Leading Hand
Full Time

About the Role

Reporting to the Mobile Maintenance Supervisor, the Leading Hand – Mobile Maintenance plays a hands-on leadership role supporting both surface and underground workshops. You will coordinate daily maintenance activities, guide trades, and ensure safe, efficient, and cost-effective repairs of mobile plant. This role requires a self-sufficient operator who can step up when required, support team development, and help maintain strong performance across equipment availability and work quality.

Key Responsibilities include

• Leading maintenance activities across surface and underground workshops
• Coordinating and allocating daily work to tradespeople
• Completing maintenance tasks and ensuring accurate work order documentation
• Coaching and mentoring tradespeople and apprentices
• Supporting problem solving and root cause analysis activities
• Maintaining compliance with HSE systems, critical controls, and statutory requirements
• Contributing to continuous improvement and cost-effective maintenance practices
• Promoting strong communication and teamwork across maintenance and operations

About You

You are a trade-qualified maintenance professional with significant mobile plant experience in a mining environment. You will bring strong technical capability, sound diagnostic skills, and the ability to work both independently and as a leader. You are confident stepping up when required, able to guide and mentor others, and maintain discipline, professionalism, and high work standards.

About Us

From humble beginnings in 2010, Evolution Mining is now a leading gold producer, operating six mines across Australia and Canada. Our vision is to be inspired people creating a premier global gold company.

At Ernest Henry

Our mine life extension to 2040 and doubling of ore reserves provides long-term stability and strong development opportunities for our people.

Your Benefits

Benefits include relocation assistance, salary packaging, quarterly bonuses, employee share scheme, referral bonuses, recognition program, study assistance, discounted health insurance, and allowances for DIDO and local employees.

Choose FIFO from Cairns, DIDO with high-quality camp accommodation, or live locally in Cloncurry.

To find out more about us and our Ernest Henry Operation, click here.