Maintenance Technician/Fitter

Puma Energy is seeking a highly motivated and skilled Maintenance Technician to join the team at our Kirra Street Import and Bulwer Island Bitumen Manufacturing Facility, which operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

This role requires Fitter/Turner or Boilermaker Trade Qualifications and will be responsible for performing safe and efficient maintenance activities for the Bulwer & Kirra Street Facilities, including identification, planning, execution and reporting of required maintenance.

The successful applicant will demonstrate a strong commitment to safety, focus on teamwork and high attention to detail.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform planned maintenance in accordance with the maintenance short term and long term schedules, including: inspections; repairs; and annual production system shutdowns;
• Identify defects and scope required parts, equipment and resources to allow for future planned work;
• Procure equipment as required using the Purchase Order system;
• Overhaul major components on site as required to support all Australian Bitumen Terminals and prepare components as required for shipment to external suppliers;
• Support Terminal Management to identify opportunity for Defect Elimination and Continuous Improvement, including; reporting and documenting defects; identifying root causes of failures; and supporting scoping of engineering improvements for the Bulwer & Kirra Street facilities;
• Comply with Occupational Health and Safety Standards;
• Ensure risk assessments, permit to works, work instructions and procedures are followed for safe operation of activities related to the production, sale and distribution of bituminous products from the facilities;
• Review and implement Housekeeping standards, detect and report on hazards as they arise and participate in Group Safety meetings;
• Participate in and facilitate Risk Assessments, Permit to Works and Work Instruction development on site, as trained and authorised; and
• Perform training & assessing in procedures and maintenance activities, as authorised.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Minimum 3 years' experience in Trade (Fitting/Turning or Boilermaker), with industrial site experience;
• Manual Open License;
• High Risk License - Forklift & Elevated Work Platform preferred;
• Knowledge of relevant industry engineering and safety standards.

Experience in:

• Risk assessment and Permit Writing highly regarded; safe maintenance of a Bitumen facility, or similar; maintaining facilities that operate through a PLC or distributed control system; and using Maintenance software.
• A commitment to safe working practices and systems;
• Ability to work autonomously;
• Communication and Analytical skills; and
• A strong team player, self-motivated and driven to make improvements.

This position will not require travel but you will be on call based on a rotating roster within the maintenance team (and remunerated whilst on call and for call-outs).

About Us

We are Puma Energy Bitumen Australia,part of Puma Energy, a leading global energy business which supplies, stores and distributes petroleum products in 38 countries across six continents. Founded in 1997, Puma Energy has its headquarters in Singapore and Geneva and employs over 3,000 people globally with regional hubs in South Africa, Puerto Rico, Australia, Estonia and a Global Delivery Center in Mumbai, India.

Puma Energy has a network of 63 storage terminals, more than 1,900 retail sites, and a presence at over 100 airports. Our mission is to energize communities to help drive growth and prosperity by sustainably serving our customers' needs in high potential countries around the world.

Puma Energy is a subsidiary of the Trafigura Group - one of the world's largest independent commodity traders. Our guiding principles of We make sure everyone goes home safely, We act with honesty and We put customers at the centre of everything we do make up the Puma spirit, which is central to our success.

At Puma Energy Bitumen Australia, we specialise in the development, production and supply of bituminous binders for the Australian road maintenance and construction industry. We work closely with our local and international customers to create products that perform under some of the most diverse and demanding road conditions. This is attributable to a combination of our unique product technology, comprehensive quality assurance programs, operations efficiency and sophisticated production processes, all supported by highly skilled and experienced staff.

Puma Energy is committed to safe workplaces and as such Drug, and Alcohol Testing forms part of the selection process. The successful applicant will be asked to provide verification of legal working rights in Australia.