Job Description
Supervisor – Electrical – Plant Site – Fixed Plant Maintenance
About New Porgera
New Porgera Limited (NPL) is a company incorporated in Papua New Guinea and owns the Porgera Gold Mine in Enga Province. The Porgera Gold Mine will employ nearly 3,000 Papua New Guineans at full production, and over the last 30 years of life of the mine it has contributed approximately 10% of Papua New Guinea’s total annual exports
NPL is currently seeking a qualified and experienced individual to join the Fixed Plant Maintenance Electrical team as a
Supervisor -Electrical – Plant Site
About The Role
Reporting to the
Superintendent – Electrical and Distribution and provides direct supervision and technical support to the Plant Site electrical maintenance team, ensuring maintenance, fault finding, installations and breakdown response are completed safely, efficiently and in accordance with PNG and AS/NZS standards. The role supports plant reliability, planned maintenance, compliance and escalation of critical issues impacting safety or production.
In this role, you will.
- Supervise and coordinate the Plant Site electrical maintenance team to ensure work is completed safely, efficiently and to the required standard.
- Ensure electrical work complies with PNG and AS/NZS standards, support planned maintenance execution, assist with complex fault finding and escalate critical safety, production or compliance issues as required.
- Provide technical guidance, training and oversight to tradespersons, trade assistants and trainees.
- Monitor safety performance, verify work documentation is completed, manage contractors when assigned and provide formal handover to the back-to-back supervisor, Electrical Foreman and Superintendent.
About You
To succeed in this role, the ideal candidate will possess the following qualifications and experiences
:
Essential
- Electrical Trade Certificate
- NEA Licence
- High Voltage Switching Certificate
- Low Voltage Rescue and CPR Certificate
- Current PNG Driver’s Licence
- Experience in minerals processing, refining, mining or heavy industry
- Ability to read and interpret drawings, procedures, manuals and technical specifications
- Understanding of PNG mining legislation and relevant AS/NZS electrical standards
Desirable
- Oracle & SAP Knowledge
- Instrumentation & control systems knowledge
- Experience supervising electrical maintenance teams
- Experience managing contractors and work execution in a fixed plant environment
Why New Porgera
In return, you will be joining a world-class mining operation with the opportunity to impact the development and upskilling of our predominantly local workforce, combined with a team keen to learn and absorb knowledge. This offers a unique opportunity to further shape the department and improve plant performance and people knowledge.
You will be joining an operation that safety and lead a team towards best-in-class safety practices whilst contribute to the development of a highly capable national workforce, making a lasting impact on the industry.
This role is offered on a National FIFO basis with a 21/14 roster basis with a highly competitive remuneration package.
Note: This advert will be open until
2 July 2026. If you do not hear from NPL within next two (2) week following the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful for this opportunity.
