Control & Instrumentation Engineer (Kwinana)

About Us 

At Covalent Lithium, we are genuinely passionate about creating a clean energy future and supporting our teams who enable this vision. 

Following the commissioning of our mine and concentrator at Mt Holland in 2024, we recently celebrated our first production of battery -grade lithium hydroxide at our Kwinana Refinery. We are now a fully integrated mine-to-refinery operation, supplying high quality lithium hydroxide to global markets and enabling approximately 1 million electric vehicles to go on the road, every year for the next 50 years.

We are proud to foster a culture where people with different skills, experiences and backgrounds are welcomed and set-up for success.

Employee Benefits 
We support, empower and reward our people with a range of benefits:
•    Competitive remuneration, and annual incentives for eligible employees
•    Access to discounts, recognition and rewards
•    Access to flexible work arrangements
•    Dedicated wellbeing program support and discounted health insurance
•    Equal access to paid parental leave, financial support, return to work and parenting room
•    Salary sacrifice options for superannuation and novated leasing

The Role

This position will have responsibility for the operation of instrumentation and process control systems at the Kwinana Refinery.

You will be accountable for providing support to the Kwinana Refinery in developing, maintaining, modifying, and improving the control system and instrumentation strategies.

This is a Permanent Full-time position based at our Kwinana Refinery on a 5:2 roster.

Key Responsibilities 
•    Process control troubleshooting and diagnosis as well as drive continuous improvements through the development and/or refinement of Functional Descriptions, Process Control Tables and Functions Specifications.
•    Ensuring instrumentation and control engineering work complies with statutory and regulatory requirements and company policies and procedures. 
•    Support the resolution of any instrumentation and control issues impacting the delivery of desired outcomes, including control system integration across all equipment packages.
•    Executing trip checks, safety interlock and sequence checks.
•    Engineering control system and instrumentation projects and commissioning activities whilst interacting with external parties and/or vendors to deliver successful implementation.
•    Provide support to the development maintenance of process control Functional Specifications
•    Liaison with other department engineers and the Information
•    Coordinate and conduct Process Control System software and hardware Factory Acceptance Testing and Site Acceptance Testing. 
•    Undertake projects to optimize plant performance.
•    Provide technical input to the design process, commissioning, handover, and acceptance.

Role Requirements
•    Qualification in control and instrumentation engineering or equivalent degree
•    Certified Automation Professional (desirable)
•    TUV Functional Safety Engineer (desirable)
•    A minimum of 3 to 5 years’ experience in similar roles preferably from the mining/resources industry.
•    Process Control System engineering (preferably with Emerson DeltaV and Siemens PLCs) and judgement to assess suitability of design, identification of risks.
•    Excellent communication skills and stakeholder management skills.
•    Strong relationship building, influencing and negotiation skills.
•    Sound understanding of complex technical design and engineering processes and the ability to manage these processes.

A competitive remuneration package commensurate with the role, candidate experience, skills and qualifications will be offered.  

Our team members are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work. Candidates from all backgrounds and ages are encouraged to apply, including First Nations People, those who identify as LGBTIQ+, people with disabilities and those with neurodiverse, intersectional, or multiple diverse characteristics.

Covalent Lithium is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, with a focus on our employees. We recognise skills, expertise, commitment and living our values of Purpose, Care, Accountability and Collaboration. Our goal is to attract, develop, motivate, reward, and retain the best people in the industry. 

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