Linkforce

What Linkforce does

Linkforce is a privately held Australian integrated engineering services company headquartered in Perth, Western Australia, founded in 2007. The company delivers multi-disciplinary maintenance, fabrication, and project execution services — covering mechanical, electrical, access/scaffolding, HDPE, crushing, precision maintenance, and telecommunications infrastructure — primarily to Tier-1 resource companies operating in the Pilbara, Goldfields, and broader Australian market. Its wholly-owned subsidiary, Linkbuild Construction, extends the brand into residential and commercial construction nationwide.

The company operates an integrated self-perform delivery model with regional infrastructure (offices and fabrication facilities) in Perth, Karratha, Port Hedland, Newman, Jandakot, and Kalgoorlie, enabling rapid mobilisation of crews, plant, and equipment to remote mine sites. Core proprietary assets include ring-lock scaffolding systems, custom jacking methodologies for apron feeder replacement, an in-house Project Tracker software for real-time visibility, and IRATA-accredited rope access capabilities. The company has built long-tenured Master Service Agreements with blue-chip miners including Rio Tinto (19-year relationship, circa $800M MSA through 2031), BHP, Fortescue, Roy Hill, and Newmont, alongside serving energy, telecommunications, defence, and industrial customers.

Linkforce generates revenue primarily through long-term managed services contracts and project-based professional services engagements, with MSA durations converted to 5-year terms across multiple Tier-1 clients. Pricing is not publicly disclosed but contract values are substantial — exemplified by the Rio Tinto 5-year Master Supply Agreement valued at approximately $800 million. The go-to-market is enterprise field sales driven by senior relationship management and demonstrated multi-decade execution track records with major resource clients, including a strong safety record (e.g., 65,000+ hours injury-free on major conveyor projects). The company services more than 90 sites across Western Australia, Northern Territory, and Queensland.

Name

Linkforce

Legal name

Linkforce

Website

https://linkforce.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Linkforce is a privately held Australian integrated engineering services company delivering multi-disciplinary maintenance, fabrication, and project execution to Tier-1 mining and resource companies across Western Australia, the Northern Territory, and Queensland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Perth

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Fixed Plant Maintenance Services: Ongoing maintenance contracts with major resource companies including shutdown maintenance and access services. Delivered through multi-year Master Service Agreements with clients such as Rio Tinto, BHP, Fortescue, Roy Hill, and Newmont.
2. Project Delivery: Multi-disciplinary project delivery including structural, mechanical, piping, electrical, and heavy engineering projects. Projects range from crusher upgrades to conveyor installations to infrastructure construction.
3. Conveyor and Electrical Infrastructure Package: Large-scale construction programs for major clients such as Rio Tinto's Cape Lambert A High Density Ore (CLAHDO) Project with spans of 15+ months

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Linkforce is an integrated engineering services company providing multi-disciplinary maintenance, fabrication, crushing, and project delivery services to the mining, industrial, telecommunications, energy and defence sectors. It delivers self-perform capabilities across mechanical, electrical, fabrication, access/scaffolding, HDPE, precision maintenance and communications, primarily through long-term Master Service Agreements with blue-chip resource companies such as Rio Tinto, BHP, Fortescue, Roy Hill and Newmont.

Product overview

Linkforce is a privately owned Australian company providing maintenance, construction and multi-disciplinary engineering services throughout Western Australia. The company offers a fully integrated delivery model with comprehensive capabilities including Mechanical, Fabrication, Access & Scaffolding, Electrical, Crushing Services, Precision Maintenance, HDPE Services, Communications, and Projects Delivery. Linkforce services the mining, industrial, telecommunications, energy and defence sectors, with a particular focus on the resources sector including iron ore, coal, gold, copper, nickel, zinc, lithium, salt, and sugar commodities. The subsidiary brand Linkbuild Construction extends services into residential and commercial construction nationwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mechanical Services Multi-discipline mechanical expertise across project and maintenance applications, covering structural, mechanical, piping and heavy engineering for mining and industrial clients.
• Fabrication Heavy fabrication services delivering quality coded welding, aluminium, stainless and carbon steel fabrication, pipe spooling and wear lining solutions from facilities in Jandakot, Karratha, Port Hedland and Kalgoorlie.
• Access & Scaffolding Integrated scaffolding and rope access solutions using ring-lock scaffolding systems, with IRATA-accredited rope access capabilities for onshore and offshore operations.
• Electrical Services Full-service electrical provider offering electrical maintenance, projects and shutdowns including installations, fault finding, instrumentation, high voltage cable work and turn-key electrical solutions.
• Crushing Services Crushing maintenance specialist operating a specialised fleet of crusher-specific plant, equipment and tooling for scheduled and unscheduled crushing maintenance solutions including mainframe change-outs, jaw crusher refurbishments and sizer replacements.
• Precision Maintenance Multi-disciplinary precision maintenance solutions for complex heavy plant maintenance requirements including car dumpers, apron feeder change-outs, ring rails, gearbox change-outs and laser alignment services.
• HDPE Services High-Density Polyethylene welding and fabrication services with capacity up to 900mm, including butt and electro fusion welding, pipe spool fabrication, dewatering services and tails dam poly pipe installations.
• Communications National wireless and fibre telecommunications network installation services including greenfield structure construction (20m–100m), tower strengthening, 3G/4G/5G/LTE equipment installation and microwave radio link installation.
• Maintenance & Shutdowns Experienced maintenance specialist with proven execution capabilities in shutdown works, delivering fixed plant maintenance across Western Australia's iron ore operations under long-term Master Service Agreements.
• Projects Delivery Multi-disciplinary project delivery contractor with capabilities for delivering outcomes across structural, mechanical, piping, electrical and heavy engineering disciplines.
• Linkbuild Construction Turn-key construction services provider operating nationally as a residential and commercial builder, delivering concept design, feasibility, approvals, fabrication, project management, construction and installation for commercial and residential projects.

Quantifiable outcome

• Zero injuries and zero incidents across multiple major projects
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Sedgman OnyxminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2025Working collaboratively with Rio Tinto and Sedgman Onyx on the Cape Lambert A High Density Ore (CLAHDO) Project. Sedgman Onyx is a project delivery partner for the conveyor and electrical infrastructure upgrades package.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Monadelphous Group: ASX-listed industrial engineering and maintenance services contractor with significant Pilbara iron ore maintenance and shutdown exposure, serving the same blue-chip resource customers (Rio Tinto, BHP, Fortescue) — the most directly comparable peer to Linkforce.
• NRW Holdings: ASX-listed diversified mining services contractor with civil, mining and drill-and-blast operations across Pilbara iron ore, gold and lithium clients — a directly comparable peer for resource-sector maintenance and project delivery.
• Perenti Global: ASX-listed mining services group (formerly Barminco) providing underground mining and maintenance services across Australia and internationally; serves many of the same resource customers as Linkforce.
• Macmahon Holdings: ASX-listed mining services and civil contractor providing surface mining, equipment maintenance and infrastructure construction across Australian resource clients including Pilbara iron ore operators.
• Civmec: ASX-listed engineering, construction and maintenance contractor with significant WA fabrication and shutdown capabilities serving resource clients — comparable mid-cap peer in WA heavy industrial services.
• Sedgman: Resource-sector engineering and project delivery firm (a Linkforce partner on the Rio Tinto CLAHDO project) specialising in mineral processing plants and infrastructure for iron ore, coal and base metals customers.

Broad incumbents

• Downer EDI: Large ASX-listed infrastructure and mining services incumbent with significant WA iron ore maintenance and shutdown operations; broader portfolio (transport, utilities) but a directly competing services arm.
• Thiess (CIMIC Group): ASX-listed mining services contractor (part of CIMIC Group) with major Pilbara iron ore and coal maintenance contracts; larger and broader than Linkforce but directly competes for shutdown and project work.
• Worley Limited: ASX-listed global energy and resources engineering services firm; competes with Linkforce for maintenance, brownfield projects and shutdown work with Pilbara resource majors but operates at vastly larger scale.

Emerging players

• DTMTech (MACA Limited): ASX-listed WA-based mining and civil contractor providing crushing, bulk earthworks and equipment hire to iron ore and gold miners; comparable but smaller and more narrowly focused than Linkforce.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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