Productivity Partner - M2 (Phalaborwa) at Sandvik

This position is for a Productivity Partner to partner with relevant stakeholders on challenges regarding safety, reliability through best practices (e.g., maintenance scheduling, parts planning, equipment health checks, technical training) across the Phalaborwa Area.

Key Responsibilities

      To assist stakeholders in achieving:

• High equipment availability, reliability and productivity through improved maintenance and operation practices to ultimately reduce the equipment total cost of ownership
• Improve MTBF (mean time before failure) and/or reduce MTTR (mean time to repair), by supporting the maintenance schedule, parts selection and inventory forecasting, technical coaching and training, equipment health checks.
• Coordination with machine down support and 24/7 customer assistance programs and however necessarily with Sandvik 
• This position requires ample time spend per site, i.e. starting up a performance contract or complete a specific project.
• Requirement is to have excellent communication skills, should lead by example, passion for maintaining equipment as well as share equipment knowledge, working according to Sandvik standard & procedures.
• Assist customer with forecasting IE [Components replacement or repairs, maintenance improvement initiatives]
• Monthly customer reporting IE [Monthly parts consumption and investigate excessive consumption]
• Manage all on site services, including but not immitted to ad hoc field services, vendor managed inventory

Your profile:

• Grade 12 (Matric) or equivalent qualification
• Tertiary Diploma engineering / Managerial program in operations field
• Section 13 or 26D Trade Certificate, accompanied with proof of apprenticeship.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience working as Field Service Technician / managing performance contracts / supervising maintenance crew’s
• Basic Computer literacy 
• English proficiency
• Valid drivers license
• Full physical & medical certificate to work in mining environment
• Product specialist in Sandvik equipment range

Experience in:

•  Maintenance of earth moving equipment
•  Underground & Open cast mining environment
•  Sandvik equipment knowledge
• Field service and performance contract involvement