a well organized manner.
• Ensure that work is done in a safe manner and that safety is talked about and observed by all employees.
• Ensure you lead and allocate work on specific items of equipment, in line with the priority of the item of equipment required onsite.
• Ability to produce a list of work that is required on each machine, with assistance from the fitters.
• Produce the requisitions for parts for the workshop requirements, in advance of when they are required.
• Be responsible for the timekeeping and productivity of your team.
• The ability to supervise people and provide sound leadership and direction to the team.
• Ensure a clean and safe work environment is always maintained and apply continuous improvement.
• Be safety and process-focused and willing to improve the processes in place.
• Identify areas where suitable improvements, innovations and cost solutions can be made.
• Ensure the overall appearance of company equipment is maintained to ensure the presentation of all equipment to the highest standard, including signage.
• Supervise and coordinate any 3rd party specialist providers engaged to carry out repairs to company equipment.
• Use Pronto to ensure all plant and equipment records are maintained including location, operating data (hours/km), service history, etc.
• Progress all requests for plant and equipment as approved for project requirements.
• Work with company Asset Manager and project team to arrange transport of plant and equipment being delivered to various sites and returned back to Newman yard.
• Ensure you comply with internal reporting requirements including HSE, payroll, financial, production and submitting reports as requested by senior management.
• Issue plant and equipment status reports to Mine Manager weekly.

Necessary skills and qualifications;

• Minimum of 5 years experience in a similar role.
• Relevant trade qualifications i.e. Heavy Diesel Fitting.
• High attention to detail, excellent problem solving skills.
• Current C Class Drivers licence, HR Licence advantageous.
• Construction Industry Awareness Card.
• Proficient in using Microsoft Suite and Pronto.

SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• Strong technical skills in vehicle and heavy mobile plant maintenance & repair.
• Solid organisational and time management skills.
• High level of communications skills with people at all levels of the business.
• Ability to pass a pre-employment medical and National Police Clearance.
• Possess strong communication and negotiation skills and able to set and achieve targets for internal customers and the maintenance team.

What we offer you

• Competitive remuneration.
• A truly inclusive, high functioning & supportive team environment.
• Excellent professional development opportunities.
• The opportunity to make a real difference in the local community.

We are looking for Safety focused, team player who has a desire to become a highly valued member of our small operations team. This is an excellent opportunity to join an innovative company at the forefront of the Mining industry and gain valuable experience with ongoing work.

So, if you’re looking to make a change and want to join a great team, want to be home every night and would like to be valued & respected, then come and join us here at Australian Garnet on our Lucky Bay site.

All applicants will be required to complete a Pre-Employment Medical including Drug and Alcohol Screen and provide a Police Clearance. Only those with full Australian work rights will be considered at this time.

To learn more about RDG & Australian Garnet, please visit our websites:

http://www.resdevgroup.com.au/

https://www.australiangarnet.com.au/

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