19/05/2026
Career Opportunities: Site Operations Superintendent (17135)
Requisition ID 17135 - Posted 11/05/2026 - PNG/Frieda River
Location: Frieda River | Papua New Guinea
Job Description
DISCOVER YOUR POTENTIAL. DEVELOP YOUR FUTURE.
GROW WITH FRIEDA RIVER.
Join a high performing and growing mining company with a global presence
We offer a great culture with exciting growth and development opportunities
Apply today to work in a transformative project
Our Company
PanAust Limited is an Australian-headquartered copper and gold mining company with operations in Laos, and pre-development assets in Papua New Guinea and Chile.
In Papua New Guinea, PanAust holds a 100 per cent interest in the Frieda River Limited Copper-Gold project, which is a transformative pre-development integrated mining, renewable energy and infrastructure project. The complete Frieda River Project represents a nation building opportunity for Papua New Guinea and a transformative sustainable development opportunity for the Sepik region. The Project will help build stronger and more viable communities by establishing necessary public infrastructure, generating skilled employment, and creating business opportunities for local people.
In Laos, PanAust owns a 90 per cent interest in Phu Bia Mining Limited with the Government of Laos owning the remaining 10 per cent. Phu Bia Mining owns and operates PanAust’s two award winning operations – Phu Kham Copper-Gold and Ban Houayxai Gold-Silver, both located in Xaisomboun Province, 120km north of Vientiane.
In Chile, PanAust holds a 66 per cent interest in the Inca de Oro Copper-Gold Project through a Chilean incorporated joint venture company, Inca de Oro S. A.
The Role
We are currently recruiting for an experienced Site Operations Superintendent to join our team, based at the Frieda River Project Site on a 29/13 Roster. Reporting to the Project Manager, the role will be responsible for the safe, reliable and efficient operation of Frieda River support functions. The role provides integrated leadership over the maintenance, HSSE and medical sections so that site infrastructure, plant availability, emergency preparedness, occupational health, environmental compliance, and day-to-day site service delivery support current operations and future project activities.
Key Responsibilities include:
Key Accountabilities:
Lead and coordinate maintenance, HSSE, and medical functions as an integrated site operations team aligned to operational priorities and risk exposure.
Ensure site infrastructure, utilities, plant, and facilities are safely maintained, reliable, and fit for purpose.
Provide strong leadership in health, safety, security, and environmental compliance, ensuring legal and permit obligations are met.
Oversee site medical services and emergency preparedness, including fitness for work, emergency response, and medevac readiness.
Maintain continuity of site operations during disruptions such as weather events, equipment failures, or workforce shortages.
Support site readiness for current and future work programs, ensuring systems and services are in place prior to mobilisation.
Lead and develop teams, setting clear expectations and promoting a culture of accountability, teamwork, and visible leadership.
Manage budgets, contractors, and resources efficiently while driving reliability and continuous improvement.
Collaborate closely with site leadership, project teams, logistics, community affairs, and external stakeholders.
Deliver accurate operational, maintenance, HSSE, and readiness reporting, including risks, constraints, and improvement actions.
Maintenance
Oversee planned, preventative and breakdown maintenance for site assets and infrastructure.
Ensure maintenance work is risk assessed, prioritised and scheduled in accordance with operational criticality.
Confirm critical spare parts, technical support, contractor support and service intervals are managed proactively.
Ensure defects affecting safety, operability, environmental performance or business continuity are escalated and addressed promptly.
Support the development of shutdown, refurbishment and recovery plans for site facilities and utilities where required.
To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates who:
5+ years’ experience in a similar Superintendent position.
Demonstrated experience in site operations, camp operations, maintenance leadership, HSSE leadership or similar roles in remote mining, exploration, construction or industrial environments.
Proven ability to lead multiple support functions, set expectations, make sound decisions and manage performance in a remote site environment.
Strong understanding of maintenance systems, emergency response, HSSE management, contractor oversight, and operational risk in remote locations.
Ability to communicate clearly with site personnel, management, contractors, regulators and community-facing functions.
Experience in a remote and logistically constrained environments is highly desirable.
Competent in planning, reporting, action tracking and use of common business systems such as Excel, SAP, maintenance/work management systems, incident systems and document control tools.
Why Join Us?
Our Values: Our core values of Care, Leadership, Integrity and Performance and represent the foundations of our great culture.
Meaningful Work: The work we do is valuable and connects all of our employees through a shared vision and our values.
Sustainability: We actively focus on our environmental footprint and build upon community development initiatives in communities where we operate.
PanAust is focussed on building a workforce that embraces diversity and inclusion, aiming to create an environment that brings us all together through connection, security and community and harnessing what makes us unique. As an Equal Opportunity employer, we encourage and welcome applications from all genders, abilities, generations and cultural backgrounds.
Please note that due to the volume of applications we receive, only shortlisted candidates may be contacted regarding their application status.
Applications close Sunday, 24 May 2026.
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