Operator, Industrial - Mobile (Vac Truck)

About Newmont

Newmont is the world’s leading gold company, producing gold as well as copper, silver, zinc, lead and molybdenum across operations in Australia, Papua New Guinea, Africa, Latin America and North America.

In Australia, Newmont operates across Western Australia, the Northern Territory and New South Wales, supported by teams in Perth, Brisbane and Melbourne.

About Boddington

Newmont Boddington is a world-class gold and copper operation located within the Saddleback greenstone belt in Western Australia, approximately 130 kilometres southeast of Perth and 16 kilometres from the rural farming town of Boddington.

Situated on 33,000 hectares of land traditionally owned by the Wiilman people of the Noongar nation, Boddington is a drive-in, drive-out site that offers employees the opportunity to live locally or in Western Australia’s southwest.

Your impact

Reporting to the NPI Site Services Supervisor, you’ll play a key role in keeping site services running safely and efficiently by operating and maintaining industrial mobile equipment, primarily vacuum trucks.

This is a hands-on operational role focused on the safe, consistent delivery of industrial services across site, including waste management, non-destructive digging and wastewater systems.

You’ll work as part of a small, close-knit crew, supporting site-wide operations from the processing plant and village through to Bunbury Port.

As part of our team you will

- Operate vacuum trucks and industrial mobile equipment across site and external locations

- Manage controlled waste streams including oily waste, sewerage and commercial waste

- Perform non-destructive digging, drain cleaning and high-pressure water jetting activities

- Conduct daily inspections, pre-starts and basic maintenance on equipment

- Maintain equipment to a high standard of cleanliness, safety and compliance

- Identify and report defects, hazards and improvement opportunities

- Work across multiple operational areas including plant, village and infrastructure

- Support continuous improvement and adherence to site safety and environmental standards

Prerequisites for your success in the role

- Current WA Heavy Rigid (HR) Licence

- Controlled Waste Driver Licence

- Experience operating vacuum trucks or similar industrial mobile plant

- High Pressure Water Jetting (MSMSS0004)

- Operate Vacuum Loading System (MSMS00006)

- Operate Drain Cleaning System (MSMSS00005)

- Working at Heights, Confined Space and Gas Testing certifications

- Strong understanding of safety, compliance and environmental requirements

- Ability to work effectively in a team and operate autonomously when required

- Basic SAP and Microsoft Outlook capability will be well regarded

Your work environment

This permanent position is offered on an 8/6 roster (days only), supporting a broad operational footprint across the Boddington site and surrounding infrastructure.

You’ll be part of a high-performing Site Services team responsible for critical industrial operations that support the entire site. The role offers variety, autonomy and the opportunity to work across multiple areas of the operation.

At Newmont, people create the value in the metals we mine responsibly and are ambassadors in the communities where they live and work. As a team, we foster an environment where everyone belongs, thrives and is valued.

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We understand no candidate will meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we’ve identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we’d love to learn more about you!

Our business success comes from the accomplishments and well-being of our employees and contractors. Our goal is to build a workplace culture that allows every person to thrive, participate, grow, and proudly play an active role in achieving our strategy.

Newmont is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to recruiting, hiring, placing and promoting the best individual for each position without regard to personal characteristics such as gender, race, nationality, ethnicity, social and indigenous origin, religion or belief, disability, age, sexual orientation, etc.

We invite women and applicants with diverse backgrounds to apply, particularly First Nations persons of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island descent. Newmont acknowledges First Nations People and respects their enduring connection to Country from which their culture, spirituality, and identity flow

More About Newmont

- Website: http://www.newmont.com

- Lifecycle of a Mine: https://www.newmont.com/lifecycle-of-a-mine/

- Blog: https://www.newmont.com/blog-stories/

- Annual sustainability report: https://www.newmont.com/sustainability/sustainability-reporting/

Note: Newmont does not ask individuals to pay money to apply or be considered for employment or to provide sensitive personal data without first submitting a job application through our secure, online portal. If you are asked to do either, do not respond and please report this immediately to it.sec@newmont.com.