Trade Assistant

The Future Generation Joint Venture brings together the combined engineering experience and expertise of WeBuild, Clough and Lane and has been selected to design construct Snowy 2.0. This project is based within the Snowy Mountains in NSW and will deliver one of the largest pumped hydro schemes in the world. 

Snowy 2.0 is the next chapter in the Snowy Scheme's history. It is the largest committed renewable energy project in Australia and will provide on-demand energy and large-scale storage for many generations to come. This Iconic Project has and will continue to create its own legacy in Australian history.

You will be responsible for:

• Providing Maintenance Planning & Scheduling for day-to-day facility and equipment maintenance, long term planned maintenance, shutdowns and breakdowns.
• Assisting with site wide Maintenance scoping, quotation, purchasing, planning, stocktake and information distribution.
• Effectively interface with the Maintenance team, site personnel and external functional teams to ensure Maintenance tasks are carried out in an efficient, prioritised and organised manner.
• Assisting in providing a site wide maintenance plan and strategy that aligns with the FGJV Policy.
• Development and upkeep of Maintenance Schedules for short- and long-term planning.
• Continual review of execution schedules and plans to determine if the time frames can be compressed, or costs reduced for continuous improvement.
• Maintaining a Master Maintenance schedule for the site and allocating weekly plans to various departments.
• Integration of third-party schedules into the master schedule when required.
• Provide timely planned and ad-hoc reporting to assist breakdown, review and improve maintenance tasks and strategies.
• Management of Parts, Equipment & Resources procurement, in consultation with Maintenance Leadership, to ensure safe and expedient execution of all maintenance and site requirements.
• Provide support to site management team during maintenance execution.
• Ensuring that cost control and purchasing/financial processes are well followed by all involved.
• Scheduling workforce training, VOCs, and documentation to ensure all maintenance activities are compliant with safe work practices and FGJV policy.
• Maintaining strong communication and working collaboratively with other Maintenance Schedulers to effectively manage shared responsibilities across multiple project sites.
• High attention to detail with the ability to manage competing priorities, maintain schedule accuracy, ensure data integrity, and uphold consistent record-keeping standards.

Experience:

• Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite – Outlook, Word and Excel essential, PowerPoint desirable
• Previous experience with CMMS (e.g. SAP, MEX, or similar) and demonstrated ability to improve maintenance processes and data accuracy.
• Strong understanding of assorted trade-based maintenance works or willingness to learn
• Previous experience writing or contributing to the development of Strategic Asset Management Plans highly desirable.

The successful candidate will:

• Hold a current Driver’s licence
• Have 2 years of experience in a similar role
• Hold a current General Construction Induction training (white card)
• Right to work in Australia
• Be able to pass a criminal history check and a medical

These positions are in remote challenging areas with extreme cold temperatures which need to be considered before applying for these roles. 

If you meet the above requirements and would like to work on this iconic project, please apply now. 

Project Overview: Snowy 2.0 Project Promotional Video - YouTube