Maintenance Electrical Superintendent

Glencore International AG; Murrin Murrin; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Murrin Murrin Operations, a Glencore site in Western Australia, seeks a Maintenance Electrical Superintendent to lead a ~46-strong team across electrical maintenance, safety, and compliance in a high-risk mining environment.

You will ensure electrical asset integrity, statutory obligations, and continuous improvement in safety and reliability, while delivering safe, efficient production outcomes.

Qualifications

• Must hold electrical trade qualification and current Electrical Workers Licence.
• Certification or Diploma in Installation and Maintenance of Electrical Equipment in Hazardous Areas preferred.
• Cert 4 in Instrumentation or higher recommended.
• Extensive leadership experience in mining/mineral processing or similar industries.
• Strong knowledge of electrical risk management and controls.

Responsibilities

• Lead a large electrical maintenance team in a complex mining/processing environment.
• Promote and sustain a strong safety-first culture through visible leadership.
• Ensure compliance with statutory obligations, company standards and electrical safety requirements.
• Drive Fatal Hazard Protocol compliance and Critical Control Management for electrical energy.
• Oversee safe execution of high-risk electrical work including isolations and energisations.
• Act as site owner for EEHA management system and hazardous area inspections.
• Lead Radiation Safety Program, licensing, audits and training.
• Oversee gas systems maintenance and regulatory compliance.
• Maintain electrical asset reliability and production availability.
• Lead incident investigations, risk assessments and audits; drive improvements.
• Develop and implement maintenance strategies to optimise performance and minimise downtime.
• Build leadership capability within Electrical Department; manage budgets and planning.

Skills

Electrical trade qualification

Electrical workers licence

Hazardous areas cert/diploma

Instrument calibration cert

Leadership experience

Regulatory compliance

Maintenance leadership

Risk management

Communication & coaching

Safety culture champion

Education

Electrical Engineering Degree

Statutory Supervisor qualification

Job description

Murrin Murrin Operations has an opportunity for a Maintenance Electrical Superintendent to join our established and dedicated team in our Process Plant.

Murrin Murrin Operations 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.

Murrin Murrin Operations 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

Reporting to the Maintenance Manager, this leadership role is responsible for the safe and effective delivery of electrical maintenance activities across the operation, leading a team of approximately 46 personnel including Coordinators, Supervisors, Electrical & Instrumentation Technicians, Refrigeration Technicians and apprentices.

This role is critical to maintaining electrical asset integrity, ensuring compliance with statutory obligations, and fostering a strong safety culture within a high-risk operational environment.

The successful candidate will provide visible leadership across the department, ensuring electrical maintenance activities are executed safely, critical controls remain effective, and electrical risks are proactively managed to support safe and reliable production outcomes.

You will be responsible for:

• Lead and develop a large electrical maintenance team within a complex mining and processing environment.
• Promote and embed a strong safety-first culture through visible leadership and field engagement.
• Ensure compliance with statutory obligations, company standards and electrical safety requirements.
• Drive Fatal Hazard Protocol compliance and Critical Control Management activities relating to electrical energy.
• Ensure safe execution of high-risk electrical work including isolations, energisations and maintenance activities.
• Acting as the site owner for the Electrical Equipment in Hazardous Areas (EEHA) Management System, ensuring hazardous area inspections, defect rectification, documentation, personnel competency and compliance with AS/NZS 60079, IECEx and site standards.
• Leading and maintaining the site's Radiation Safety Program, ensuring the safe use, inspection and regulatory compliance of sealed radioactive sources and radiation gauges, including licensing, monitoring, audits, personnel training and compliance with applicable legislative requirements.
• Managing the maintenance and statutory compliance of site gas systems, providing oversight of gas fitters and ensuring all gas work is completed safely and in accordance with regulatory requirements.
• Maintain electrical asset reliability and availability to support safe and efficient production.
• Lead incident investigations, risk assessments, audits and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Develop and implement maintenance strategies that optimise equipment performance and minimise downtime.
• Build leadership capability and technical competence across the Electrical Department.
• Manage electrical maintenance budgets, planning activities and operational priorities.

About You

You are an experienced electrical leader with a demonstrated ability to lead teams in complex, high-risk industrial environments.

You understand that leadership in electrical maintenance extends beyond technical expertise and requires a relentless focus on safety, risk management, compliance and workforce engagement.

To be successful in this role you will possess:

• Electrical Trade Qualification and current Electrical Workers Licence.
• Current Certification or Diploma in Installation and Maintenance of Electrical Equipment in Hazardous Areas.
• Minimum Cert 4 in Instrumentation.
• Extensive leadership experience within mining, mineral processing, heavy industrial, oil & gas, power generation or similar environments.
• Strong knowledge of electrical risk management principles and controls.
• Demonstrated experience managing electrical maintenance teams and contractors.
• Experience working within highly regulated environments with significant statutory obligations.
• Strong understanding of maintenance systems, reliability principles and asset management.
• Excellent communication, coaching and leadership skills.
• A strong commitment to fostering positive safety behaviours and cultural improvement.

Highly desirable

• Electrical Engineering Degree
• Statutory Supervisor qualification.
• Strong working knowledge of the Work Health and Safety (Mines) Regulations 2022.
• Experience managing high-voltage electrical systems and infrastructure.
• Exposure to Functional Safety and IEC61508.
• Experience working within a major hazardous processing facility, such as mining, oil & gas, petrochemical, chemical processing or power generation, is highly desirable

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 Murrin Murrin Operations
• 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 15%
• 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.