Maintenance Manager in Melbourne

Brightstar Resources is a dynamic ASX listed gold company committed to a Gold Standard of excellence, creating value through exploration, development, mining, and production across Western Australia’s premier goldfields. We are the proud owner and operator of our Fish Gold Mine and the expanded Sandstone district home to the region’s largest Mineral Resource inventory. In the next 12 months, we have a process plant build, launching open pits and expanding our underground operations.

We are currently seeking an experienced Maintenance Manager to join our team on an 8/6 roster at our Laverton Processing Plant. As the Maintenance Manager, you will lead and manage all fixed plant maintenance activities to ensure safe, reliable, and cost-effective operation of the gold processing plant, while achieving production, availability, and performance targets.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Develop, implement, and continuously improve maintenance strategies, including preventive, predictive, condition monitoring, shutdown, and reliability programs to maximise asset life and minimise unplanned downtime.
• Manage maintenance budgets, workforce planning, contractor performance, and critical spare parts inventory to ensure effective utilisation of resources and achievement of business objectives.
• Ensure compliance with all statutory, safety, environmental, and company requirements, fostering a strong safety culture and maintaining adherence to the Work Health and Safety (Mines) Regulations and site standards.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and development for maintenance personnel, driving continuous improvement, operational excellence, and collaboration between maintenance, operations, technical services, and project teams.

About You:

• Proven leadership experience in managing maintenance teams within a gold processing plant or similar heavy industrial environment, with a demonstrated ability to improve safety, reliability, and asset performance.
• Strong knowledge of fixed plant equipment including crushing, grinding (SAG/ball mills), conveyors, pumps, thickeners, CIL circuits, gold room equipment, power generation, and associated infrastructure.
• Demonstrated experience in maintenance planning, shutdown management, reliability engineering, asset management principles, and continuous improvement methodologies to optimise plant availability and maintenance costs.
• Sound understanding of Western Australian mining legislation, Work Health and Safety (Mines) Regulations, risk management processes, statutory compliance requirements, and contractor management.
• Tertiary qualifications in Mechanical, Electrical, Maintenance, or Asset Management disciplines, supported by strong commercial acumen, budgeting experience, and proficiency in CMMS systems such as Pronto.

What we offer:

• A genuine opportunity to shape a growing gold operation.
• Competitive salary package + incentive bonus.
• A supportive and driven team environment.
• A role with real influence and visibility across the business.