Maintenance Leader — Asset Integrity & Uptime (Lithium Ops)

Southern Forests Employment Hub; Bunbury; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working environment

Income protection insurance

Life Insurance

Parental leave policy

Salary sacrifice options for remote—?

Job summary

Talison Lithium's Greenbushes Lithium Operation in Western Australia is seeking a Maintenance Manager to lead the site's maintenance function, ensuring safe, reliable, and cost-effective performance of fixed plant assets. The role provides strategic direction over planning, execution and continuous improvement of maintenance activities.

You will oversee maintenance for crushers, processing plants and CTPS, lead a multidisciplinary team, manage budgets, and partner with engineering and operations

Qualifications

• Holds a mechanical engineering degree or trade qualification.
• Minimum 5-10 years in leadership roles within mining or heavy industry.
• Strong knowledge of Asset Management Systems in fixed-plant mining.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement.
• Experience in mentoring and developing team members.

Responsibilities

• Lead a multidisciplinary maintenance team.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate with engineering and operations teams.
• Manage maintenance budgets.
• Ensure strong contractor relationships.
• Lead safety performance in maintenance.
• Govern maintenance and asset management strategy.
• Define accountability and leadership development.
• Oversee shutdown governance and readiness.
• Coordinate shutdown scopes, cost, and scheduling.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Mentoring

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Mechanical engineering degree

Trade qualification

Tools

Asset Management Systems

Job description

Talison Lithium's Greenbushes Lithium Operation in Western Australia is seeking a Maintenance Manager to lead the site's maintenance function, ensuring safe, reliable, and cost-effective performance of fixed plant assets. The role provides strategic direction over planning, execution and continuous improvement of maintenance activities.

You will oversee maintenance for crushers, processing plants and CTPS, lead a multidisciplinary team, manage budgets, and partner with engineering and operations