Process Technician-Permits and Gold Room

Date: 26 May 2026

Location: Telfer, WA, AU, 6762

Company: Greatland Pty Ltd

Want to be part of something great? At Greatland, we’re building a sustainable future in mining driven by responsible exploration, development, and production of precious and base metals.

Join a team where your contribution matters, your skills are valued, and progress is made every day. Greatland’s core values of integrity, safety, teamwork, accountability, responsibility and results are at the heart of its sustainable operating culture.

About the Role

Provide safe, efficient, and cost-effective operational control of the Gold room and Permit system to ensure timely secure dore handling and safe permitting between maintenance and operations. This is to ensure minimal disruption to the Telfer plan and provide support for the operations team. The role will also encompass pre-planning, safe and efficient delivery of Isolation and Permitting for all of our Scheduled Plant Shutdowns including Crushing, Milling and Total Plant Outages.

This role is offered on a full time basis on an 8/6 roster FIFO from Perth.

As a Permit and Gold Room Operator, you will be responsible for:

Safety:

  • Demonstrate absolute commitment in providing a safe working environment by:

 • Supporting the Safety Management System ensuring a safety-first work culture; applying site safety standards, procedures and policies

• Participating in site safety initiatives and supporting the Greatland behaviours in the team

 • Ensuring adequate pro-active monitoring to maintain a safe work environment

 • Ensuring standard work procedures and safe systems of work are understood.

 • Ensuring all partners, vendors, external parties can operate safely and are fully aware of both industry, company and site safety processes and procedures

 

Technical:

  • Demonstrate technical and conceptual excellence in anticipating problems participating as part of a team to meet Group, Department and Site safety and production goals such as: 

• Develop permits for the Ore Processing Department, including mark-up of PID Drawings and maintenance of GIB Boxes.

 • Perform Level 2 Isolations and advise on isolation methods, including when required commissioning of new equipment.

 • Perform and assist with audits across the Ore Processing Department.

• Operate the Gold Room, Elution and Electrowinning Circuits to achieve optimal gold production in line with approved production plans, monitoring performance, usage trends, throughputs and KPIs identifying variances and implementing corrective actions as required, as well as participation in security activities and shipments

• Ensure that plant, required for planned maintenance activities and breakdown responses, is prepared, isolated and cleaned in preparation for maintenance activities.

 • Ensure that the plant is kept clean and tidy so that operations and maintenance activities can be performed as planned, including the establishment and decommissioning of temporary pipework and pumps required for shutdown and breakdown activities.

 

About You

You are motivated by the opportunity to improve mine performance and identify new mining opportunities. Additionally you will have:

  • Experience in a large-scale processing plant
  • Experience in Electrowinning, tabling and smelting practices
  • Experience with isolation procedures and programs
  • Ability to read and interpret P&ID drawings

 

About Telfer Operations
Telfer is a long-life gold-copper mine in the Paterson Province of Western Australia’s East Pilbara region. The operation includes both open-pit and underground mining and Australia’s third-largest gold-copper processing facility. Since commencing production in 1975, Telfer has produced over 15 million ounces of gold. The site operates on a fly-in fly-out basis and offers a wide range of onsite recreational facilities to support workforce wellbeing.

Why Greatland?

Join a growing team where your contribution matters, your skills are valued, and progress is made every day. Greatland possesses two long mine life assets at Telfer and Havieron that present remarkable opportunities for the right candidate to grow and make a difference in long-life mining projects. We offer:

  • Attractive salary package plus performance-based incentives
  • Milestone service awards recognising your commitment and achievements
  • Education assistance to help you grow and develop your career
  • Flexible salary packaging options, including novated leasing
  • Parental leave designed to support you and your family
  • Income protection insurance to safeguard your financial wellbeing

Apply Now!

Applications close 23 June 2026.

Shortlisting will begin immediately, and Greatland reserves the right to close the advertisement early if required.

As part of Greatland’s pre-employment process, candidates must complete a full medical assessment, provide evidence of Australian work rights, and be able to apply for an Australian National Police Clearance.

At Greatland, we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are dedicated to ensuring that every recruitment, hiring, placement, and promotion decision is made based on individual merit. We do not discriminate on any grounds, and our goal is to provide an inclusive and supportive environment where all individuals can thrive.

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