Lynas Rare Earths has an opportunity for an Experienced Process Technician to join our team at the Kalgoorlie Rare Earth Processing Facility (REPF).
The Kalgoorlie REPF is a key strategic platform for critical mineral production, blending pyrometallurgical and hydrometallurgical process in an Australian first, mineral processing plant.
A sustainable business, our products are used in many future facing applications.
A residential living lifestyle with family friendly 7 on, 7 off roster.
The Opportunity:
We're looking for an experienced Process Technician ideally with Control Room experience, to join us on our journey and expand their processing knowledge.
This role, which reports to the Processing Shift Supervisor, will be responsible for the day to day running of the processing plant, taking ownership of operating areas through the shift.
Our various areas will include kiln operation, leaching, reagent handling, water treatment, filtration, waste gas and control room.
This role will also include some management of the various processing bulk materials used throughout the processing plant.
Lynas is proud to support the Goldfields sustainability.
This role is offered on a Kalgoorlie-Goldfields residential basis only, working an even time 7/7 rotating roster of day and night shifts, 12 hour shifts.
If you're looking for an exciting opportunity to work in a new plant, expand your mineral processing knowledge with a future-facing exciting commodity, with long mine life ahead of it, this role would be suited to you.
Your responsibilities will include:




The safe day-to-day operation of the processing plant including:
Control Room operation
Safe Isolation and Permitting processes
Contributing to the development of safe working procedures
Ensure a safe working environment is maintained
Identification and control of hazards at all times
Ongoing and continuous housekeeping and improvement projects.
To be successful in your application, you should possess:
Prior experience in a processing plant or chemical production environment mandatory.
This is not an entry level chance.
Control room experience beneficial
Isolation, and/or Permit to Work operational experience mandatory
Unwavering approach to safety leadership
Value teamwork and being a team player
Strong time management and problem-solving skillsets
Ability to attend work when rostered on, and arriving to work on time
Current High Risk Work License (WA) LF - Fork Lift minimum
Must reside locally within the Goldfields region for our residential site
Respirator policy alignment (clean-shaven/piercing-free not to affect respirator-seals)
Full Australian Working Rights.
The relevant machinery our technicians safely utilize can include;
Forklifts (2 to 42 Tonne)




Overhead Gantry Crane
Excavator
It would be an expectation that all process technicians have qualifications and the associated experience to operate these pieces of machinery confidently.
Lynas Rare Earths was established as an ethical and environmentally responsible producer of rare earth materials and is the world's only significant producer of separated rare earth materials outside of China.
The Lynas values of care, achievement, expertise, diversity and sustainability guide our decision making.
They provide certainty for our people and give us a shared understanding about expectations.
These values reflect who we are and what we stand for.
Lynas was designed from the ground up as an environmentally responsible producer of Rare Earths and we are passionate about having a positive effect on our people, our customers and suppliers, our communities, and the environment.
Benefits include:
Our Mt Weld Mine near Laverton has a 20+ year mine life - long term feed
Salary Continuance Scheme and life insurance (through Superannuation)
Continual development and ability to expand your career
Salary Sacrifice options
Shortlisting will commence immediately.
Only those shortlisted may be contacted.
We welcome and encourage applications from candidates from all diverse backgrounds.
Lynas acknowledges First Nations people and respects their unique relationship with the land and sea, their culture, spiritual tradition and stories
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