Job Description
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Coordinate, and manage shutdown plans, schedules, and work scopes for fixed plant maintenance and project activities.
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Coordinate resources, labour, contractors, equipment, materials, tooling, and services required for shutdown execution.
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Facilitate shutdown planning meetings and liaise with key stakeholders to ensure scope alignment and readiness.
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Monitor shutdown progress and adjust priorities to ensure critical path activities are completed on schedule.
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Identify and manage shutdown risks, constraints, and opportunities to improve safety, productivity, and efficiency.
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Ensure all shutdown work complies with site safety, environmental, and statutory requirements.
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Proactively engage with the Operations Coordinators to support the coordination of permit requirements, isolations, access arrangements and shutdown logistics.
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Coordinate high-risk work activities including confined space entry, hot work, working at heights, lifting operations and electrical isolations to ensure critical controls are implemented and maintained.
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Monitor contractor performance and ensure work is completed to the required quality standards.
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Track shutdown costs, resource utilisation, and schedule performance against approved plans.
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Provide regular progress updates and reports to maintenance and operational leadership teams.
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Facilitate effective communication between all shutdown stakeholders before, during, and after execution.
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Lead shutdown close-out activities, including work order completion, reporting, lessons learned, and continuous improvement reviews.
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Support the development and optimisation of shutdown management processes, systems, and procedures.
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Ensure accurate documentation and maintenance history updates within the CMMS.
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Contribute to the preparation of budgets, including personnel, capital justification and the collation of data on a systematic basis for progressive forecasting and future estimating.
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Drive the reduction of overall costs as relates to shutdowns.
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Manage relevant expenditure to remain within approved budget and forecasts in compliance with commercial protocols and procedures.
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Demonstrate visible safety leadership and promote a robust safety culture aligned with Covalent's values.
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Build collaborative relationships across Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Planning, and contractor teams.
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Drive accountability for shutdown performance, quality, and schedule adherence.
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Promote continuous improvement through effective planning, execution reviews, and lessons learned.
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Maintain a proactive and solutions-focused approach to managing shutdown challenges and competing priorities.
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Actively lead and participate in the establishment of a health and safety culture, leading by example, and setting the required health and safety standards.
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Ensure a safe working environment where all work is undertaken in a secure and efficient manner, in accordance with statutory requirements and Covalent policies & procedures.
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Ensure all health, safety and environmental incidents are reported, investigated, and appropriate corrective action taken to prevent recurrence.
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Requirements
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5+ years in Fixed Plant maintenance and mineral processing, including at least 3 years in a Shutdown Coordinator capacity.
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Engineering qualification and/or Trade background.
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Experience in transitioning from plant commissioning to steady state operations.
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Competent with basic root cause analysis methodology (5 Why's)
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Valid C class driver's licence
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First Aid certificate
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Current Working at Heights ticket
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Current Confined Space Entry ticket
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Statutory Supervisor appointment (S26)
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Demonstrated experience coordinating high-risk maintenance activities within a fixed plant processing environment.
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Previous shutdown and maintenance / process plant experience in mining environment.
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Experience in managing multi-discipline teams driving a high-performance culture through positive working relationships and leveraging company values and behaviours.
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Computerised Maintenance Management System experience (SAP desirable)
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Knowledge of budgeting, capital expenditure management and project management.
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Demonstrated track record of problem solving and solution implementation delivering significant process improvements.
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Ability to work in remote and/or arid environmental conditions.
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Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in coordinating and managing shutdown plans, schedules, and resources in fixed plant maintenance, ensuring compliance with safety and environmental standards. Proven ability to lead high-risk work activities and drive continuous improvement in shutdown processes and performance.
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Highest-signal resume keywords
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Shutdown Coordination
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Fixed Plant Maintenance
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High-Risk Work Management
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Budgeting and Capital Expenditure Management
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Computerised Maintenance Management System (SAP)
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ATS Optimization Keywords
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Hard Skills
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Shutdown Planning
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Root Cause Analysis (5 Why's)
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Project Management
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Process Improvement
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Safety Compliance
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Soft Skills
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Collaboration
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Communication
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Problem Solving
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Leadership
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Stakeholder Engagement
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Certifications & Qualifications
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Valid C Class Driver's Licence
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First Aid Certificate
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Working at Heights Ticket
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Confined Space Entry Ticket
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Statutory Supervisor Appointment (S26)
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Industry Keywords
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Mineral Processing
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Mining Environment
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Shutdown Activities
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Safety Culture
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High-Performance Culture
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Tools & Technologies
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Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS)
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SAP
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📌 Coordinator Shutdown - Mt Holland (Western Australia)
🏢 Jobtailor
📍 Western Australia