Electrical Engineer

About the Company

Westgold Resources is shaping the future of gold mining in Western Australia. We are looking for passionate and dedicated individuals to join our team who shares our vision of building a sustainable and profitable major Australian gold business.

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer to provide specialist electrical engineering support across site operations and projects.

This role plays a key part in ensuring the safe, reliable, and efficient performance of electrical systems and infrastructure while supporting capital, sustaining, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Why this role?

• Variety in location (roughly 1 week of site travel per month)
• Broad role covering design, projects, commissioning and more
• Work for a top 5 gold Miner on a permanent basis

Role responsibilities

• Conduct electrical design reviews and technical assessments.
• Perform power system studies and analysis.
• Support underground electrical infrastructure and operations.
• Deliver fixed plant maintenance, improvement, and growth projects.
• Provide technical support for fixed plant electrical systems and equipment.
• Develop maintenance strategies to optimise equipment performance.
• Ensure compliance with safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements.
• Support commissioning, upgrades, and plant modifications.
• Prepare technical reports and root cause investigations.

About you

• Underground mining experience - highly desirable
• Fixed plant experience - highly desirable
• Proven power systems experience
• Experience with commissioning and operational reliability
• Experience supporting mining growth or infrastructure projects
• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering
• C Class manual license

The Westgold Offer

A permanent full-time position at a successful gold producer

A range of benefits including

• Performance based bonus
• Group salary continuous insurance
• A health and wellness allowance Health insurance discount
• A range of Family and Medical leave policies that includes IVF, surrogacy and adoption.
• Referral Bonus - bring your mates along!
• 5 years' pro rata long service leave
• Salary sacrifice options
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) that include free confidential counselling, wellbeing services that includes financial advice.

Our full list of benefits and why we are recognised as an Endorsed Employer for Women by Work 180 can be seen on the Work180 website.

Westgold is driven by our core values of Show Respect, Choose Safety and Deliver Value. We believe that these values define our culture, behaviours and actions. We appreciate that not everybody will tick every box for their next dream role, but if you believe that you can bring the passion and drive to contribute to our operations and our values resonate with you then apply now!

Candidates must meet our pre-employment criteria’s which includes medical and drug and alcohol screening, relevant right to work checks and be able to provide a valid Australian national police clearance and an Australian driver’s licence (or be able to obtain).

Westgold is committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone matters. We believe diversity is a strength and true diversity includes those from First Nations People, various cultures, age groups, Neurodiverse backgrounds, genders, sexual orientations, diverse abilities and religions. We value the unique perspectives and experiences each person brings and that diverse teams leads to innovation and success. Our goal is to have safe and respectful environments where everyone feels empowered to be their authentic selves and we strongly encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

Our recruitment accessibility statement: If you believe you require additional support or accommodations, so you feel comfortable participating in our recruitment process for this or any of our roles, please feel free to email inclusion@westgold.com.au

Westgold reserves the right to close applications early should a suitable pool of candidates be identified. We will never contact you to ask for payment of any kind, whether directly or through a third party.