Engineering Job TAU Mining (Pty) Ltd.

Job purpose: 

• The purpose of the role is to provide a continuous input and support into maintenance, shutdown and project planning activities at various business units and to apply the planning processes at an operational level. To follow the Work Management Process (WMP)

To perform the following:

• Responsible to filling of all maintenance schedules and documentation.
• Compile and develop maintenance schedules.
• Obtain and facilitate information from role players in order to compile maintenance budget.
• Plan and control maintenance schedule according to budget.
• Provide weekly maintenance schedules to the foremen to enable execution of maintenance activities.
• Follow up and monitor progress on executed scheduled maintenance.
• Reschedule and update all uncompleted and new maintenance tasks and align with budgetary requirements.
• Monitor the trends of all oil analysis done.
• Monitor and record the life expectancy, of all major components to timely order such components to guarantee availability of equipment.
• Maintain effective planned maintenance system to ensure data integrity of all maintenance schedules.
• Generate schedule forecasts and reports as required; this can change during the lifecycle of the organisation.
• Facilitate and coordinate planned maintenance schedules with reference to components availability and subcontractors maintenance activities.
• Analyse maintenance schedule data to identify areas of concern, opportunities and excellence.
• Perform any other ad hoc request that management delegate to this position.
• Ongoing progress reporting of status of maintenance schedules.
• Coordinate effective schedules with OEM’s.
• Report on progress achieved versus planned maintenance schedules.
• Provide information to maintenance and production teams as required.
• Provide weekly and monthly feedback to the management regarding planned maintenance.
• Proactively alert management on cost deviations.
• Ensure that all maintenance activities are recorded and records are kept.
• Ensure that parts are available to perform maintenance schedules.
• Monitor maintenance and procurement activities related to maintenance schedules.
• Review and report potential deviations that may affect the execution of the schedule

Minimum Job requirements:

• Grade 12
• 5 Years’ experience on planned maintenance systems.
• High level of computer literacy
• Valid Driver’s License (Code B / Code EB)
• Clean criminal record

Knowledge, Attitude, Skills & Abilities:

• Supervisory skills
• Planning and organizing skills.
• Effective time management skills.
• Strong technical aptitude
• Must be assertive and able to function under pressure.
• Ability to analyse and evaluate information to inform decisions and key actions carefully and objectively.
• Consciousness for detail and the ability to produce consistently high quality and accurate work.
• Ability to maintain high levels of individual and team performance.
• Ability to take the initiative and invest energy to make things happen

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Job purpose: 

• to administer and manage the planned maintenance function on all Mining Equipment of the organization effectively and efficiently, within the required budget and scheduled intervals.

Key performance areas:
Planning Duties:

• Compile, develop and implement maintenance schedules for each machine type.
• Obtain and facilitate information from role players in order to compile maintenance budget.
• Plan and control maintenance schedule according to budget.
• Submit maintenance budget for approval to Engineering manager.
• Provide weekly maintenance schedules to the Engineering Superintendents to enable execution of maintenance activities.
• Follow up and monitor progress on execution of scheduled maintenance (planned vs actual).
• Reschedule and update all uncompleted and new maintenance tasks and align with budgetary requirements.
• Monitor the trends of all oil analysis done.
• Monitor and record the life expectancy, of all major components to timely order such components to guarantee availability of equipment.
• Maintain effective planned maintenance system to ensure data integrity of all maintenance schedules.
• Generate maintenance schedule forecasts and reports, as required.
• Facilitate and coordinate planned maintenance schedules with reference to components availability and sub-contractors maintenance activities.
• Analyse maintenance schedule data to identify areas of concern, opportunities, and excellence.
• Perform any other ad hoc request that management delegate to this position.
• Ongoing progress reporting of status of maintenance schedules.

Communication:

• Coordinate effective schedules with OEM’s.
• Report on progress achieved versus planned maintenance schedules.
• Provide information to maintenance and production teams as required.
• Provide weekly and monthly feedback to the management regarding planned maintenance.
• Proactively alert management on cost deviations.

Administrative duties:

• Ensure that parts are available to perform maintenance schedules.
• Monitor maintenance and procurement activities related to maintenance schedules.
• Review and report potential deviations that may affect the execution of the schedule.
• Ensure that all maintenance activities are recorded, and records are kept.

Minimum Job requirements:

• National Diploma Mechanical Engineering, or
• Qualified artisan (Trade Certificate), plus:
• 3-5 Years’ experience on planned maintenance systems in supervisory capacity.
• Maintenance planning and scheduling certificate advantageous.
• Valid code EB Drivers license
• Clean Criminal record

Knowledge, Attitude, Skills & Abilities:

• Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment and Control Training (HIRAC)
• Comprehensive knowledge of planned maintenance systems. (Experience with Pragma system will be highly advantageous)
• Excellent knowledge of Earthmoving Equipment.
• High level of computer literacy (MS Word).
• Presentation skills.
• Planning and organizing skills.
• Sound decision making abilities.
• Interpersonal skills.
• Effective time management skills.
• Must be assertive and able to function under pressure.
• High level of energy deadline driven.
• Budgetary experience.
• Strong technical aptitude