Project Coordinator (Mt Holland)

Date: 26 Jun 2026

Location: Mt Holland, AU

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Company: Covalent Lithium Pty Ltd

About Us

At Covalent Lithium, we are genuinely passionate about creating a clean energy future and supporting our teams who enable this vision.

Following the commissioning of our mine and concentrator at Mt Holland in 2024, we recently celebrated our first production of battery -grade lithium hydroxide at our Kwinana Refinery. We are now a fully integrated mine-to-refinery operation, supplying high quality lithium hydroxide to global markets and enabling approximately 1 million electric vehicles to go on the road, every year for the next 50 years.

We are proud to foster a culture where people with different skills, experiences and backgrounds are welcomed and set-up for success.

Employee Benefits

We support, empower and reward our people with a range of benefits:

Competitive remuneration, and annual incentives for eligible employees

Access to discounts, recognition and rewards

Access to flexible work arrangements

Dedicated wellbeing program support and discounted health insurance

Equal access to paid parental leave, financial support, return to work and parenting room

Salary sacrifice options for superannuation and novated leasing

The Role

The Project Coordinator is responsible for the safe, coordinated execution of all construction tie ins and upgrades to the existing Stage 1 concentrator, including crushing, screening, and direct feed ore distribution (after the COS) and associated utilities and NPI facilities.

The role has a strong brownfields and shutdown execution focus, ensuring construction activities are meticulously planned, scheduled, and integrated within shutdown windows while minimising disruption to ongoing operations.

This is a Full-time two-year fixed term contract on a 4:3 roster ex Perth to our Mt Holland Site.

Key Responsibilities

Coordinate concentrator and utilities upgrade tie-ins and brownfields construction activities during planned shutdowns.

Lead shutdown planning activities, ensuring work packs, schedules, permits, isolations and resources are prepared and execution-ready.

Manage day-to-day shutdown execution to deliver scope safely, on schedule and within operational constraints.

Coordinate multi-disciplinary contractors across active operational and brownfields environments.

Act as the primary interface between Projects, Operations, Maintenance, Construction and Shutdown teams.

Ensure construction activities comply with approved drawings, procedures, isolation requirements and commissioning plans.

Identify and resolve construction, interface and operational challenges to minimise impacts to shutdown schedules.

Support commissioning, equipment handover and return-to-service activities.

Ensure quality requirements are achieved, including inspections, punch-list management and completion documentation.

Promote a strong safety culture through risk assessments, hazard management and adherence to site safety standards.

Capture lessons learned and support continuous improvement of shutdown and tie-in execution processes.

Role Requirements

Degree or trade qualification in Engineering or Construction

Hold Schedule 26 statutory supervisor competency

Valid driver’s license

Minimum 10–15 years brownfield construction experience in mining or heavy industrial environments

Strong understanding of isolation management, shutdown execution, and permit systems

Proven experience delivering brownfields tie ins within operating mineral processing facilities

Demonstrated leadership during planned shutdowns and turnaround style work scopes

Experience coordinating multi discipline contractors across shutdown environment

FIFO or remote site experience strongly preferred.

A competitive remuneration package commensurate with the role, candidate experience, skills and qualifications will be offered.

Our team members are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work. Candidates from all backgrounds and ages are encouraged to apply, including First Nations People, those who identify as LGBTIQ+, people with disabilities and those with neurodiverse, intersectional, or multiple diverse characteristics.