Long Term Maintenance Planner: Plant Thiess

Job:
Long Term Maintenance Planner:
Fixed Plant Long Term Maintenance Planner:
Fixed Plant

Thiess, originating in Australia in 1933, is now a $4 billion global organization focusing on sustainable resource solutions, including mining services, land reclamation, and engineering consulting. With 12,000 employees, we are committed to creating lasting value for our clients and leading the way toward a more sustainable future.

We are a movement spearheading a journey towards a more sustainable future, and North America is a crucial part of it. Our unique business approach to contract mining currently makes our services available in the United States and Canada. In the US, we operate in Salt Lake City, Utah, Colorado, and the Intermountain West region. In Canada, our services are available in Sudbury, Greater Ontario, and the Northern Ontario region.

We are also expanding to other states and areas in both countries.

Thiess is looking fo r an experienced Long Term Maintenance Planner – Fixed Plant in the Mountain West region. This role will focus on long-range planning requirements, including asset strategy review, component forecasting, Bill of Material (BOM) development , short term planner support, and associated maintenance planning responsibilities for fixed plant equipment within a surface mine operation.

PAY RANGE

• $125,000 - $130,000 USD DOE

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Planning and Scheduling

• Review fixed plant maintenance strategies and implement improvements to enhance maintenance planning and to maximize availability and execution ability
• Develop a recommended and optimized bill of materials for the various standard jobs employed under the maintenance strategy
• Develop long term agreed maintenance plans using equipment strategies to facilitate maximum production and minimize downtime and costs to meet plant availability and reliability targets
• Ensure adherence to work management procedures
• Ensure compliance with relevant statutory, legislative, and site policies and procedures
• Maintain currency and accuracy of equipment maintenance history, work orders, job records database and technical information on processes, plant and equipment

Finance and Commercial

• Ensure that work planned is completed within the allowed budget and resources by cost effective use of resources to maintain and service fixed plant infrastructure
• Maintain accurate and effective costing reporting as well as support documentation
• Effectively use the company’s ERP package to produce, review and maintain equipment lists and contracts and raise work orders for all maintenance activities
• Identify project-based opportunities to improve equipment reliability and reduce maintenance costs to increase effectiveness and efficiency by eliminating repetitive, costly or low-value work

Maintenance and Reliability

• Utilize predictive maintenance processes to raise re-work requests and organize any additional maintenance requirements
• Ensure all materials, parts, personnel, tools, permits and equipment is available for execution when required by the plan
• Review and audit mechanical repairs and services to ensure compliance with site maintenance schemes
• Review and report on planning and scheduling, equipment reliability and maintenance department performance

Health, Safety, Environment and Community

• Assist in the implementation and compliance of HSE plans to ensure safe and sustainable mobile plant and ancillary equipment
• Provide expert advice in all incident investigations to ensure the root causes are identified and that all the required documentation is reported. If applicable, play an active role in implementing corrective actions in consultation with relevant parties
• Constantly look to identify hazards and risks through regular inspections, audits, and behavioral observations as per HSE targets and take corrective actions where required
• Relationship Management
• Liaise with all internal stakeholders to enhance coordination between the maintenance department, mine leadership, and client groups and minimize interruptions to operations by maintaining strong working relationships with relevant personnel
• Communicate detailed maintenance plans for scheduled maintenance to…