Product Support jobs in Canning Vale WA

Date: 18 Jun 2026

Location: Kwinana, 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

This role supports the Product Quality Team in maintaining a robust quality management system across both Kwinana and Mt Holland operations.

The Product Quality Officer provides disciplined, consistent and traceable execution of product quality assurance by combining batch quality monitoring and release activities with on the floor process confirmation.

The role ensures that:

• Only conforming product is released
• Process adherence and control are verified at the point of execution
• Early signs of process drift or quality risk are identified and escalated

This role is critical to maintaining results confidence, and stable operations through strong execution of defined quality controls.

This is a two year full-time fixed term contract based in Kwinana, with scheduled visits to our Mt Holland site.

Key Responsibilities

Batch Quality Assurance & Product Release

• Execute product release activities within defined authority limits and escalate exceptions
• Coordinate finished goods release for Spodumene concentrate, Lithium Hydroxide and co products
• Govern the accuracy, completeness and traceability of Certificates of Analysis (CoA)
• Coordinate and document batch related deviations and non conformances
• Maintain full batch traceability, including raw material inputs, process conditions, and analytical results
• Escalate abnormal, elevated or ambiguous quality risks to the Superintendent Product Quality

Operational Control & Process Confirmation

• Conduct regular floor and field engagement with operators and supervisors
• Verify critical control points, control plans and reaction plans
• Validate corrective actions and process effectiveness
• Identify early indicators of instability or non-conformance
• Contribute findings to deviation prevention and quality improvement systems
• Provide visible quality presence supporting learning and risk awareness

Role Requirements

• Trade, technical or tertiary qualification in science, processing or a related discipline (desirable)
• Valid driver’s license
• Experience in quality assurance, laboratory, processing or manufacturing environments (+3 years desirable)
• Practical understanding of batch release, traceability and process control
• Familiarity with ISO 9001 Clause 8 (Operational Control and Release)

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.

Covalent Lithium is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, with a focus on our employees. We recognise skills, expertise, commitment and living our values of Purpose, Care, Accountability and Collaboration. Our goal is to attract, develop, motivate, reward, and retain the best people in the industry.