Water Management Maintenance Technician (Perth)

Country/Region: AU- State: WA- City: Perth- Job ID: 7457**Our Opportunity**: **Work Location**: Christmas Creek
- Fortescue’s Christmas Creek mine is located on the traditional lands of the Nyiyaparli people.

**Roster**:14D14R or 7D7R FIFO ex Perth or DIDO ex Port Hedland

Reporting to the Operations Supervisor, our Water Management Maintenance Technicians play a key role in maintaining all site water assets including centrifugal pumps, portable generators, submersible pumps, isolation, and control valves. You will be joining a team of committed individuals who share a goal of peak efficiency, while maintaining the highest standard of safety in a large-scale dewatering environment.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Routine servicing, maintenance, diagnostics, fault finding and breakdown repairs on the site water system including pipe work, tanks and control valves
- Removal and installation of multistage bore pumps, centrifugal pumps, fire pumps and isolation and control valves
- Refuelling of all generators and pumps
- Identification of faults within the water network and creation of SAP notifications to the respective engineering and maintenance discipline
- Operation of mobile equipment including IT Loaders, Telehandlers, Excavators and Light/Medium Trucks
- Polywelding/fabrication
- Operation of large-scale water distribution system and managing pond levels

**Qualifications and Experience**:

- Proven experience within water services operations including exposure to bore fields, mine plans, equipment isolations and water compliance requirements
- Polywelding/fabrication experience highly desirable
- HRWL
- LF, DG and CN are preferred
- C Class Manual Driver's License
- Commitment to zero harm principles with a focus on continuous improvement strategies
- Self-motivated and ability to work in a strong team environment as well as autonomously
- Solid organizational and communication skills, both verbal and written
- Demonstrated computer proficiency with Microsoft Office and SAP preferable

**About Us**:

- Be part of something big. Fortescue is leading the world with our plan to decarbonise our iron ore operations, projects that harness renewable energy and the development of technology that will change our planet forever._

**Our Commitment**: **Close date: 29/11/24 Apply on Kit Job: kitjobau.com/job/3raof2