Senior Process Control Engineer
Job no: 503209
Work type: Permanent Full Time
Location: Dugald River Mine
We are MMG and we mine for progress.
At MMG, our vision is to create a leading international mining company for a low carbon future.
We mine for progress to create wealth for our people, host communities and shareholders with an ambition to grow and diversify our resource, production, and value.
Our aim is to create a workplace that encourages diversity, inclusion and supports our people to grow. We are guided by our values; think safety first, respect each other, work together, do what we say, and we want to be better. We recognise the unique value your contribution makes to the progress of our company and the communities in which we operate.
Dugald River mine is one of the world’s top 10 Zinc mine operations, which has been producing zinc concentrate for our clients around the world since 2017.
In April 2023, our commitment to a sustainable future saw the beginning of the Dugald River Solar Farm operations, supplying a third of the mine’s power, and reducing emissions by 33%; this is just the start of our renewable energy transition.
Senior Process Control Engineer
The Senior Process Control Engineer is responsible for administration of the site’s process control assets to ensure robust, reliable, and efficient processes and equipment are available to support the operation.
Working closely with operational and technical teams, the Senior Process Control Engineer drives continuous improvement of the site’s control infrastructure, ensuring best practice standards, system integrity, and performance optimisation across all of site assets.
As a senior technical leader, the successful candidate will provide coaching and mentoring the process control team as well as system users. The Senior Engineer has a team of two process control engineers and up to two graduates reporting to them.
This role will be based on an 8/6, bus in bus out (BIBO) from Cloncurry or Mt Isa or fly in fly out (FIFO) from Townsville or Brisbane.
Qualifications Skills and Competencies:
- Relevant tertiary qualification or trade in Mechatronics, Electrical, Instrumentation, or Control Systems.
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience working with process control systems in an industrial environment.
- Experience with Wonderware System Platform, MDT Autosave, Schneider M Series (M580, M340) PLCs, and Plant State Integrity.
- Strong understanding of process control system architecture, particularly SCADA and PLC-based systems and supporting virtual IT infrastructure.
- Advanced programming knowledge in structured text, ladder logic, and function block programming for Schneider and Allen Bradley PLC platforms.
- Ability to interpret electrical schematics and P&ID diagrams.
- Knowledge of key performance indicators for control systems and the ability to analyse and improve system performance.
- Familiarity with industrial networking protocols such as HART, IP, Modbus, DeviceNet, and Miri.
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build and maintain positive working relationships across operational and technical teams.
- Proven ability to deliver projects and technical work on time, both independently and within a team environment.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Demonstrate leadership in safety, health, environment, and community (SHEC) by ensuring all work complies with the Safe Task Management framework.
- Provide technical leadership, coaching, mentoring, and training to process control users, including graduates and operational personnel.
- Effectively manage team performance, rostering, and leave to ensure continuity of process control support across operations.
- Develop, maintain, and implement rigorous standards and processes to protect the integrity of the site’s process control systems.
- Coordinate, plan, and manage all process control system work while aligning with operational priorities and engaging key stakeholders across site.
- Lead change management processes to ensure all control system modifications are properly assessed, documented, and implemented systematically.
- Lead and execute initiatives such as alarm rationalisation, control loop tuning and optimisation, and HMI development and improvements.
What we offer
Remuneration for this role includes a competitive salary package, annual bonus and generous local allowances for employees living in the local community of Cloncurry and Mt Isa.
On-site accommodation at Dugald River is provided in fully air-conditioned en-suite rooms and includes meal service and room cleaning. The village features, communal media facilities including Telstra 4G coverage, onsite Medical Centre, sporting facilities, swimming pool and gym facilities.
MMG also provides the following generous benefits for employees living in the local community of Cloncurry & Mt. Isa
- Gym/PCYC membership
- Access to MMG Charter flights to Brisbane and Townsville for family/leisure purposes
- Financial support for families where children attend boarding school
- Retention payment for long term Cloncurry residents
MMG is committed to supporting the local communities of Cloncurry Shire and Mount Isa City Council Local Government Areas. We offer relocation assistance to approved commute locations when necessary, and an attractive incentive is available for employees who reside in or relocate to Cloncurry township. MMG actively supports local communities and encourages applications from individuals of Kalkadoon heritage and other local Indigenous backgrounds.
We are an equal opportunity employer who values and respects diversity & inclusion. If you share our values and feel that you could make a meaningful difference in this role, please apply online.
The mine site requires personnel facial hair to be comply with respiratory guidelines. The mine site is nonsmoking, smoking areas available at the village.
Advertised: E. Australia Standard Time
Applications close: E. Australia Standard Time
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