A mining services company agreed to invest in one of the Pilbara’s largest ever developments.
Mineral Resources (MinRes) and Red Hill Iron Joint Venture (RHIOJV) partners recently approved funding for the $3 billion Onslow Iron Project, 150km east of Onslow.
RHIOJV will engineer, procure, construct and commission a private 150km haul road, transhipper wharf, dry process plant, crushing plant, stockyards, two resort-style camps and other infrastructure at the Port of Ashburton.
NextGen crushers, autonomous 320 tonne jumbo road trains, and 20,000 tonne transhippers will also be required.
“[This is] the largest mining services contract in Australia,” MinRes managing director Chris Ellison said in a public statement.
MinRes will manage RHIOJV and own all off-site infrastructure.
Early works are underway and all equipment is expected to be onsite by June 2023. First ore is hoped to be shipped as early as December 2023. Up to 1200 construction jobs plus a further 700 operational positions will be created in the process.
“Onslow Iron will be one of the largest iron ore developments undertaken in Western Australia,” the company said.
“Stage one will target an annual capacity of 35 million tonnes per annum.”
The following permanent, fly-in fly-out and immediate start positions have been advertised:
- human resources superintendent – construction
- utilities all-rounders (multiple positions)
- community engagement officer
- workshop supervisor (multiple)
- workshop superintendent
- plumbers (multiple)
- drainers (multiple).
Click here to apply. Successful applicants will be offered a roster of either eight days on six days off, three weeks on one week off, or two weeks on one week off.
The employer promises competitive pay, a $2500 quarterly bonus, five weeks’ annual leave, 16 weeks’ paid parental leave (or 32 weeks’ primary caregiver leave at half pay) and a “generous” employee share plan. Discounted travel, accommodation, retail and health insurance is also available.
“This particular project is due to go until February 2023. However, we have a pipeline of construction work for roughly five years,” the company said on its careers website.
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