Long Term Planner - Maintenance
Date: 21 Sept 2026
Location: Kathleen, Western Australia, Australia
Company: Liontown Resources Limited
Who are we?
Liontown Limited (ASX: LTR) is one of Australia's newest and most exciting lithium producers. Our Kathleen Valley Lithium Operation in Western Australia is a world-class, tier-one asset with a 20+ year mine life — and we're now scaling underground production while planning the next phase of the operation's long-term future. With our state-of-the-art processing facilities and a passionate team, we are set to become one of the world’s largest and most sustainable hard rock lithium operations.
Our operations are designed with sustainability at their core — powered by renewables and built for long-term impact.
The Opportunity
We are looking for a Long Term Planner – Maintenance, based at our Kathleen Valley site on an 8:6 roster. This position maintains and updates the long-range maintenance plan supporting asset integrity across all processing infrastructure (crushing, grinding, flotation, filtration, and materials handling circuits). This role translates Life-of-Mine (LoM) strategy and asset strategy inputs provided by engineering and planning leadership into a maintained long-term maintenance programme, supporting the transition into tactical short-term execution. By mapping out maintenance events from 6 months to 5 years in advance, this position supports the planning of high-impact component changes, structural remediations, and major shutdown campaigns to optimise resource availability and minimise production downtime.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Develops, and maintains a rolling long-term maintenance plan for the fixed plant asset base across the 6-month to 5-year horizon, translating Life-of-Mine plan inputs and asset strategy — reviewed and updated on a regular cycle — into an executable, prioritised maintenance programme with defined milestones and resourcing requirements
- Identifies and schedules major component replacements, condition-based interventions, and statutory inspections well ahead of execution windows, validating task list and Bill of Materials availability against planned long-term scope.
- Develops and maintains a rolling 12-month master maintenance calendar, updated quarterly, and the annual, quarterly, and monthly maintenance schedules that flow from it, aligned with the shutdown calendar and all scheduled production outage windows.
- Flags campaigns, change-outs, and projects requiring long-lead preparation to engineering and supply chain teams, and reconciles actual maintenance delivery against the long-term plan to keep forecasts current.
- Contributes input to quarterly long-term plan reviews led by the Maintenance Engineering and Planning Superintendent, working with the Engineering and Reliability Lead and publishes a monthly long-term plan summary to maintenance leadership.
- Develops and maintains planning-based cost estimates for major maintenance activities, component replacements, shutdown campaigns, and long-lead requirements across the planning horizon
- Converts the 12-month integrated plan into a rolling 3-month scheduling window (3MS), updated monthly and underpinned by a rolling 12-month forecast horizon reviewed quarterly.
- Develops and maintains a multi-year shutdown schedule that optimises frequency, scope, and sequencing across the fixed plant asset base, identifying opportunities to consolidate work, reduce total planned downtime, and align shutdown windows with production requirements.
- Produces regular reporting on the long-term maintenance plan for the Maintenance Engineering and Planning Superintendent, covering upcoming major work, and key risk items, and monitors maintenance intervals against asset performance data to support ongoing optimisation of maintenance strategies.
What We’re Looking For
You will have demonstrated experience in maintenance planning within a fixed plant, processing, or heavy industrial environment. We are also looking for;
- Tertiary qualification in engineering, trades background, or equivalent technical discipline is desirable
- Formal training or certification in maintenance planning, reliability, or asset management (e.g. CMRP, ISO 55000 awareness) is advantageous.
- Experience preparing or contributing to capital expenditure inputs, maintenance cost forecasts, or long-lead procurement schedules is highly desirable.
- Experience developing or contributing to long-range maintenance plans, asset lifecycle strategies, or multi-year shutdown schedules.
- Proficiency in SAP PM or equivalent CMMS, including work order management, maintenance plans, task lists, and equipment master data.
- WA C Class Drivers Licence
- Able to pass a pre-employment medical, National Police Clearance, and Drug and Alcohol screen
Why Liontown
At Liontown, you’ll join a team that’s helping power the clean energy future. Our culture is built on people who take ownership, look out for each other, and are proud of what they’re building together.
This is a permanent opportunity on an 8:6 FIFO roster (12-hour days), with a competitive remuneration.
We offer:
- A long-term, stable career with a fully-funded, production-stage operation.
- A collaborative, values-driven team culture where safety and sustainability are non-negotiable.
- Competitive remuneration package reflective of your experience.
How to Apply
Submit your resume and a brief cover letter outlining your relevant experience. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis — don’t wait.
Visit liontown.com to learn more about us and the Kathleen Valley operation.
Liontown is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.
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