Senior Controls & Electrical Technician

OceanaGold Corporation; Masterton District; Hybrid; NZD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Residential role in Waihi

Competitive salary

Free Southern Cross Healthcare

Life Insurance

Gym membership

Retail and services discounts

Long service recognition

Values recognition program

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Excellent working environment

Job summary

OceanaGold Corporation in Waihi, New Zealand, is seeking a senior automation engineer to provide technical leadership for site process control and automation systems. You will manage DCS/PLC/HMI, PI System maintenance, and instrumentation, ensuring reliability, data integrity, and safe operation of the plant.

Relocation to Waihi is encouraged; the role offers a competitive salary, housing support options, and comprehensive benefits as part of an expanding gold mine operated by an international

Qualifications

• Relevant qualification or equivalent experience in control systems.
• Strong experience maintaining and troubleshooting process plant control systems, including DCS, PLC, HMI, instrumentation and industrial networks.
• Experience supporting PI System/PI Vision or similar plant data and visualisation platforms.
• Ability to interpret technical drawings and schematics, including wiring diagrams, loop drawings and P&IDs.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and support the site’s DCS, PLC, HMI, industrial network and PI System/PI Vision infrastructure to ensure reliability, availability and data integrity.
• Carry out system health checks, backups, patching, fault finding and minor configuration or logic changes in line with site standards and change control requirements.
• Support ongoing maintenance and development of the Waihi PI System, including tag integrity, data quality, visualisation performance and user support.
• Maintain and verify critical field instrumentation and control loops to support safe, stable and efficient plant operation.
• Lead or support fault finding, root cause analysis and corrective actions for automation, instrumentation and control system issues.
• Support control system upgrades, migrations and modifications, including testing, commissioning and management of change requirements.
• Provide high-level technical support to maintenance and operations teams during breakdowns, shutdowns and planned work.
• Work closely with operations, maintenance and contractors to coordinate priorities, support shutdowns and deliver reliable plant outcomes.
• Carry out all work in line with site safety, risk, environmental and permit requirements, and support compliance activities associated with control systems and instrumentation.

Skills

DCS/PLC/HMI maintenance

PI System/PI Vision

Electrical & instrumentation

Technical drawing interpretation

Education

Control systems degree

Job description

OceanaGold is aglobal intermediate gold and copper producer with more than 35 years of exploration, development and operating experience.We have four operating mines – Haile in the USA, Macraes and Waihi in New Zealand, and Didipio in the Philippines and aglobal workforce of ~ 5 , 400 employees and contractors.

Our people, assets, and strategy are core to our success. Guided by our values—Care, Respect, Integrity, Performance, and Teamwork—we strive to be atrusted company people want to work for, partner with, supply and invest in, to create value.We are committed to safe and responsible mining that generates strong returns and contributes to sustainable development in the regions where we operate. OceanaGold is listed on the Toronto and New York Stock Exchanges (TSX: OGC; NYSE:OGC).

Our Waihi Operation in the North Island of New Zealand is an underground gold mine.Arecent consent for the Waihi North Project, anew mine to be developed 6 km north of the existing operation has provided along-term extension of mine life providing our 400 staff and contractors, and the people of Waihi, an assurance that we plan to be here for thelong-term.

Job Description

Ditch the FIFO lifestyle, relocate to sunny Waihi in New Zealand, the gateway to the stunning Coromandel region! Live close to the beach and enjoy the outdoors lifestyle, with walking, biking, hunting and fishing spots on your doorstep. Agreat place to bring up family, working at an expanding gold mine for an international company.

The key emphasis of this role is on providing technical support and leadership for the site’s process control and automation systems. This includes industrial networking, DCS and PLC platforms, and PI System/PI Vision maintenance. Responsible for maintaining the reliability, integrity, and performance of these systems, supporting fault finding and continuous improvement, and ensuring control infrastructure remains fit for purpose. This position is suited to aperson with acontrol systems background, with the ability to work across multiple technologies and support the wider maintenance team.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

• Maintain and support the site’s DCS, PLC, HMI, industrial network and PI System/PI Vision infrastructure to ensure reliability, availability and dataintegrity.
• Carry out system health checks, backups, patching, fault finding and minor configuration or logic changes in line with site standards and change control requirements.
• Support ongoing maintenance and development of the Waihi PI System, including tag integrity, data quality, visualisation performance and usersupport.
• Maintain and verify critical field instrumentation and control loops to support safe, stable and efficient plantoperation.
• Lead or support fault finding, root cause analysis and corrective actions for automation, instrumentation and control systemissues.
• Support control system upgrades, migrations and modifications, including testing, commissioning and management of change requirements.
• Provide high-level technical support to maintenance and operations teams during breakdowns, shutdowns and plannedwork.
• Work closely with operations, maintenance and contractors to coordinate priorities, support shutdowns and deliver reliable plantoutcomes.
• Carry out all work in line with site safety, risk, environmental and permit requirements, and support compliance activities associated with control systems and instrumentation.

Qualifications

• Relevant qualification or equivalent experience in controlsystems.
• Strong experience maintaining and troubleshooting process plant control systems, including DCS, PLC, HMI, instrumentation and industrialnetworks.
• Experience supporting PI System/PI Vision or similar plant data and visualisation platforms.
• Ability to interpret technical drawings and schematics, including wiring diagrams, loop drawings and P&IDs.
• Experience in asenior maintenance, technical support or supervisory role.
• Familiarity with OEM automation platforms, cybersecurity practices and control system changemanagement.

Additional Information

WHAT’S ONOFFER:

• Residential role—live and work in Waihi, the gateway to the stunning Coromandelregion
• Competitive salary +short-term
• Free Southern CrossHealthcare
• Life Insurance
• Free GymMembership
• Discounts on retail andservices
• Long service recognition
• Living Our Values recognition program
• Access to OceanaGold Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Exceptional working environment where people are valued andrespected
  

OceanaGold is committed to providing equal employment opportunities. We believeavariety of perspectives are not only welcome – they are essential to our success.

Applications close 7 September 2026 . Shortlisting will commence immediately. Applicants must be eligible to work in NewZealand.