Make your mark with Thiess

Every day, all around the world, Thiess supports and celebrates our people. We recognise talent, reward transparency, champion diversity and embrace change.

Join us and hone your skills and develop new ones. Take on big challenges and grow through mentorship, collaboration, and empowerment.

About Us

Thiess works with clients in Australia, Asia, and the Americas in the dynamic field of open-cut and underground mining. The pioneering spirit of our founders - the legendary Thiess brothers - is our legacy and has inspired our vision to harness the power of people and technology to drive sustainable change for more than 90 years.

Learn more about Our Vision, Purpose & Values.

At Thiess, we're creating a culture of curiosity, knowledge-sharing and continuous learning - supporting our people to contribute to Thiess' success and continued growth in sustainable mining.

We recognise the value of an inclusive and diverse workplace through our vision: everyone matters always. We're focused on creating an inclusive environment to enable our people to bring their best self to work because they feel safe, included, and empowered.

Learn more about working at Thiess.

UNIQUE ROLE REQUIREMENTS

• Leads a geographically dispersed team across Australia, India and Indonesia, requiring strong remote leadership, coordination and cross-cultural engagement.
• Accountable for network engineering outcomes across enterprise IT, site operational networks and autonomy / OT in-pit networks.
• Operates in a mining environment where network availability is critical production and autonomous operations.
• Requires the ability to balance strategic planning, technical governance and hands-on operational leadership.
• Provides technical leadership across key network platforms including Palo Alto, Cisco, Juniper and Cambium.
• Works closely with site operations, ICT teams, vendors and project stakeholders to deliver standardised and fit-for-purpose network solutions.
• Required to travel to mine sites and support after-hours escalation, incident response and major change activities.
• Ensures network services and designs align with Thiess safety, operational, cybersecurity and business continuity requirements

KEY RESULT AREAS

Network Operations and Service Reliability: Ensure the stable, secure and efficient operation of Thiess’ global WAN, site networks and autonomy / OT in-pit networks.
Leadership and Team Management: Lead, Develop and coordinate a high-performing global network engineering team across multiple regions.
Network Strategy and Architecture: Drive network strategy, standards and roadmaps that support business growth, operational resilience and mining technology requirements.
Operational Technology and Autonomy: Support Ensure network services effectively support mining operations, fleet systems and autonomy-related technologies in site and in-pit environments.
Cybersecurity and Risk Management: Maintain secure network environments through strong governance, standardisation, risk management and alignment with cybersecurity requirements.
Stakeholder and Vendor Management:Build effective relationships with operational stakeholders, ICT teams, vendors and service providers to deliver fit-for-purpose outcomes.

Work Experience

• Extensive experience in network engineering and operations, including leadership of complex enterprise and site-based network environments
• Demonstrated success technical teams. Proven experience managing global WAN, site communications and high-availability network infrastructure.
• Experience supporting OT, industrial or autonomy networks in mining, resources or similar operational environments.
• Strong background in network security, service reliability, major incident management and operational risk control.
• Experience in technical governance, standardisation, vendor management and delivery of network improvement initiatives.

Technical Skills

• Advanced enterprise network engineering skills across WAN, LAN, wireless, routing, switching and security.
• Strong hands-on knowledge of Palo Alto, Cisco, Juniper and Cambium technologies.
• Experience in secure, resilient and highly available network design and operations.
• Strong capability in firewall management, network segmentation and secure access solutions.
• Experience supporting OT, industrial and autonomy network environments. Proficient in network monitoring, troubleshooting and incident response.
• Ability to produce technical standards, architecture guidance and network documentation.
• Sound understanding of cybersecurity, service continuity and operational risk management.

What's on offer

At Thiess, our people are the heart of everything we do. We're committed to creating a workplace where everyone can thrive - safely, confidently and with opportunities to grow.

• Competitive salary package.
• Ongoing training & development opportunities.
• A strong safety-first culture across all operations, built on care, respect and accountability.
• Range of corporate discounts including health insurance (Medibank), travel & retail products.

How to Apply

This role is an opportunity to take the next step in your career. With our culture of recognition, development, and a stimulating and satisfying work environment, there is no better time to join Thiess.

Please click the "apply" button below to apply for this role.

Thiess follows a Pre-Employment Process for all successful applicants, which includes two employment references, a National Police Check, and a medical assessment. These checks are essential to your application, and your recruiter will support you through the process.

Should you require assistance applying for this opportunity, please contact us at hiring@thiess.com.