Technician Condition Monitoring

About Us

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

We have recently opened our mine at Mt Holland, and are constructing a refinery in Kwinana, which will produce high-quality lithium hydroxide for lithium batteries around the world. Our project will enable 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
• Discounted FIFO parking with Perth Airport

The Role:

This role sees you being a crucial memeber of our Maintenance Reliability Engineering team. You will execute required condition monitoring activities (planned & unplanned) within Covalent Lithium's health, safety, environmental, HR, and asset management policies. The primary workplace will be in and around the Mt Holland concentrator around heavy machinery, dust and noise. 

This role is a permanent, full-time, FIFO opportunity on an 8:6 roster, from Perth to our mine site at Mt Holland.

Key Responsibilities:

• Active participation in the establishment of a health and safety culture.
• Development of the Condition Monitoring program complementing proactive maintenance plans, tactics, and safe work instructions
• Manage vibration, lubrication and thermography based predictive maintenance programs including on-site data collection, analysis and determination of recommendations for rotating equipment
• Liaise with OEM's during installation of fixed plant equipment for suitability of the Condition Monitoring program
• Coordinate specialist condition monitoring contractors
• Establish suitable Condition Monitoring database to capture and collect all relevant data
• Establish required reporting system and KPI tracking to effectively monitor equipment performance.
• Support planned and breakdown maintenance to maximise reliability and quality of fixed plant assets
• Identify and put forth opportunities to improve equipment reliability and work procedures
• Provide maintenance support to other departments as required
• Ensure effective working relationships are built and maintained with the supervisor, team members and other departments and stakeholders, both internal and external

Role Requirements:

• 5 years fixed plant maintenance - conveyors, ball mills, crushers, apron feeders, screens, pumps, DMS, floatation, etc.
• Experience in vibration analysis and associated software
• Experience in Oil/wear debris analysis and thermography
• Experience in performing laser alignments, balancing & oil sampling
• Experience in database management, data collection, analysis & reporting
• Operational readiness - preparation of preventive maintenance activities
• Commissioning - understanding design intent, fault finding and problem solving to rectify any equipment performance issues
• Relevant Trade qualification
• Certificate III in Condition Monitoring
• Vibration Analysis Level 2 minimum or above preferred
• Lubrication Level 2 minimum or above
• Thermography 1 minimum
• Experience in root cause failure analysis is highly desirable
• Current WA "C" class drivers 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.