Agnew - Leinster, WA, AU
26 days ago
Electrical Communications Technician

Role Details:

Reporting to the Leading Hand : Electrical, you will be responsible for providing quality and timely preventative installation, maintenance, and repairs of the surface and underground radio communications and telemetry network facilities.

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 is offered on 8 days on, 6 days off roster and is FIFO from Perth, or DIDO from local community areas.

 

Benefits include:

6% Site Allowance

Quarterly Bonus Scheme

Private Health Insurance Allowance

Increased annual leave entitlements

Long service leave pro-rata after 5 years of continuous service

Continual training and the ability to expand your career

Salary Sacrifice options

 

Duties of 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 and Installation of communications equipment: Leaky Feeder, Fibre Optics, Structured Cabling etc.

Programming Kenwood Digital Radios and Repeaters.

Commissioning of new communication technology introduced to the site.

Recording all relevant information into goldfields CMMS - SAP as required.

Ability to work unsupervised and in a team environment

 

About You:

Ideally hold a WA “A” Class Electrical Workers Licence highly desirable

Hold a current manual C Class Driver’s Licence

Tertiary qualification in IT, Communications and or Instrumentation is desirable

Prior experience in radio communications, RCT analogue, telemetry networks and maintenance in surface and underground mining environment

Experience with leaky feeder and with Sandvik and Atlas Copco drills highly desirable

Experience with instrumentation and fibre optics is highly desirable

Open cabling ticket with fibre endorsement, structured cabling and coaxial is desirable

Dogging, rigging, working at heights, high voltage switching &/or integrated tool carrier experience and qualifications 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.

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