Planner Maintenance (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

We are currently looking for an experienced Maintenance Planner to join our Maintenance team at our Kwinana refinery. You will maintain the asset health and performance of equipment and systems through the application of the business work management and reliability processes.

You will support deployment of business readiness activities associated with maintenance systems readiness and actively participate in Refinery commissioning.

You'll also be responsible for producing quality maintenance packages of work and schedules which will enable the maintenance teams to execute Refinery maintenance strategies safely, effectively, and efficiently.

This is a permanent, full time position based at Kwinana.

Responsibilities

• Active participation in the establishment of a health and safety culture through hazard awareness and reporting.

• Equipment Experience – conveying equipment, dust extraction, milling equipment, process equipment such as cyclones/pumps/piping/valves/tanks/agitators, rotary kilns, gas burners.

• Maintenance Strategy – Enable proactive maintenance through the deployment of maintenance strategies, liaising with the Senior Planner (master data) and engineers.

• Master Data - Develop and maintain plant and equipment master data required for the safe and reliable operation of the plant.

• Managing Risk - Identify risks that may compromise refinery performance/quality outcomes and escalate concerns for mitigation of potential impacts.

• Material Management – work in partnership with inventory management and vendors to ensure optimal parts inventory, including spares selection, stocking strategy and spares preservation.

• Quality Scope – Enable precision maintenance through the development of quality/detailed scopes of work.

• Planning/Scheduling – Produce quality maintenance packages of work and schedules to ensure maximum equipment reliability and labour productivity.

• Performance – Complete data analytics to manage performance of the maintenance function(work management, materials management, defect elimination).

Role requirements

• Highly desirable to have at least 5 years’ experience working in a Maintenance Planning role in a mining/processing/oil & gas environment

• Trade: Trade Certificate in mechanical trade or Mechanical Engineering Certification desirable (not essential)

• Non-Trade: Minimum 8 years previous processing plant and/or shutdown planning experience in mining/processing/oil&gas environment in an mechanical discipline role.

• Competent with Computerised Maintenance Management System (SAP desirable).

• Drivers Licence.

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.