Minopex was established in 1996 in response to a growing need in the mining industry for contract operations. Today, Minopex is seen as a leader in contract operation and maintenance, operating facilities at major mines in several countries. Contract operation and maintenance is the new paradigm for mineral processing through the world as companies look f...
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PURPOSE
- The Maintenance Expeditor is responsible for ensuring that all planned maintenance activities are fully supported through the timely coordination and expediting of materials, spare parts, equipment, contractors, tooling, and external services required for maintenance execution. The incumbent serves as the critical link between Maintenance Planning, Procurement, Warehouse, Operations, Engineering, and external suppliers to ensure maintenance work is executed safely, efficiently, and according to schedule. The role directly contributes to equipment reliability, maintenance schedule compliance, cost control, and plant availability.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Maintenance Work Readiness
- Review weekly and daily maintenance schedules.
- Verify material availability for planned work.
- Ensure work packs are complete before execution.
- Coordinate outstanding requirements.
- Identify work at risk due to shortages.
- Communicate readiness status to Maintenance Planning.
- Support shutdown planning activities.
- Ensure maintenance resources are available before scheduled work.
- Ensure new projects / assets are updated in the CMMS system, timeously.
- Continuing improvement of PM and asset inspection check lists.
- ConMon report to be completed monthly.
- Materials Expediting
- Expedite purchase orders.
- Obtain quotes from suppliers and follow up with suppliers.
- Monitor delivery commitments.
- Resolve delayed deliveries.
- Measure quality of deliveries and issue non-conformance certificates for poor quality or performance.
- Track repairable components through the delivery notes system.
- Co-ordinate emergency procurement.
- Monitor critical spares.
- Assist Procurement with supplier performance.
- Inventory Coordination
- Liaise daily with site personnel.
- Verify stock availability and accuracy.
- Reserve inventory.
- Monitor minimum stock levels.
- Assist with stock forecasting.
- Identify obsolete inventory.
- Participate in stock counts.
- Inputting stock inventory (SPARES) monthly into CMMS.
- Assist with inventory optimization and replacement.
- Ensure correct stock preservation techniques are being used.
- Shutdown Coordination
- Assist in preparing shutdown material lists.
- Coordinate deliveries.
- Track shutdown readiness.
- Monitor contractor mobilisation.
- Coordinate equipment staging.
- Ensure logistics readiness.
- Support shutdown execution.
- Contractor Coordination
- Coordinate contractor mobilization.
- Verify onboarding and induction requirements.
- Confirm contractor documentation.
- Coordinate access permits.
- Ensure contractor readiness.
- Track contractor performance.
- Communication & Reporting
- Prepare reports on material shortages, supplier performance, work readiness, critical deliveries, outstanding purchase orders, shutdown readiness, contractor mobilisation and inventory status.
- Communicate effectively with Maintenance, Procurement, Warehouse, Operations, Engineering, Finance, Suppliers and Contractors.
- Health, Safety, Environment and Quality (HSEQ)
- Comply with MHSA/OHS legislation and company standards.
- Promote Zero Harm.
- Participate in toolbox talks and safety meetings.
- Report hazards and unsafe conditions.
- Ensure client and contractor HSE compliance.
- Support ISO 9001, 14001 and ISO 45001 requirements where applicable.
- Actively participate in the Company safety programs e.g. event reports, visible field leadership, etc.
- Financial Responsibilities
- Minimize emergency procurement costs.
- Reduce maintenance delays.
- Support inventory optimization.
- Improve supplier delivery performance.
- Reduce plant downtime.
- Authority
- Liaise directly with suppliers.
- Escalate critical shortages.
- Recommend schedule changes.
- Coordinate contractor readiness.
- Reserve inventory for approved work orders.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
QUALIFICATIONS
- Matric (Grade 12) with Mathematics and Physical Sciences or an equivalent qualification registered at NQF Level 4, including relevant NATED qualifications such as the N3 Certificate.
- Valid section 13 Trade test / Section 26(D) certificate
- Preferred National Diploma in Engineering, Supply Chain, Logistics or Maintenance Management.
- Training in CMMS, Maintenance Planning, Inventory Management and Advanced Excel.
EXPERIENCE
- 3 -5 years' experience in Maintenance planning, procurement, warehouse operations or engineering support in the Mining, mineral processing or water industry experience preferred
- Valid driver’s licence code B, EB or C1.
- Exposure to disciplinary, grievance and incapacity processes.
- Valid driver's licence.
- Maintenance Planning
- CCMS
- Inventory Control
- Vendor Management
- Logistics Coordination
- Advanced Microsoft Excel
- Reporting
- Planning and organising
- Attention to detail
- Communication skills
- Teamwork
- Accountability
- Integrity
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Description
- This role provides reliability engineering and asset management expertise in support of Minopex Operations and Operational Readiness projects across the Minopex Group. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing Operational Readiness (OR), Asset Management, Reliability Engineering, and Maintenance Strategy expertise to mining and mineral processing projects throughout the project lifecycle, from design and commissioning through to operational handover and ramp-up.
- This role requires an individual who can rapidly understand unfamiliar mining operations, identify key technical issues, develop practical solutions and confidently engage with clients and project teams. The successful candidate must be comfortable working in dynamic project environments where priorities evolve quickly and independent decision-making is essential
Duties and Responsibilities
Operational Readiness and Asset Management
- Engage with clients, EPCM contractors, OEMs, and project stakeholders to identify operational risks, opportunities, and readiness requirements through structured Gap Analysis reviews.
- Develop and implement Operational Readiness (OR) strategies, plans, budgets, schedules, and governance frameworks to ensure successful project execution and operational handover.
- Synthesise complex project information into structured operational readiness assessments and actionable improvement plans.
- Develop Asset Management deliverables, including Asset Management Plans (AMPs), maintenance strategies, maintenance tactics, operating philosophies, procedures, and work management frameworks.
- Ensure all asset management deliverables align with industry best practices and ISO 55001 Asset Management principles.
- Reliability Engineering and Maintenance Strategy
- Develop preventive, predictive, condition-based, and risk-based maintenance programs for new and existing operations.
- Conduct Reliability-Centred Maintenance (RCM), Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA/FMECA), Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA), criticality assessments, and reliability studies.
- Review OEM maintenance recommendations and optimise maintenance strategies to improve asset reliability, availability, maintainability, and lifecycle cost performance.
- Develop equipment maintenance tactics from first principles where OEM information is limited or unavailable.
- Establish maintenance philosophies, spare parts strategies, critical spares lists, warranty management processes, and inventory optimisation plans.
- Develop maintenance budgets, resource plans, workforce requirements, shutdown strategies, and long-term maintenance plans.
- Provide reliability engineering and asset performance support to operational sites across the business.
- Project and Technical Support
- Participate in project reviews, design reviews, risk assessments, HAZOP studies, operability reviews, maintainability reviews, and commissioning readiness evaluations.
- Provide technical input into engineering design to ensure assets are safe, maintainable, operable, and fit for purpose throughout their lifecycle.
- Support commissioning, operational handover, startup activities, and production ramp-up to achieve targeted operational performance.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams to ensure maintenance and operational requirements are integrated into project execution.
- Manage, coordinate, and collaborate with internal support functions and project teams to ensure efficient delivery of OR and asset management services.
Risk Management and Continuous Improvement
- Identify operational, maintenance, reliability, and business risks and develop mitigation strategies to reduce exposure.
- Evaluate asset performance data and operational trends to identify improvement opportunities and recommend corrective actions.
- Develop practical, risk-based recommendations that improve asset performance, operational efficiency, and business outcomes.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives aimed at improving reliability, maintenance effectiveness, asset utilization, and operational excellence across the organisation.
Stakeholder Management and Leadership
- Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, project teams, EPCM partners, OEMs, and operational stakeholders.
- Act as a trusted technical advisor to Operational Readiness Project Managers, engineering teams, maintenance teams, and client representatives.
- Facilitate technical workshops, asset management reviews, reliability studies, and engineering discussions with multidisciplinary teams.
- Share knowledge, best practices, lessons learned, and technical expertise across projects and operational sites.
- Influence decision-making by providing clear technical guidance and sound engineering judgment.
Professional and Technical Excellence
- Operate independently across multiple projects while maintaining a high standard of technical quality and professionalism.
- Rapidly assimilate technical information related to mineral processing operations and apply sound engineering principles.
- Identify gaps, risks, and improvement opportunities proactively without requiring detailed direction.
- Ensure all deliverables comply with relevant engineering standards, safety requirements, asset management principles, and company procedures.
- Contribute to the development of best practices, standards, templates, and methodologies within the Operational Readiness and Asset Management function.
Qualification Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, Electrical or Maintenance engineering.
- Registered with ECSA will be an added advantage.
Experience and Skills Requirements
- 5 years post qualification experience within the engineering function in the Mining Industry.
- Experience and exposure to reliability engineering and Asset management
- In-depth knowledge of maintenance engineering, reliability.
- Good understanding of maintenance work management processes.
- Sound working knowledge of the different types of mining assets.
- Knowledge of relevant safety and mining legislation.
- Sound knowledge of applicable mining policies and procedures.
- Knowledge of the project lifecycle and maintenance processes.
- Understanding of Operational Readiness within the maintenance space
- Understanding of engineering best practices and new technologies related to engineering principles and processes.
- Advanced computer skills, with emphasis on planned maintenance and condition monitoring software, Microsoft office suite and Power BI.
- Strong knowledge of preventive maintenance programs and the tools associated with failure detection a multi-tasking approach.
- Good Communication skills.
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Description
- This position is responsible for the strategic management and coordination of Asset Care and maintenance improvement initiatives to support operations by implementing asset management strategies, optimising maintenance systems and CMMS, enhancing equipment reliability and performance, driving failure elimination and reliability growth, and delivering continuous improvement through data-driven maintenance and asset management practices at Site Level
Duties & Responsibilities:
Governance, Compliance and Safety
- Ensure compliance with company and client policies, procedures, standards, and governance requirements.
- Promote and maintain compliance with all applicable SHERQ, legislative, regulatory, and operational requirements.
Asset Management and Asset Care
- Develop, implement, and continuously improve Asset Care Policies, Frameworks, Strategies, and Asset Care Plans.
- Establish maintenance strategies aligned with ISO 55000, GFMAM, and industry best practices.
- Standardise maintenance processes, engineering standards, and maintenance procedures across operations.
- Develop lifecycle asset management strategies covering operation, maintenance, refurbishment, replacement, and asset disposal.
Maintenance Strategy Development
Develop, optimise, and implement maintenance strategies, including:
- Preventive Maintenance (PM)
- Predictive Maintenance (PdM)
- Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM)
- Risk-Based Maintenance (RBM)
- Run-to-Failure (RTF), where appropriate
- Develop maintenance tactics
- Review and optimise OEM maintenance recommendations to improve equipment reliability and lifecycle performance.
- Asset Care
- Configure OnKey Maintenance Management System
- Perform asset health assessments and maintenance maturity assessments to identify performance improvement opportunities.
Develop and monitor key performance indicators including:
- Schedule Compliance
- Backlog
- Tactical vs Non-Tactical Maintenance
- Maintenance Systems and Digital Asset Management
- Develop, implement, and optimise Onkey Computerised Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) and related maintenance information systems (OrbFusion and Sage)
- Develop equipment hierarchies, maintenance standards, job plans, maintenance procedures, and asset master data.
- Ensure effective integration and utilisation of maintenance data to support reliability analysis and informed decision-making.
- Drive standardisation and continuous improvement of maintenance systems and asset management processes.
Stakeholder Engagement
- Build and maintain effective working relationships with clients, operations teams, engineering disciplines, procurement, and suppliers.
- Lead multidisciplinary technical workshops and facilitate engineering discussions on work management.
- Provide technical guidance and asset management expertise to project teams and operational stakeholders.
- Prepare and present technical reports, project updates, and recommendations to management and clients.
Continuous Improvement
- Lead maintenance audits and continuous improvement initiatives across operations.
- Identify opportunities to improve maintenance performance, reliability, asset utilisation, and operational efficiency.
- Benchmark maintenance practices against industry standards and implement best-practice improvements.
- Ensure the technical quality, consistency, and continuous enhancement of Asset Management deliverables across Operations
Leadership and People Development
- Lead, coordinate, and support multidisciplinary engineering teams in delivering Asset Management and Operational Readiness objectives.
- Mentor, coach, and develop engineers, planners, and maintenance personnel to build organisational capability.
- Promote a culture of collaboration, innovation, continuous learning, and operational excellence.
- Operate independently across multiple projects while maintaining high technical standards and delivering quality outcomes within agreed timelines.
Qualification Requirements:
- Matric (Grade 12) or an equivalent qualification registered at NQF Level 4, including relevant NATED courses (e.g., N3 Certificate) where applicable.
- A Bachelor’s Degree in engineering (Mechanical, Electrical or a related technical field)
- A Post Graduate Qualification in Project and/or Business Management would be Advantageous.
Experience and Skills Requirements
- 3–5 years' experience in a mining, mineral processing or similar operational environment.
- Demonstrated experience in maintenance engineering, asset management, reliability engineering, or maintenance planning.
- Experience in supporting capital projects and operational handover within a processing plant environment will be advantageous.
- Maintenance engineering principles, strategies, methodologies, and best practices.
- Asset management principles and frameworks, including ISO 55000, PAS 55, and GFMAM.
- Development and implementation of Asset Management and Maintenance Management, including:
- Asset Care Plans
- Maintenance Strategies
- Maintenance Policies and Procedures
- Maintenance Tactics
- Maintenance Planning and Scheduling
- Development and optimisation of preventive, predictive, and condition-based maintenance programmes.
Minimum Experience
- 3–5 years' experience in a mining, mineral processing or similar operational environment.
- Demonstrated experience in maintenance engineering, asset management, reliability engineering, or maintenance planning.
- Experience in supporting capital projects and operational handover within a processing plant environment will be advantageous.
- Maintenance engineering principles, strategies, methodologies, and best practices.
- Asset management principles and frameworks, including ISO 55000, PAS 55, and GFMAM.
- Development and implementation of Asset Management and Maintenance Management, including:
- Asset Care Plans
- Maintenance Strategies
- Maintenance Policies and Procedures
- Maintenance Tactics
- Maintenance Planning and Scheduling
- Development and optimisation of preventive, predictive, and condition-based maintenance programmes.
- Equipment lifecycle management and reliability-centred maintenance (RCM) principles.
- Maintenance shutdown planning, execution, and optimisation.
- Maintenance budgeting, resource planning, and workforce requirements.
- SHERQ management systems and the application of safety, health, environmental, risk, and quality standards.
- Review and optimisation of OEM maintenance recommendations and maintenance strategies.
- Conducting maintenance and asset management maturity assessments and identifying improvement opportunities.
- Experience with Computerised Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS)
- Knowledge of system integration and data transfer between maintenance, operational, and business systems.
- Ability to analyse maintenance and operational data to support reliability improvement initiatives.
- Working knowledge of the Pragma On Key Asset Management System will be a distinct advantage.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
Behavioural Competencies
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving ability.
- High level of technical judgement.
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
- Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills.
- Excellent facilitation and presentation skills.
- Ability to lead multidisciplinary technical workshops and engineering discussions.
- Strong planning, organisational, and decision-making skills.
- A continuous improvement mindset with a proactive and results-driven approach.
- Valid driver's licence.
- Fluent in written and spoken English.
- Willingness to travel to operational sites and project locations as required.
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Description
- This role provides reliability engineering and asset management expertise in support of Minopex Operations across the Minopex Group. The role is responsible for the definition and planning of operational activities within the asset management workstream, maintain asset management systems, maintenance strategies and reliability programs for client operations, while providing technical support and guidance to existing operations to improve asset performance, availability and lifecycle cost.
- The incumbent is expected to operate with a high degree of autonomy, exercising sound engineering judgement with minimal supervision. This role requires an individual who can rapidly understand unfamiliar mining operations, identify key technical issues, develop practical solutions and confidently engage with clients and project teams. The successful candidate must be comfortable working in dynamic project environments where priorities evolve quickly and independent decision-making is essential.
Duties & Responsibilities:
Reliability Engineering and Asset Management
- Engage with clients, EPCM contractors, OEMs, and project stakeholders to identify operational risks, opportunities, and readiness requirements through structured Gap Analysis reviews and continuous improvement strategies.
- Develop Asset Management deliverables, including Asset Management Plans (AMPs), maintenance strategies, maintenance tactics, operating philosophies, procedures, and work management frameworks.
- Ensure all asset management deliverables align with industry best practices and ISO 55001 Asset Management principles.
- Support the development and implementation for Operational Readiness (OR) strategies, plans, budgets, schedules, and governance frameworks to ensure successful project execution and operational handover.
- Synthesise complex project information into structured operational readiness assessments and actionable improvement plans.
- Reliability Engineering and Maintenance Strategy
- Maintain current preventive, predictive, condition-based, and risk-based maintenance programs for new and existing operations.
- Conduct Reliability-Centred Maintenance (RCM), Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA/FMECA), Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA), criticality assessments, and reliability studies.
- Review OEM maintenance recommendations and optimise maintenance strategies to improve asset reliability, availability, maintainability, and lifecycle cost performance.
- Develop and implement equipment maintenance tactics from first principles where OEM information is limited or unavailable.
- Maintain current maintenance strategies through continuous improvement processes.
- Establish maintenance philosophies, spare parts strategies, critical spares lists, warranty management processes, and inventory optimisation plans.
- Manage maintenance budgets, resource plans, workforce requirements, shutdown strategies, and long-term maintenance plans.
- Provide reliability engineering and asset performance support to operational sites across the business.
Project and Technical Support
- Participate in project reviews, design reviews, risk assessments, HAZOP studies, operability reviews, maintainability reviews, and commissioning readiness evaluations.
- Provide technical input into engineering design to ensure assets are safe, maintainable, operable, and fit for purpose throughout their lifecycle.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams to ensure maintenance and operational requirements are integrated into project execution.
- Manage, coordinate, and collaborate with internal support functions and plant teams to ensure efficient delivery of asset management services.
Risk Management and Continuous Improvement
- Identify operational, maintenance, reliability, and business risks and develop mitigation strategies to reduce exposure.
- Evaluate asset performance data and operational trends to identify improvement opportunities and recommend corrective actions.
- Develop practical, risk-based recommendations that improve asset performance, operational efficiency, and business outcomes.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives aimed at improving reliability, maintenance effectiveness, asset utilization, and operational excellence across the organisation.
Stakeholder Management and Leadership
- Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, project teams, EPCM partners, OEMs, and operational stakeholders.
- Act as a trusted technical advisor to Operational Maintenance Engineers and Managers, engineering teams, maintenance teams, and client representatives.
- Facilitate technical workshops, asset management reviews, reliability studies, and engineering discussions with multidisciplinary teams.
- Share knowledge, best practices, lessons learned, and technical expertise across projects and operational sites.
- Influence decision-making by providing clear technical guidance and sound engineering judgment.
Professional and Technical Excellence
- Operate independently across multiple projects while maintaining a high standard of technical quality and professionalism.
- Rapidly assimilate technical information related to mineral processing operations and apply sound engineering principles.
- Identify gaps, risks, and improvement opportunities proactively without requiring detailed direction.
- Ensure all deliverables comply with relevant engineering standards, safety requirements, asset management principles, and company procedures.
- Contribute to the development of best practices, standards, templates, and methodologies within the Reliability and Asset Management function.
Qualification Requirements:
- Matric (Grade 12) or an equivalent qualification registered at NQF Level 4, including relevant NATED courses (e.g., N3 Certificate) where applicable.
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical or Maintenance engineering.
- Registered with ECSA will be an added advantage.
Experience and Skills Requirements
- 5 years post qualification experience within the engineering function in the Mining Industry.
- Experience and exposure to reliability engineering and Asset management
- Project and maintenance system set-up will be an added advantage.
- In-depth knowledge of maintenance engineering, reliability.
- Good understanding of maintenance work management processes.
- Sound working knowledge of the different types of mining assets.
- Knowledge of relevant safety and mining legislation.
- Sound knowledge of applicable mining policies and procedures.
- Knowledge of the project lifecycle and maintenance processes.
- Understanding of Operational Readiness within the maintenance space
- Understanding of engineering best practices and new technologies related to engineering principles and processes.
- Advanced computer skills, with emphasis on planned maintenance and condition monitoring software, Microsoft office suite and Power BI.
- Strong knowledge of preventive maintenance programs and the tools associated with failure detection a multi-tasking approach.
- Good Communication skills.
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Description
- The purpose of this position is to maintain plant systems and equipment according to instrumentation and technical requirements.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Investigate, diagnose and perform trade related maintenance and repair of equipment and machinery according to the maintenance requirements, standards and specifications.
- Perform daily inspections in accordance with the Mine Health and Safety Act regulations, operational and company standards to report all defects and breakdowns on equipment and machinery to the Supervisor.
- Develop, modify, construct and install all types of trade related equipment required for the safe operation of all engineering equipment.
- Ensure that all installations and equipment are safe and in good working order after task completion. · Continuously monitor equipment failure and efficiency to improve trade specific equipment and systems.
- Consult with production teams on maintenance activities that affects production.
- Supports the achievement of engineering availability and production performance levels.
- Ensure that maintenance related information is recorded and reported to the relevant planning office to support the maintenance of the planned/asset maintenance system
Qualification Requirements:
- Grade 12 or equivalent qualification
- Valid section 13 Trade test / Section 26(D) certificate
- Valid driver’s license code B, EB or C1
- Own transport to attend to call outs
Experience & Skills Requirements:
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience as a qualified Instrument Mechanician in mineral processing plant.
- Experience in industrial networking(radio link, Profibus, profinet, fiber optic) maintenance and faulty finding.
- Be able to work under no supervision.
- Perform Standby Duty, shift and work unplanned overtime when required.
- Experience in VSD/Softstater/DOL maintenance and fault finding.
- Forklift License, Cherry Picker Licence and Manitou Licence advantageous.
- Siemens PLC is a requirement (Siemens S7) advantageous..
- CT Systems – Belt Monitoring safety devices advantageous.
- Process Automation Scales and density’s
- English Language Proficiency
- Time management skills
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