Technician : Mechanical (Fixed)

GOLD FIELDS; Shire Of Laverton; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Permanent role with a leading goldPro

6% site allowance and quarterly bonus

Monthly private health allowance

5 weeks annual leave

Long service leave after 5 years

Parental leave

Cultural leave

FIFO parking discount

$10K employee referral bonus

Job summary

Gold Fields Gruyere is seeking a highly skilled Mechanical Fitter to perform preventative mechanical maintenance on fixed plant at the Gruyere site. You will work a rotating roster, including nights, and operate on a Fly-In Fly-Out basis from Perth, contributing to safe and efficient plant operations.

You will hold a mechanical fitting trade qualification and WA licences, with a strong focus on safety, quality, and adherence to site procedures to ensure reliable plant performance.

Qualifications

• Previous fixed plant maintenance experience within a processing plant environment.
• Recognised mechanical fitting trade qualification.
• Strong understanding of maintenance best practices and safe, reliable plant operation.
• Safety‑focused approach and pride in quality of work.

Responsibilities

• Provide quality and timely preventative mechanical maintenance and repairs of Fixed Plant infrastructure and facilities.
• Deliver planned preventative maintenance to support maintenance targets.
• Complete day-to-day SAP entries, including parts requests and closure of work orders.
• Maintain a clean, safe, and well‑organised workshop and work areas.
• Work with site procedures and instructions to ensure safe operations.

Skills

Fixed-plant maintenance

Maintenance best practices

Education

Mechanical Fitting Trade

Tools

WA C Manual Licence

CN Crane

Dogging

Basic Rigging

EWP

WAH

Confined Space

Forklift

Job description

Reporting to the Mechanical Supervisor at Gruyere, you will be responsible for providing quality and timely preventative mechanical maintenance and repairs of the Fixed Plant infrastructure, facilities and other areas of the operation.

This role will work 4 roster cycles of 8 days on 6 days off and 1 roster cycle of 7 nights on 7 days off roster and is Fly in Fly out from Perth.

In this role, you'll play a key part in contributing to the safe and efficient operations of the Processing Plant by delivering planned preventative maintenance in a safe and effective manner, supporting the achievement of maintenance targets.

You'll maintain strong understanding of site procedures and work instructions, completion of all safety requirements and ensure the completion of day to day SAP entries including parts requests and accurate closure of work orders. You'll take pride in maintaining a clean, well organised workshop and work areas, contributing to a safe and professional work environment

About you:

You will bring previous fixed plant maintenance experience within a processing plant environment, along with a recognised mechanical fitting trade qualification. You'll have a strong understanding of maintenance best practice, and the knowledge and skills to ensure our process plant is running safely and reliably. A practical, safety focused approach, together with a sense of pride in the quality of your work will be required.

You will hold a current WA C Manual Driver's License, CN crane, Dogging, Basic rigging, EWP, WAH, Confined Space and forklift tickets.

Benefits include:

• Permanent role with a leading gold producer
• 6% site allowance and quarterly bonus up to 10% annually
• Monthly private health allowance
• 5 weeks annual leave, pro rata long service leave after 5 years, 18 weeks parental leave
• Cultural leave equivalent to one weeks paid leave (aligned to rostered hours)
• FIFO parking discount
• $10K employee referral bonus

At Gold Fields we work together as a team to deliver excellent results and take pride in what we do. We actively seek input from others and truly believe that diverse views improve the quality of our work. We work hard, so when the business achieves its goals, employees can share in better salary increases and bonuses, and we have more money to invest in communities and ongoing renewable energy projects.