Job Description
Workplace Type: Onsite
About Newmont
At Newmont, we’re not just a world-leading gold and metals producer – we’re a team united by our commitment to shaping a more inclusive, sustainable, and responsible mining industry. Joining us means becoming part of a global, diverse workforce where everyone is valued, empowered, and encouraged to grow. Our people are the heart of our success, bringing exceptional skill, integrity, and dedication to everything we do as an organization and we’re dedicated to creating a workplace where everyone can thrive.
About Lihir
Our Lihir Operation, located on the beautiful island of Niolam, approximately 800km north of Papua New Guinea's capital, Port Moresby, is one of the world’s largest gold mines. Set within a geothermically active, extinct volcanic crater, Lihir operates an open-pit mine producing refractory ore, which undergoes pressure oxidation and conventional leaching to recover gold. Our workforce includes both residential and commute rosters, creating a diverse and dynamic team. Lihir offers a range of recreational facilities, including a gym, sports club, restaurant, bar, swimming pool, tennis and squash courts, and a 9-hole golf course. For those who enjoy the outdoors, the Lihir fishing and boating clubs provide access to pristine waters and beaches, while our onsite deli and café serve fresh local and imported produce, barista-made coffee, and freshly baked goods.
We are proud to work closely with the local Lihirian community and value its vibrant culture. Through initiatives like our School to Mine program, we offer meaningful employment, training, and development opportunities for Lihirian men and women, as well as scholarships and vocational apprenticeships. We also partner with the New Ireland Province to ensure economic benefits flow directly to the community, strengthening our commitment to sustainable development and positive local impact.
Purpose
The FE Maintenance Advisor is the senior technical authority. responsible for overseeing the entire work management process to ensure maintenance activities are prioritised, planned, scheduled, and executed to the highest standard. This role provides leadership to Technical Advisors & Supervisors governs the quality of work management data, and ensures maintenance strategies, materials readiness, and schedule commitments are met. The Advisor drives continuous improvement through analysis of performance trends, BI insights, and equipment reliability indicators. Acting as a key support to the Maintenance Superintendent—this position plays a vital part in ensuring operational continuity, technical excellence, and long term equipment health.
Essential Duties
- Senior technical and work-management authority
- End to end work management & technical governance.
- Workflow (identify → plan → schedule → execute → analyse), prioritisation, plan approval, schedule sequencing, data oversight.
- Defines strategic maintenance tasks (PMs, inspections).
- Reviews and endorses plans.
- Verifies priority, materials, labour, tooling, permits, and planning accuracy.
- Ensures schedule is technically achievable.
- Verifies resource leveling, materials, equipment availability, and timelines.
- QA/QC, escalation point for technical issues.
- Validates complex work quality and procedural compliance.
- Reviews completion quality.
- Ensures follow ups and corrective tasks are raised properly.
- Owns KPI review, BI insights, strategy changes, and improvement plans.
- Modifies strategic tasks based on performance.
- Leads the Technical Advisors & Supervisors.
- Supports and acts for the Maintenance Superintendent.
- Maintains technical and work management governance.
Training & Experience
- Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
- 5 to 10 years mining experience in a similar role within the mining industry
- Experience with crushing conveyors, grinding mills and large slurry pumps
- A personal commitment to safety
Working Conditions
This is a FIFO role on a 21/21 roster.
At Newmont, our commitment to diversity and inclusion ensures that everyone can work to their full potential, free from discrimination, while respecting the cultures, religions, and governance of the regions in which we operate. Guided by our values of Safety, Integrity, Sustainability, Responsibility, and Inclusion, our Lihir team – 90% of which are Papua New Guinean – is dedicated to creating a culturally rich and supportive environment where meaningful, long-term connections can be formed within the industry.
We believe in the strength of our people and the positive impact we can create together. Newmont employees are rewarded with a competitive salary, flexible packaging options, and programs that recognize those who go above and beyond. We know no candidate meets every qualification listed, so if you share our values and feel you can make a meaningful contribution, we encourage you to apply – we’d love to hear from you!