Operational Readiness Specialist - Electrical

Perth based – CBD
1-2 days work from home
Start date 14th of July 2025 (ideally)

 
Reporting to the Operational Readiness Superintendent the Ops Readiness Specialist plays a pivotal role in ensuring seamless collaboration between the project delivery team and asset owners. The primary focus is to drive successful operational readiness activities throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring safe, efficient, and cost-effective operations.

 
Key Responsibilities

• Partner with the Project Delivery Team to fully understand scope and timelines, ensuring readiness information—such as IOM, equipment registers, datasheets, P&IDs—is accessible and up to date.
• Work alongside Asset Owners to define and facilitate operational readiness requirements, proactively addressing gaps and providing consistent progress updates.
• Engage with Central Support Teams—Maintenance Processes & Systems, NPI & Water Management, Engineering, and Reliability—to maintain alignment with corporate standards and industry best practices.
• Conduct spares criticality assessments, cataloguing, and stock management in collaboration with site maintenance and engineering teams, ensuring compliance with maintenance philosophies.
• Oversee the creation and maintenance of SAP records, including function locations, equipment masters, BOMs, maintenance plans, maintenance items, task lists, and regulatory requirements (FMECA).
• Lead and facilitate effective team meetings, fostering clear communication and coordinated workflows.
• Provide regular progress reports, ensuring schedules and budgets remain on track.

 
Qualifications & Experience

• Trade or Engineering qualification.
• Hands-on maintenance planning experience with strong SAP Master Data expertise.
• Relevant industry experience, particularly within mining operations.
• Solid understanding of maintenance processes and operational readiness principles.
• Proven leadership skills with experience in stakeholder collaboration across multiple levels.
• Exceptional communication and facilitation abilities.

 
Your Benefits

• Day rate $770 - $880 + super
• Fortnightly pay via modern online payroll system
• 1-2 day work from home
• 6-month initial contract
• Dedicated NES Fircroft Consultant and Support Staff available throughout your contract.
• Invites to NES Fircroft Contractor Events
• Opportunity for additional contracts at the end of your contract due to our large client base.

 
Sound like you? Click the APPLY NOW button or reach out to Emma Shaw for more information at 0455 117 266.


With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.