Student/Graduate

Are you studying an engineering degree at a Western Australian university? Looking for work in the resources sector over the Christmas/New Year holiday period? Are you looking to prove yourself and perhaps move in to a graduate role with our business? Up to 70% of our graduate intake are ex-vacation students.

Each year Nickel West employs vacation students at operating mine and processing sites in a variety of roles. We are seeking:

Are you looking to get work on a contract basis with Nickel West? Our sites use the Chandler MacLeod group of companies  to source labour hire contractors for most roles within the business. From admin to engineering Chandler MacLeod are our sole supplier when we seek short term labour. Chandler MacLeod understand our requirements and work directly with line managers on site. Currently Chandler MacLeod provide us with:

Understanding your transferable skills is essential to an effective job search strategy and absolutely vital if you are seeking a new direction in your career. All jobs incorporate the use of some transferable skills and the most successful career chameleons recognise this and adapt their resumes to suit.

So what are transferable skills? Essentially they are the skills you offer potential employers that you've gained through your work, study and personal life that are directly transferable and relevant to the roles you are applying for. 

Nautilus Minerals is a truly intriguing company.  A pioneer, it is the first company to commercially explore the ocean floor for mineral deposits and they are showing good signs of progress towards becoming a viable operation.  Nautilus is currently developing the Solwara 1 Project in the territorial waters of Papua New Guinea.

The Australian gold production was steady for the March quarter of 2009 and expected to rise in the next coming months.  Compared to this time last year, there is a 3% increase in production and those Companies making a positive impact on these figures are listed below. We've added in the links to their Careers Page, or Home Page (in the absence of the careers options on their website).  Not all of them are actively recruiting at the moment, but sometimes the best time to apply for a job with a Company of interest, is when they don't have a vacancy!

OzMinerals officially opened Prominent Hill in South Australia last week - the mine which produced its first copper concentrates in February this year is well into it's Ramp Up phase and on track for its production targets for 2009.  The Chairman, Mr Barry Cusack said " Oz Minerals now has a future and this project is more important to that future than ever."

Engineering company Monadelphous Group Ltd has won a $170 million contract for major works associated with Woodside Petroleum Ltd's $12 billion Pluto liquefied natural gas project in Western Australia.

"Project works will begin immediately, with completion scheduled for the second quarter of calendar 2010," Monadelphous said in a statement last Thursday.

A few years ago, I was fortunate to be living in the US for a year and had an opportunity to see some of the country in our time there.  One of the most amazing memories was visiting Hoover Dam and learning about the history of the project and some of the incredible challenges that were overcome to complete it.   As one of Bechtel's signature projects back in the 1930's, they have enjoyed continued success in engineering, construction and project management and there is no surprise that some of the newly awarded or commenced contracts would be some of the most interesting opport

Back in April, United Group Limited announced they had secured a $230million contract at Pluto LNG Project to carry out construction - installing major process modules and fabricate and install interconnecting structural steel and pipe-work for the LNG train at Pluto. Based at the Burrup Peninsula, the contract work is expected to run until about July 2010. 

"I've always been a great communicator - if I can get in front of people, I'll go well."

"I haven't had to interview for a long time, but I've always done well in them in the past."

"I've interviewed a lot of candidates - I don't need interview coaching."

Do any of these sound familiar?  If you answered yes, you're not alone - many people think this way, and 10 years ago the chances are you would have been right. But the Human Resources industry has changed. Never before have selection systems been so process-driven. Interviews today are rarely an informal meeting to get a ‘feel' for the candidate. In fact modern systems have been specifically designed to ensure that charm, charisma and communication skills don't sway the interviewer's decision.