Engineerin Foreman

ROLE OVERVIEW

The Engineering Foreman will lead day-to-day engineering and maintenance activities across a mining or drilling project environment, with responsibility for equipment availability, maintenance execution, breakdown response, technical supervision and safe delivery of work. The role combines frontline leadership with hands‑on engineering judgement and requires a strong understanding of heavy mechanical, electrical, hydraulic and drilling equipment. The successful candidate will coordinate artisans and technical personnel, plan and monitor maintenance work, support fault finding and root‑cause analysis, ensure equipment is maintained to operational standards, and work closely with production, project and engineering teams to minimise downtime and improve reliability.

• Supervise engineering and maintenance teams across mining, drilling and associated project equipment.
• Plan, coordinate and monitor preventive, planned and corrective maintenance activities to support maximum equipment availability.
• Lead breakdown response, fault finding and technical troubleshooting across mechanical, electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic systems.
• Ensure daily, weekly and shutdown maintenance work is properly planned, prioritised, executed and closed out.
• Monitor equipment condition, recurring failures, downtime trends and maintenance backlogs, and drive corrective actions.
• Support root‑cause investigations on significant equipment failures and implement practical reliability improvements.
• Coordinate inspections, servicing, repairs, component replacements and rebuild activities on heavy mining and drilling equipment.
• Ensure maintenance standards, OEM requirements, engineering procedures and statutory safety requirements are consistently applied.
• Manage workshop and site engineering activities, including tools, spares, consumables and critical replacement components.
• Liaise with OEMs, suppliers and technical support teams regarding diagnostics, parts, technical information and specialist interventions.
• Support commissioning, mobilisation and demobilisation of drilling and project equipment where required.
• Maintain accurate maintenance records, job cards, equipment history and technical reporting, including outstanding defects and action tracking.
• Supervise artisans, technicians and assistants, allocate work and ensure competent execution of engineering tasks.
• Coach technical team members and reinforce safe work practices, lock‑out procedures, permits and risk controls.
• Work closely with the Contract Manager / Project Manager and operations teams to balance maintenance requirements with production priorities.

• Heavy mining and drilling equipment, including drill rigs and associated mechanical systems.
• Mechanical drive systems, bearings, gearboxes, couplings and rotating equipment.
• Hydraulic power packs, cylinders, valves, pumps, hoses and hydraulic fault finding.
• Electrical motors, starters, panels, basic control systems, instrumentation and field electrical troubleshooting.
• Preventive maintenance, condition monitoring, inspections and equipment reliability practices.
• Mobile and fixed equipment maintenance within demanding mining or industrial environments.
• SANY mining / drilling equipment knowledge or previous maintenance exposure is a strong advantage.
• Experience with other recognised heavy‑equipment OEMs will also be considered relevant.
• Disciplined planning, reporting and follow‑through on defects and maintenance actions.

• Heavy mining and drilling equipment, including drill rigs and associated mechanical systems.
• Mechanical drive systems, bearings, gearboxes, couplings and rotating equipment.
• Hydraulic power packs, cylinders,…