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About Lihir

Our Lihir Operation is located on Aniolam Island in Papua New Guinea’s New Ireland Province. Lihir is one of the world’s largest producing gold operations, set within a geothermally active, extinct volcanic crater. The operation includes an open-pit mine and complex processing facilities, with a diverse workforce supporting safe, reliable and responsible mining.

Lihir offers a unique opportunity to work in a technically complex mining environment, where electrical safety, statutory compliance, reliability and operational integrity are critical to the success of the site.

Your role

As the Supervisor, Registered Mine Electrician, you will lead site electrical safety, compliance, training and authorisation practices across the Lihir operation.

Appointed by the Registered Mine Manager, this role is responsible for ensuring personnel who operate, work on, or work near electrical apparatus meet site requirements and statutory obligations. You will play a key role in maintaining the safety and integrity of the site electrical system, ensuring compliance with the Newmont Electrical Safety Management Plan, the High Voltage Safety Management Plan, Newmont site standards, and relevant Australian/New Zealand electrical standards.

This role is suited to an experienced Electrical Engineer with strong electrical safety management experience, practical mine or heavy industry electrical knowledge, and the confidence to provide technical authority, guidance and assurance across site electrical activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain the safety and integrity of the site electrical system across the Lihir operation.

• Ensure site electrical works comply with the Electrical Safety Management Plan and High Voltage Safety Management Plan.

• Authorise amendments to the Electrical Safety Management Plan and ensure regular review and effectiveness checks are completed.

• Authorise new electrical installations, alterations and personnel for licensed electrical work in line with site requirements.

• Maintain site registers for licensed electricians, authorised persons, safety observers and licensed electrical contractors.

• Review electrical licences and personnel qualifications to confirm authorisation requirements are met.

• Audit electrical workers to ensure they hold the correct competencies for the tasks they are completing.

• Review inspection and test records to ensure required testing is completed before approving Notifications of Energisation.

• Complete Certificates of Compliance and confirm installations meet AS/NZS 3000 and Newmont standards.

• Lead or support electrical safety incident investigations, identify actions and ensure outcomes are implemented and documented.

• Report serious electrical incidents to the Registered Mine Manager and meet site reporting requirements.

• Provide technical guidance to electrical departments on site electrical specifications, standards and requirements.

• Support Management of Change risk assessments for new electrical installations.

• Attend punch list walkdowns to confirm new installations and alterations meet Newmont site specifications and relevant Australian standards.

• Perform field critical control checks and ensure the workforce follows risk control and isolation processes.

Your Skills & Experience

• Electrical Engineering Degree.

• Ability to obtain a PNG Power Authority Electrical Licence.

• LVR/CPR certification.

• Strong working knowledge of AS/NZS 3000 Wiring Rules.

• Detailed understanding of AS/NZS 3007 Electrical installations for mines, AS/NZS 4871 Electrical equipment for mines and quarries, AS/NZS 3012 Construction electrical, and AS/NZS 60079 Hazardous Areas.

• Strong knowledge of high voltage safety, HV switchgear and protection systems.

• Experience working within electrical safety management systems, high voltage safety management plans and site electrical standards.

• Experience authorising electrical personnel, reviewing electrical licences and maintaining compliance records.

• Strong incident investigation skills, including the ability to identify actions and ensure they are implemented.

• Ability to liaise across electrical, maintenance, engineering, operations and leadership teams to provide technical clarification and guidance.

• Strong coaching and communication skills, with the ability to develop team members through feedback, coaching and formal training.

• Ability to work within approved budgets, manage variances and identify cost reduction opportunities without compromising safety or compliance.

Desirable experience includes IEPNG membership, PNG MRA Mine Electrician’s Certificate or the ability to obtain them. HV Switching Certificate, EEHA Certification, Radiation Safety Officer Certificate, and previous experience in a statutory electrical role within mining, fixed plant maintenance, high voltage, processing or heavy industrial environments will also be highly regarded.

Work Environment & Benefits

This is a full-time role based at Lihir Gold Limited in Papua New Guinea, with roster arrangements to be discussed. The role may be offered on a 21 days on / 21 days off FIFO roster or a residential full-time 5 days on / 2 days off roster.

You will support Asset Management, Fixed Plant Maintenance, Reliability and Compliance in a technically complex mining environment where electrical safety, authorisation, isolation practices, high voltage controls and compliance with Newmont standards are critical to safe and reliable operations.

You will work closely with site leadership, electrical departments, maintenance teams, operations teams and contractors to ensure electrical work is completed safely, legally and in line with Newmont standards.

Why join Newmont?

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