Completions Specialist

At Lynas Rare Earths - we do interesting stuff

Our Rare Earths deposit in Mt Weld, Western Australia, is acknowledged as one of the highest-grade Rare Earths mine in the world and we operate the world’s largest single Rare Earths processing plant in Malaysia - so you are joining a very unique team As a team member you will be contributing to the sustainable supply of rare earths materials which are used in electric vehicles and wind turbines.

Lynas is embarking on an expansion in Western Australia, and we have an opportunity for a driven Completions Specialist wanting to join us on our journey. Lynas recently announced an approximately $550M project to expand the capacity at the Mt Weld mine and concentration plant to meet accelerating market demand for rare earth materials. In this role, you are a crucial part of the Owner’s Team tasked to manage the site execution phase of the Expansion Project to achieve cost-effective and fit-for-purpose construction of the new processing facilities and associated infrastructure safely, on time and on budget. This is a fixed term 1-year contract role based on site Mt Weld (Laverton) on a 14:7 or 8:6 roster (negotiable).

Reporting to our Project Manager, with the support of the Senior Completions Specialist, Construction Manager and Commissioning Manager, you will be responsible for the following:

- Manage and maintain the Completions Management System (CMS)
- Provision of support and training to completions personnel, ensuring personnel are competent and possess the required skills and tools
- Supervise subcontractor CMS administration inputs as well as execute uploading ITRs into Completions Management System (CMS) and assigning them to the specific CMS tag items
- Maintaining CMS database accuracy, Monitoring and ensuring a high standard of quality data and information in the CMS.
- Ensure that Change Control is incorporated into the CMS and that it reflects the up to date status of the design & engineering
- Administration and coordination of Sub-System Handover Walk downs
- Manage Punch List tracking, support and closeout in cooperation with the Construction, Quality, Pre-Commissioning and Commissioning Teams
- Assist with preparing, marking, and updating P&ID and commissioning boundary documentation.
- Resolving queries and providing support to commissioning and project management teams.
- Reporting on outstanding items to drive completion of subsystems, in line with project milestones.
- Preparing digital workpacks and handover dossiers.
- Processing data change requests.
- Ensuring that complete documentation and data packages are compiled and are in place to accommodate handover at Discipline Completion, Pre-Commissioning, Commissioning and Start-Up phases of the Project.

As a highly valued member of the Lynas Rare Earths team, you will have:

- A recognized degree in an engineering or scientific discipline from an accredited college or university, or Trade Qualifications (preferably mechanical or electrical)
- Ideally looking for someone with Construction Completions and/or Commissioning Completions experience.
- Good knowledge of EPCM administrative processes and procedures and supervisory experience
- Technical knowledge of completions/start-up/commissioning, operation, maintenance, or testing.
- Extensive knowledge of precedents in the completions/start-up/commissioning and operations areas and a broad knowledge of principles and practices of related areas.
- Broad knowledge of industry and regulatory standards and criteria pertinent to completions/start-up/commissioning, maintenance, operations, or testing.
- Can perform under pressure and prioritise competing deadlines
- Process driven
- Strong IT skills
- Demonstrated skill in leadership.