Permanent | Full time | Perth, with regular travel to the Nolans site, NT

Go Beyond. Build a legacy.

Arafura is developing the Nolans rare earths project in the Northern Territory. It’s a billion-dollar greenfield operation producing the rare earths needed for the global energy transition and future-facing technologies.

As Nolans moves through construction and into operational readiness, we’re looking for a Superintendent Production Readiness to join our Business Readiness team. You’ll bring the operator’s view to the design of Australia’s first fully integrated rare earths processing facility, and plan how we recruit, train and prepare the team that will run it.

The role

You’ll make sure the plant can be operated safely and well, and that the right people are trained and ready when it is.
Represent Operations in design reviews, stage gate reviews, HAZOPs and project meetings
Define the operating organisation and how it ramps up through commissioning to steady state
Work with our People team on the recruitment and onboarding strategy
Set up the operator training and competency system,



including safety training such as isolation
Define the operating procedures and documentation the team will use
Work through operating strategies and the service agreements they need

What you’ll bring
Tertiary qualifications in chemical, metallurgical or process engineering, or extensive equivalent operating experience
10+ years in minerals processing operations, including a superintendent or senior operations role
Experience as the owner’s operational representative on capital projects, ideally greenfield, through to commissioning and ramp-up
Experience building an operating organisation and setting up training and competency systems
Operating experience in a hazardous materials workplace, such as acid plants, hydrometallurgical circuits or NORM areas
Sound judgement, and the confidence to challenge a design early and constructively

If you want to build the team that runs a first-of-its-kind Australian operation, we’d like to hear from you.

📌 Production Readiness Superintendent Perth
🏢 Arafura Rare Earths
📍 Perth