Senior Maintenance Technician

Senior Maintenance Technician

Reports to:
Foreman – Turner Mining Group

Job Description:

The Senior Maintenance Technician is the most skilled mining maintenance position within Turner Mining Group. This position will focus on maintaining equipment and will oversee quality and efficiency as a strong field leader. The successful candidate must live the Turner Values and be an outward example to others. This position must demonstrate a strong commitment to "Safe Production" through decision making, priorities, and client relations.

Objectives and Contributions:

The Senior Maintenance Technician is focused on key aspects that drive communication and safe production while maintaining a high level of efficiency, proactive training metrics, and preventative maintenance awareness requirements. The Senior Maintenance Technician demonstrates safety ownership at a personal level and holds other crew members to the same high standard. The Senior Maintenance Technician also assists in other production support functions as assigned.

• Work with employees to ensure a high level of accuracy and engagement on hazard identification and control
• Engage crews and leadership to define processes that motivate working towards common goals
• Assist with MSHA regulatory training and verify compliance to standards
• Live the values as part of a visible daily decision-making process
• Audit the crew and the site while focusing on conditions and behaviors that reflect our desire to be the best in the business
• Lead training efforts to grow other technicians
• Assist with training proficiency audits
• Assist with client specific safety needs as required
• Support risk assessment processes at various levels of the organization
• Holds themselves and others accountable for acting like an owner (taking care of equipment, not wasting resources, using time wisely, and being accountable for conditions and behaviors)
• Maintains a high standard of housekeeping (machine and work areas)

Culture and Communication:

• Can effectively communicate in English (multi-lingual preferred)
• Assist with daily lineout meetings and monthly safety topic communications
• Assist with site communication programs and processes to ensure timely, specific, and value-added information
• Assist with site and project leaders to identify areas of improvement
• Work with crews to support proactive near miss reporting
• Leads by example (walks the talk)

Systems:

• Ability to perform quality pre-operation machine inspections
• Able to perform quality workplace examination (Per MSHA requirements)
• Ability to use electronic filing and reporting systems
• Accurately documents 5000-23 and training checklist requirements
• Other regulatory & internal / external forms as required

Travel and New Site Development:

• Maintains a valid and insurable driving license
• Available to travel on short notice to support timelines and production requirements at existing sites (Preferred)

Supervisory / Leadership Duties:

• Learn and assist with key performance indicators, company targets, and daily progress reporting
• Assist in employee timekeeping and production reports
• Maintains compliance to Turner Mining Group Policies and Procedures including Fit for Duty requirements
• Upholds Code of Conduct requirements
• Spend time with Operations, and site supervision to build relationships and develop trust
• Assist with development / implement processes to reduce and eliminate repeat incidents

Time and Interactions:

• The Senior Maintenance Technician must be flexible on shift schedules (days and nights) to assist with training and production needs
• The Senior Maintenance Technician will be self-starting, motivated, with a strong desire to be part of a team and to influence improvement. Communication is also critical to keep leadership and site-based personnel in the loop of successes, challenges, and any additional support that may be required
• Interacts with client supervision to discuss production challenges, targets, and collaboration between teams
• Excellent time management skills

Qualifications:

• Smart phone navigation
• Willingness and ability to adhere to OSHA / MSHA regulatory requirements
• 3-5 years' experience in mining / heavy industry preferred
• Working knowledge of safety systems and processes
• Appropriate attention to detail required
• Strong communication skills
• Strong morals and values
• Exemplary attendance record
• Exemplary safety and disciplinary record
• Willingness to be flexible on daily job duty requirements
• Maintains a positive outspoken learning attitude

• The Senior Maintenance Technician must be able to safely perform each of the following tasks:
  • Assist vendors on site with major component replacements
  • Assist vendors with minor component replacements
  • Troubleshoot electrical and hydraulic issues / failures
  • Maintenance service truck
  • G.E.T replacement
  • Replacing equipment attachments
  • Minor equipment repairs
  • Preventative maintenance backlog repairs
  • Fuel / lube Truck
  • Fueling / lubing equipment
  • Equipment fluid level monitoring
  • Marshalling equipment
  • Washing equipment

Other Duties:

• In addition to the job skills…