Excavator & Drill Reliability Inspector

1 week ago


Newcastle, Australia Thiess Full time

**Excavator & Drill Reliability Inspector**:

- Job ID- 930654- Job Type- Permanent Full Time- Location- Australia - Muswellbrook, Australia - Newcastle, Australia - Singleton, NSW- Categories- Mining Maintenance, Trade - Heavy Diesel Fitter- Applications close**_Make Your Mark with Thiess_**

Everyday, all around the world, Thiess supports and celebrates our people. We recognise talent and reward transparency. We champion diversity and embrace change.

Join us. Hone your skills and develop new ones. take on big challenges and grow, through mentorship, collaboration and empowerment.

Thiess is the place to make things happen.

**About the Role**

As our Excavator & Drill Reliability Inspectors at Mount Pleasant, you will be part of a team that strives for the best in fleet maintenance and management. You will work a Monday/Friday or Monday/Thursday roster dayshift only,10.5hr to 12-hour days.

In this role, you will:

- Perform routine inspections on our Excavator and Drill fleet to generate work orders and scope for planned work.
- Review and advise on the fleet condition monitoring.
- Assist with planning, scheduling, and component replacement strategy.
- Assist with statutory compliance.
- Perform the servicing, repair and maintenance of large-scale mobile mining equipment including Liebherr 9600, 996, 9400, 9350 and other ancillary equipment as directed in accordance with Thiess servicing, lubrication and maintenance systems documentation.
- Source technical information from the relevant available reference manuals, technical bulletins, OEM and computer-based systems.
- Ensure good housekeeping standards are maintained at all times.
- Conduct inspections and opportune work to prevent downtime and maximise equipment utilisation.

**About You**
- Trade Qualified Plant Mechanic Cert III Automotive Mechanical Technology (Earthmoving Mobile Plant Equipment) or similar
- Post-trade experience working in the Mining or Heavy Earth Moving Industry
- Experience in general maintenance, breakdowns, component changeouts and servicing of Heavy Earth Moving Equipment
- Demonstrated experience with Komatsu and CAT large earthmoving equipment.
- Understanding of Reliability and Oil sampling practices
- Exposure to work order management and parts ordering

**What Thiess Can Do For You**
- Permanent full-time positions
- Even time, lifestyle rosters
- Thiess’ commitment to training & development
- Salary sacrifice options - Novated leasing
- Range of corporate discounts including health insurance (Medibank), travel & retail products.

**About Us**

Thiess works with clients in Australia, Asia and the Americas in the dynamic field of open-cut and underground mining.

The pioneering spirit of our founders - the legendary Thiess brothers - is our legacy, and inspires our vision to harness the power of people and technology to drive sustainable change.

At Thiess, you will have the opportunity to play a part in the global energy transition. We are growing our commodities portfolio to include metals and minerals critical to the energy transition, and developing services to enable sustainable mining.

We’re creating a culture of curiosity, knowledge-sharing, and continuous learning - supporting our people to contribute to Thiess’ success and continued growth in sustainable mining.

We’ll support you to hone your skills and develop new ones, take on challenges and grow, through mentorship, collaboration and empowerment. We offer our people ongoing technical training and development opportunities so they can reach their full potential. We also invest in the workforce of the future, with a range of programs for people starting their careers.

We recognise the value of an inclusive and diverse workplace through our vision of everyone matters always. We’re focused on creating an inclusive environment to enable our people to bring their best self to work because they feel safe, included and empowered.

How to apply

This role is an opportunity to take the next step in your career. With our culture of recognition, development, and a stimulating and satisfying work environment, there is no better time to join Thiess.


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