Main characteristics
- Location
- Perth, Western Australia
- Company
- Michael Page
- Employment type
- Permanent
- Category
- Engineering & Manufacturing
- Industry
- Energy & Natural Resources
Job summary
About Our ClientOur client is a tier 1 operator in the iron ore sector who have a strong culture and reputation for collaborating and innovating in the local market and are creatively looking for better and safer ways of mining. This includes a diverse and inclusive work environment with extra ordinary career opportunities.
Job Description
- Demonstrate an overriding commitment to health, safety, environment responsibility and sustainable development.
- Provide control systems support to breakdowns and production critical issues.
- Investigate and identify the root cause of related downtime caused by the control systems and identify and execute solutions to prevent repeat events from occurring.
- Initiate and implement improvement projects to resolve bottlenecks through optimisation of plant performance.
- Execute PLC/SCADA coding and graphics.
- Contribute to maintaining and optimising alarms on the control systems.
- Execute control systems design and commissioning for plant modifications and new equipment installation.
The Successful Applicant
- PLC and SCADA experience with - Allen Bradley, Schneider, Citech SCADA or equivalent.
- Minimum 3 years within the mining industry.
- field experience with various network devices such as DeviceNet, ControlNet, EthernetIP, Profibus, Profinet, Modbus.
- Trade certificate or tertiary qualification in Electrical Engineering, Control Systems Engineering, Instrumentation or similar discipline.
- High levels of communication and strong attention to detail.
What's on Offer
- Flexible working arrangements with emphasis on work life balance.
- Working with world class engineering equipment and control systems.
- Team orientated culture with opportunities to develop under a mentor or mentoring future engineers.