Maintenance Supervisor

Maintenance Supervisor

Weir Minerals Netherlands
Port Hedland
Onsite

Purpose of Role:

The Weir Group have won a contract to provide aftermarket components and service to the Iron Bridge Magnetite Project in WA. To support the Project and future growth, we are opening a new service centre facility in Port Hedland, Western Australia!

Reporting directly to the Service Facility Manager, and being part of an international team, the Maintenance Supervisor will be responsible for a unique and exciting opportunity to work in a brand new Weir facility.

Supporting and leading a crew of qualified technicians on site to overhaul the Weir High Pressure Grinding Roller Assembly.  (HPGR) Your emphasis and focus will be on quality, efficiency and continuous improvement as we go forward managing this exciting new project. 

This is a local position; we encourage residential applications to apply. We are open to flexible work arrangements.

Why choose Weir:
Be part of a global organization dedicated to building a better future: At Weir, the growing world depends on us. It depends on us constantly reinventing, quickly adapting and continually finding better, faster, more sustainable ways to access the resources it needs to thrive. And it depends on each of us doing the best work of our lives. It’s a big challenge – but it is exciting.

An opportunity to grow your own way: Everything moves fast in the dynamic world of Weir. This creates opportunities for us to take on new challenges, explore new areas, learn, progress and excel. Best of all, there is no set path that our people must take. Instead, everyone is given the support and freedom to tailor-make their own career and do the best work of their lives.

Feel empowered to be yourself and belong: Weir is a welcoming, inclusive place, where each individual’s contribution is recognized and all employees are encouraged to innovate, collaborate and be themselves. We continually focus on people and their wellbeing. We believe in fairness and choose to be honest, transparent and authentic in everything we do.

Key Responsibilities:

• Supervise the HPGR team at the Port Hedland Service Centre Facility to establish and implement a sustainable growth of the allocated HPGR business unit. 
• Its paramount that you have a safety focus, attention to detail and committed approach to continuous improvement in all day-to-day activity.
• Drive a collaborative team culture to ensure a positive, safe and healthy workplace.
• Understand that our customer needs are a priority to ensure that all aspects of our customer needs are met.
• Strong effective communication is required for the workshop, our local site and our international team.
• Attention to detail in gathering and reporting data is essential
• Have the ability to identify and support training gaps within the workshops
• Ensure that all Certification for High-Risk activities are current and relevant to the Tasks.
• All other duties as requested by the Service Centre Facility Manager
• Show flexibility in managing urgent breakdowns and flexibility to working outside normal operating hours

Job Knowledge/Education and Qualifications:

• Cert III in Mechanical Fitting or Cert III Fitting and Machining
• Experience Supervising a crew on site
• Certificate or Diploma in Leadership or Management is desirable
• High Risk Work License – Forklift, Dogging, Rigging, Bridge Crane
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as technical drawings, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.  Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. 
• Intermediate to advanced computer skills
• Ability to pass a pre-employment medical and work 12-hour shifts on site

Founded in 1871, Weir is a world leading engineering business with a purpose to make mining operations smarter, more efficient and sustainable.

Thanks to Weir’s technology, our customers can produce essential metals and minerals using less energy, water and waste at lower cost. With the increasing need for metals and minerals for climate change solutions, Weir colleagues are playing their part in powering a low carbon future. We are a global family of 11,000 uniquely talented people in over 60 counties, inspiring each other to do the best work of our lives.