Gold Fields is a globally diversified gold producer with nine operating mines in Australia, South Africa, Ghana, Peru, Canada and Chile.

Gold Fields' mining assets in the Australia region include a 100% interest in the St Ives, Agnew and Granny Smith mines and a 50:50 interest in the Gruyere JV project with Gold Road Resources.

Role Details:

Reporting to the Mine Production Superintendent at St Ives, you will be responsible for working within a group to implement and maintain Goldfields Innovation & Technology pipeline projects.

As an employee at Gold Fields, we expect all levels of employees to act in a manner that seeks to align and enhance the values, safety culture and performance of Gold Fields with the purpose of creating enduring value beyond mining.

This role is offered on 8 days on 6 days off roster and is Fly in Fly out from Perth or Drive in Drive out from the Goldfields region.

Benefits include:

• Private Health Insurance Allowance
• Quarterly Bonus Scheme
• Flexible work arrangements on offer
• Salary sacrifice options
• Increased annual leave entitlements
• Employee referral program - $10,000 per successful referral!
• Employee Assistance Program
• Long service leave pro rata after 5 years of continuous service
• Educational assistance

About the role:

• Routine inspections of machinery and fixed plant and carry out preventive measures and condition reporting.
• Fault-finding, diagnosis, repair, and maintenance of the communications networks. Experience using Spectrum Analyzer and OTDR necessary.
• Design, repair, and Installation of communications equipment: 4G LTE, MW network links, Leaky Feeder, Fibre Optics, Structured Cabling, Wenco fleet management and collision awareness system
• Programming Motorola Digital Radios and Repeaters.
• Commissioning of new communication technology introduced to the site.
• Recording all relevant information into goldfields CMMS- AMT/SAP as required.
• Ability to work unsupervised and in a team environment

About you:

• WA “A” Class Electrical Workers License – Highly Desirable
• Current manual C Class Driver’s License
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in radio communications, telemetry networks and maintenance in surface and underground mining environment
• Open cabling ticket with fibre endorsement, structured cabling and coaxial is desirable
• Tertiary qualification in IT, Communications and or Instrumentation is desirable

Applications can be submitted via: https://careers.goldfields.com/Australia

Gold Fields is committed to achieving an inclusive workforce. We recognise that the diverse talent of our people will ultimately determine our growth, performance and success. We strongly encourage applications from female, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, as well as candidates with culturally diverse backgrounds.

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.