Summary
Date Posted: Monday, March 17 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Job description:
Overall Role Purpose
• The Komatsu Mechanical Technical Advisor is responsible for specialized maintenance of Komatsu Loading Units. He or she will support a core team of technicians to meet maintenance key performance indicators (KPIs). Included in the list of KPIs is:
• To minimize unplanned downtime. Target hours to first fault after service must be above 75 hours.
• To lead root cause analyses of failures and coordinate and track plans to prevent them thereafter. The target meantime
• between failures must be above 50 hours.
• Lead operational safety of maintenance crews to achieve 0 LTIs and 0 accidents.
• Optimize planned maintenance services to facilitate 0 delays on services.

Core Specific Responsibilities & Expected Deliverables
• Provide insightful technical and logistical support.
• Guide the Maintenance and repair organization with updated performance/execution information, KPIs, and management recommendations.
• Support the continuous improvement processes and initiatives and lead the defect elimination processes across the department.
• Ensure all maintenance tasks are carried out as per the OEM recommendations and/or management through the standard KML Change management procedure.
• Provide practical training and mentoring to subordinates, including ongoing training and development, performance management, conflict management, and crisis management.
• Ensuring the right people are in the right job as well as putting in place a succession plan for all positions.
• Any other duties as directed by the Electrical Shift Supervisor.

Behavioral Traits / Personal Characteristics
• Must be of sound mind.
• Must be responsible, focused and self – motivated.
• Ability to interact with people and work cohesively with them.
• Must physically be capable of using and moving equipment and tools.
• Must be able to work under minimal supervision and pressure.
• Good report writing and presentation skills.
• Fluent English speaker.
• Knowledge and understanding of diverse third world cultures and customs are an advantage.

Qualifications & Experience
• Degree/Diploma (or working towards one) in Mechanical/Millwright with extensive field experience in the mechanical maintenance of mobile mining equipment.
• Extensive hands-on experience with most of the following equipment:
• Komatsu PC5500 and PC8000 Shovels and excavators
• Experience in the following Equipment is an advantage:
• Caterpillar CAT7495 Rope Shovels
• Liebherr R9250 and R9100 Excavators
• At least 10 years of experience in Hydraulics: Knowledgeable in Hydraulics principles, hydraulic components identification, and operational principles, read hydraulics schematics.
• knowledgeable in Electro-hydraulic systems, troubleshooting, defect identification by using reading hydraulic instruments and hydraulics schematics, servicing of hydraulics components.
• Training/Experience in / Knowledge of Maintenance Supervision, Total Process Reliability, Microsoft Project, 6-sigma, etc.is an added advantage
• Experience in using engineering management software Pronto.
• At least 10 years in a hydraulic technician role. Supervisory Experience is an advantage.
• Must have a valid driver’s license
• All certificates must be certified by ZAQA

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 120

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
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