Senior Maintenance Improvement Lead – Shutdown & Reliability

Talison Lithium; Greenbushes; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working environment

Income protection insurance

Life Insurance for company superannuit

Competitive parental leave

Salary sacrifice options for remote区域

Performance-based incentive scheme

Job summary

Talison Lithium is seeking an experienced Maintenance Improvement Superintendent to join the Greenbushes Operation in Western Australia. The role will drive strategic maintenance improvements, with emphasis on shutdown planning, readiness, execution and performance, using data analysis and structured problem-solving to boost safety, reliability and cost efficiency.

Working with Maintenance, Operations and stakeholders, you will lead sustainable improvements in maintenance processes and work

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in engineering, maintenance, asset management or equivalent.
• Hold a current S26 qualification under the Work Health and Safety Act 2020 (WA) or able to obtain prior to commencement.
• Formal training or certification in continuous improvement, project management, reliability or asset management is desirable.
• Substantial maintenance experience in a complex mining, mineral processing or heavy industrial environment, including leadership across multidisciplinary teams.
• Demonstrated experience improving shutdown planning, readiness, execution and post-shutdown performance.
• Strong understanding of maintenance work management and reliability, including defect elimination, planning and scheduling, preventive maintenance, backlog management, master data and materials readiness.
• Demonstrated capability in structured problem solving, data analysis, business case development, benefits tracking and change implementation.

Responsibilities

• Work in accordance with Talison safety, environmental and risk management requirements; ensure changes are risk assessed, controlled and embedded without compromising safe production.
• Translate maintenance objectives and performance gaps into a prioritised improvement initiatives and maintain visibility of delivery, dependencies and risks.
• Lead the end-to-end improvement of shutdown performance from scope development to return-to-service and post-shutdown review.
• Improve the quality and discipline of maintenance notification, scoping, approval, planning, scheduling, execution, close-out and feedback processes.
• Work with Engineering & Reliability and operational teams to identify chronic losses and repeat failures, prioritise critical assets, apply structured root-cause methods and ensure corrective actions are implemented and verified.
• Identify and address constraints associated with labour, equipment or processes, particularly for shutdown and major maintenance work.
• Define and maintain a balanced suite of leading and lagging indicators to measure improvements in maintenance performance and practices, including shutdown performance; and
• Build effective working relationships across departments and functions, including relevant contractors.

Skills

Data analysis

Root-cause analysis

Leadership

Problem solving

Maintenance planning

Education

Engineering degree

S26 WHS qualification

Continuous improvement cert.

Site/project management training

Job description

Talison Lithium is seeking an experienced Maintenance Improvement Superintendent to join the Greenbushes Operation in Western Australia. The role will drive strategic maintenance improvements, with emphasis on shutdown planning, readiness, execution and performance, using data analysis and structured problem-solving to boost safety, reliability and cost efficiency.

Working with Maintenance, Operations and stakeholders, you will lead sustainable improvements in maintenance processes and work