Make your mark with Thiess 

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

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

Thiess is the place to make things happen.   

About the role

Thiess Mount Pleasant Operation has an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated FMS Technology Technician to join our team, reporting to the Electrical Maintenance Supervisor. 

This is a residential position to be home every night, working on a lifestyle 5/4 4/5 5/5 12 hour dayshift only roster. 

Responsibility of the role will be to assist with the maintenance and installation of infrastructure and systems which support the Fleet Management System (FMS) and other smart machine systems used on our operations, you will: 

• Assist with installations on new machines 

• Carry out inspections and repairs during machine overhauls 

• Perform system upgrades as required 

• Build close working relationships with equipment OEMs, Ivolve, CAT, Liebherr etc 

About You

• Ideally you will have a trade qualification in: 

• Electronics and Communications and hold an Open cabling licence. 

• Or in one of the following trades with a strong background in FMS and networking systems and hold an Open cabling licence:  

• Auto electrician and Open cabling licence 

• Electrical and Open cabling licence 

Good knowledge of the following/similar systems will be highly desirable: 

• Fleet Management Systems – ie Ivolve Mine 4D, Modular, Hexagon etc 

• Terrain drill profiling data capture with GPS correction 

• High Precision Global Positioning Systems  

• Video Cameras monitoring the open cut operations 

• Cabled and Wireless networks and associated infrastructure – Ubiquiti, Cambium, Mesh 

• DAMM and Sepura digital radio infrastructure  

What Thiess can do for you

• Permanent full-time positions  

• Even time, lifestyle rosters  

• Thiess’ commitment to training & development 

• Salary sacrifice options – Novated leasing   

• Range of corporate discounts including health insurance (Medibank), travel & retail products. 

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 inspires our vision to harness the power of people and technology to drive sustainable change.  

At Thiess, you will have the opportunity to play a part in the global energy transition. We are growing our commodities portfolio to include metals and minerals critical to the energy transition, and developing services to enable sustainable mining.  

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’ll support you to hone your skills and develop new ones, take on challenges and grow, through mentorship, collaboration and empowerment. We offer our people ongoing technical training and development opportunities so they can reach their full potential. We also invest in the workforce of the future, with a range of programs for people starting their careers.  

We recognise the value of an inclusive and diverse workplace through our vision of 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.