Instrumentation Technician

At Newmont, people create the value in the metals we mine and are ambassadors in the communities where they live and work. As a team, we foster an environment in support of our people vision, where everyone belongs, thrives and is valued. We have built a diverse and inclusive workplace where our people can bring their differences to support delivering results together.

Newmont Tanami is on Aboriginal freehold land 540km northwest of Alice Springs. It is a long-life, low-cost, world-class asset in a core Newmont region. The Tanami Expansion 2 project, aims to extend the mine life beyond 2040, investing in a hoisting shaft which will increase the production of the underground mine from 2.6 Mtpa to 3.2 Mtpa.  Both the successful exploration within the underground operation and implementation of the first Tanami Expansion has laid the foundation to further develop the operation to remain a major contributor to the Newmont portfolio. A fully equipped camp is located 40km from the site offering leisure facilities for those flying in from Perth, Brisbane, Alice Springs or Darwin.

This is a site-based role at Tanami Operations in the Northern Territory, working in a challenging remote environment. You will interface daily with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, HSE, and project stakeholders.

The role involves a FIFO schedule with 14/14 or 8/6 opportunities available.  Approved departure locations for the point of hire are Darwin, Alice Springs, Perth, and Brisbane.

Join us and unearth your potential in a global company that is at the forefront of shaping the future of the mining industry.

Who we’re looking!



As an Instrumentation Technician, you will deliver safe, reliable and efficient instrumentation and control services across Newmont Tanami’s fixed plant operations, including the calibration, maintenance and repair of process control systems. This includes supporting field instrumentation, control valves, PLCs, SCADA systems, analysers and associated control infrastructure across crushers, conveyors, Koepe winders and processing circuits, ensuring accurate, reliable and optimised plant performance.

• Delivering instrumentation and control maintenance, calibration, fault‑finding and repair activities across fixed plant surface and underground assets, including PLCs, SCADA, control valves, analysers and automation systems, in accordance with Australian standards and site requirements.

• Diagnosing and resolving instrumentation, control system, network, hardware, software and telemetry faults, and implementing approved minor temporary and permanent changes to ICS applications to support reliable operations.

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