Planner Engineering - Musina at Murray & Roberts

Job description

The successful candidate will be responsible for, but not be limited to:

• Effective planning of specific project equipment to achieve productivity as per project scope.
• Effective scheduling and monitoring of specific project equipment, manage backlog and labor limitations / constraints.
• Determine skills, materials and resource requirements timeously and allocate to tasks following consultation with supervisor.
• Develop and maintain the site maintenance schedules, analyze data from the computerized management maintenance systems and identify trends and areas of improvement.
• Initiate procurement of spares and consumables to ensure availability.
• Liaise with the maintenance systems manager to on-board new machinery and provide site performance information.
• Identify and flag relevant legal requirements.
• Create job cards, with job safety analysis, in advance to ensure timeous availability of materials, skills and resources.
• Prompt identification of recurring defects and inefficiencies, flag, analyze and assist with close-out thereof.
• Engage with cross-functional teams, suppliers / OEM to obtain information that informs planning.
• Provide feedback and input to the site engineering team and procurement department at weekly planning meetings.
• Comply with legal regulations, M&RC and Client’s standards, policies, procedures and safety protocols.
• Effective self-management and alignment with M&RC’s values and leadership Initiatives

Minimum requirements

• Suitable candidates must possess the following minimum qualifications and skills:
• Grade 12 or NQF 4 Equivalent
• Section 26 Recognized or Equivalent Mechanical/Electrical Trade Certificate (Fitter/Diesel Mechanic/Millwright or Electrical) or National Diploma in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering
• Proficient in computerized maintenance systems
• Proficient in MS Office [Excel, Word, MS Projects]
• Supervisory Development Program [preferred]

Suitable candidates must have the following work experience:

• At least 8 years of experience in an engineering planning role of which 5 years as an Engineering Planner.
• Experience in an underground section particularly in trackless mining environment
• Exposure to CEMMS or similar software
• Experience in developing reports and analyzing data obtained from equipment will be advantageous.