Maintenance Technician – Camps & Fleet

The operation

A Western Australian exploration business running camps, a vehicle fleet and site plant across several remote projects. The camps are permanent enough to need proper upkeep and mobile enough that new ones get stood up and pulled down again as the program moves.

The role

The maintenance seat that keeps the camps and the fleet serviceable. It covers planned and reactive maintenance on camp buildings and infrastructure, servicing and defect rectification across the vehicles, and preventative work on generators, water systems, pumps, trailers and the rest of the site plant, plus the minor construction and earthworks that go with running a camp.

The role carries S26 Statutory Supervisor accountability for maintenance and construction work on site, including directing and supervising the contractors brought in for it. Budget, scheduling and standards sign off sit with the supervisors above the role, so this is accountability for the work rather than for the commercials.

Planning runs roughly a month ahead. 15/13 FIFO out of Perth, based primarily at one project but working across the others, including regional exploration sites.

Key duties

1. Planned and reactive maintenance on camp buildings and infrastructure, including dongas, ablution blocks and common areas
2. Minor construction, fitout and earthworks at camp facilities, including installing and modifying dongas, ablutions and hardstand
3. Vehicle servicing, inspections and defect rectification, coordinated with approved service providers where the work calls for it
4. Keep the vehicle fleet register current across service intervals, registration and inspections
5. Preventative and reactive maintenance on generators, water systems, pumps, trailers and other site assets
6. Direct and supervise the contractors engaged for maintenance and construction work under S26 authority
7. Record completed work, defects and service history, and keep the maintenance register current
8. Complete risk assessments, JHAs and Take5s, and take part in daily pre-starts and toolbox meetings
9. Support camp mobilisation and demobilisation as regional exploration projects start up and wind down

What you will need

• S26 Statutory Supervisor competency and the associated risk modules, essential
• Hazard and Risk Management RIIRIS301E, essential
• Current C class driver’s licence, essential. Heavy Rigid preferred
• Forklift High Risk Work Licence, essential
• Occupational First Aid Skill Set HLTSS00068, essential
• Current national police clearance, essential
• Hiab competency, loader or backhoe licence, working at heights and a dogging licence are all preferred
• Trade background or hands on experience in building maintenance, construction, mechanical or plant maintenance, ideally in a remote or mining setting
• Practical knowledge of vehicle and plant maintenance, servicing schedules and defect identification
• Good computer skills, with a computerised maintenance management system an advantage