Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, September 14 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Job description:
Overall Job Purpose
• Implement and continuously improve the equipment maintenance strategy for all mobile mining equipment and ensure that they are effectively executed including all preventative maintenance tasks and condition monitoring routines
• Ensure major outages and component replacements are executed with minimal downtime and expense.
• On the job training and advising of local staff

Specific Job Responsibility
The specific tasks to be performed by the position holder will include;

• Provide leadership and mentoring for your subordinates, including on-going training and development, performance management.
• Ensure your team’s work is of the highest quality with minimal to no re-work, all work areas are free from hazards and maintained to a high standard.
• Ensure maximum equipment availabilities.
• Diagnostic fault finding on mechanical, electrical and instrumentation systems.
• Carry out routine maintenance and repairs to workshop equipment, while training subordinate employees
• Repairing equipment, identifying and scheduling future planned repairs.
• Work closely with Planners and contribute to preventative maintenance and continuous improvement going forward
• Ability to use Root-cause analysis tools in investigating breakdowns and sub-standard performance of equipment.
• Perform inspections on completed jobs.
• Ensure maximum equipment availabilities.
• Diagnostic fault finding on mechanical systems.
• Repairing equipment, identifying and scheduling future planned repairs.
• Adhere to safe working procedures for all work areas.
• Maintain a high standard of housekeeping at all times.
• Providing training to National Staff as needed to promote skills within the work force.
• Ability to use Root-cause analysis tools in investigating breakdowns and sub-standard performance of equipment.
• Perform inspections on completed jobs.

Job Specific Competencies
• Tertiary qualification and/or recognized trade certificate.
• A minimum of 5-10 years` experience in heavy mechanical equipment.
• Experience in the maintenance of the following equipment is essential: Ultra Class Haul Trucks
• Strong focus on continuous improvement
• Strong leadership and good skills with ability to delegate and share tasks
• Good understanding of production and maintenance strategies for large-scale continuous operating mineral mining equipment
• Experience with work permit systems and safe work procedures to control maintenance activities and manage hazards associated with mining industry.

Key Job Attributes
• Able to handle work with a great sense of professionalism
• Possesses good organizational skills
• Good oriented person
• Maintain a professional approach to duties and responsibilities with the capability of making timely, rational decisions and an ability to meet deadlines.
• Act with honesty and integrity in all areas: maintain confidentiality in dealings with subordinates, clients and customers.
• Demonstrate accuracy, time management and organizational skills.
• Maintain a professional work ethic through effective, honest communication with supervisors, peers, and subordinates.
• Commitment to reach or exceed maintenance, operational and safety goals.
• Work effectively in a team environment, supporting other team members when needed.
• The ability and drive to manage maintenance work group in a technically challenging and geographically remote maintenance environment.
• Sound planning, analytical, and problem solving skills.
• Well-developed interpersonal, written and oral communication skills in English.
• Knowledge and understanding of diverse third world cultures and customs an advantage.

Experience required to perform in this job.
• Minimum of 8-10 years’ experience in a maintenance role.
• At least 5 years in a senior supervisory role.
• Experience in mining or other heavy duty industry.
• Experience on Komatsu 860E / 960E and Liebherr T284 Ultra Class Haul Trucks

Qualifications
• A minimum of an appropriate Trade certification and experience with heavy mining equipment including Shovels, Drills, Electric trucks, and Ancillary equipment.

Education Requirement: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education:

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