Planner Shutdown (Mt Holland)
Date: 1 Oct 2025
Location: Mt Holland, AU
Company: Covalent Lithium Pty Ltd
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.
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 looking for an experienced Shutdown Planner to join our Planning team at Mt Holland. You will be responsible for effective shutdown planning of an approved shutdown scope that will enable the delivery of safe, optimal shutdown durations with consideration to resource levelling and utilisation.
Primarily this role will develop and communicate all planned and scheduled work using the SAP Work Management process within a shutdown environment. It will also support standardisation of best practice shutdown planning processes across Mt Holland in order to significantly improve shutdown execution predictability and reduce overall shutdown duration.
This is a permanent, full time position ex Perth to Mt Holland on an 8:6 roster.
Key Responsibilities
• Active participation in the establishment of a health and safety culture.
• Planning of agreed work in accordance with the SAP work management processes with the focus of delivering a
safe, resource and duration optimised shutdown. Ensure collaboration with the Fixed Plant Maintenance,
Shutdowns and Processing Production teams to agree on maintenance schedules.
• Planning of agreed work in accordance with the SAP work management processes with the focus of delivering a
safe, resource and duration optimised activity.
• Build and communicate accurate shutdown work orders reflecting all work management activities including but
not limited to:
o Shutdown and task preparation activities (pre shutdown)
o Plant rundown (Including cleaning, equipment preparation and location, work front isolations)
o Actual work effort activities (‘tool time’)
o Plant Commissioning activities (Equipment run up, setup and calibration, etc.)
• Ensure effective utilisation of available resources for work management by preparing a fully integrated
resource level schedule on time.
• Monitor and report progress as defined within shutdown framework and escalate any unplanned/scheduled and
non-routine activity or performance to the Superintendent Planning.
• Planning of agreed work in accordance with the SAP work management processes with the focus of delivering a
safe, resource and duration optimised shutdown. Ensure collaboration with the Fixed Plant Maintenance,
Shutdowns and Processing Production teams to agree on maintenance schedules.
• Planning of agreed work in accordance with the SAP work management processes with the focus of delivering a
safe, resource and duration optimised activity.
• Build and communicate accurate shutdown work orders reflecting all work management activities including but
not limited to:
o Shutdown and task preparation activities (pre shutdown)
o Plant rundown (Including cleaning, equipment preparation and location, work front isolations)
o Actual work effort activities (‘tool time’)
o Plant Commissioning activities (Equipment run up, setup and calibration, etc.)
• Ensure effective utilisation of available resources for work management by preparing a fully integrated
resource level schedule on time.
• Monitor and report progress as defined within shutdown framework and escalate any unplanned/scheduled and
non-routine activity or performance to the Superintendent Planning.
• Identify inefficiencies and work to remove such inefficiencies with the support of your line Manager.
Role Requirements
• Trade or equivalent industry and/or organisational experience preferred.
• Relevant trade qualification desirable
• Self-reliant contributor with distinctive proficiency in the Maintenance / Work Management Planning area and
a minimum work-related experience (> 5 years).
• Experience in detailed multitask Planning within recognised systems, supported by demonstrated capability in
resource identification with further consideration to various task interactions.
• Previous exposure to the mining and minerals processing industries in a similar role is preferable.
• Proven ability to influence and mentor others in HSEC principles and behaviours
• All required site statutory competencies as referenced in the site health and safety management system and/or
Covalent Framework.
• Valid Australian C class driver’s license
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.
