Maintenance Planner - EOI

at  Thiess

Started in Australia in 1933, Thiess is a 90 year-old, enduring company. Today, we’re a $4 billion world-class, global organization, specializing in sustainable resources solutions, including mining services, land reclamation, and engineering and technology consulting. With 12,000 employees and growing, our workforce has the skills, experience, and resourcefulness to realize opportunities, respond to project challenges, optimize solutions and bring lasting value to our clients.
We’re currently embarking on an exciting journey to a more sustainable future, as we rise to the challenges of climate risk and opportunities abounding in the global energy transition. We recognize the world needs mined commodities to achieve the economic, social and environmental transformation it desires. But the world also needs mining to reset for the future.
North America is an important part of that future, and we’re thrilled to introduce our business, and our unique approach to contract mining, to Ontario and surrounding parts of Canada.
This is an expression of interest for future opportunities, we anticipate opportunities in the Sudbury, Ontario region.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

• Familiar with Office 365, including strong Excel skills
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Authorization to work lawfully in the Canada without sponsorship from Thiess
• A highly organized, motivated, self-starter, who can work with minimal supervision and put an emphasize on safety in the workplace
• Knowledge of practices, performance, measures, scheduling tools, and techniques.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a high performing, multi-disciplined, diverse team
• 3-6 years in equipment planning, mining maintenance activities and/or equivalent industrial experience
• Prior experience with planning using a CMMS (JD Edwards preferred)
• Common core and supervisor training would be considered an asset
• Experience in mobile equipment maintenance, preferably in an open cut environment
• Must be fluent in the English language
• Authorization to work lawfully in the Canada without sponsorship from Thiess is required

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Able to lift 50 pounds
• Able to live and work at high altitudes (12,000 ft. elevation) for a week at a time
• Able to work in extreme winter conditions with temperatures regularly below zero degrees Fahrenheit
• Able to stand for extended periods of time, walk long distances, and climb ladders
• Able to work for extended 12-hour shifts
• No auditory or visual impairments restricting the ability to see distances while driving and clearly discern auditory and visual alerts/alarms (not including color blindness)
• Quick response/reaction times
• Arm-hand steadiness and manual dexterity

EDUCATION

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Trade Certificate or Engineering qualification preferred

ROLE OVERVIEW

In this position, you will plan, schedule, and assist in the coordination of short to medium term maintenance for all mobile equipment on-site. Plan to Thiess standard or Original Equipment Manufacturer specifications (whichever is greater) to ensure the equipment fleet achieves maximum availability in a safe, efficient, and cost-effective manner.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Perform planning and support functions necessary to maintain major surface mining equipment
• Schedule, monitor and coordinate mining equipment repairs using a computerized maintenance management system
• Verify, order, and expedite required materials and supplies in conjunction with scheduled equipment repairs, coordinating vendors, assisting with preparation of capital justifications and expense budgets
• Coordinate with production and maintenance leadership to develop and maintain a preventative maintenance schedule that allows for increased equipment availability and efficient repairs
• Produce, review and maintain rolling monthly, quarterly and annual plans as well as equipment specifications, tires and undercarriage tracking files.
• Maintain currency and accuracy of equipment maintenance history, work orders, job records database and technical information on processes, plant and equipment.
• Develop weekly agreed maintenance plans using equipment strategies to facilitate maximum production while minimizing downtime and costs to meet plant availability and reliability targets.
• Ensure that work planned is completed within allowed budget and resources by cost effective use of subcontractors to maintain and service mobile plant and ancillary equipment.
• 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.
• Review and report on planning and scheduling, equipment reliability and maintenance department performance.
• Assist in the implementation and compliance of the Safety Health and Environmental Plans to ensure safe and sustainable mobile plant and ancillary equipment.
• Liaise with all internal/external stakeholders to enhance coordination between the Maintenance, and Mining departments and minimize interruptions to operations by maintaining strong working relationships with relevant personnel.
• Communicate detailed maintenance plans for scheduled maintenance to Maintenance, Mining and Technical Services departments on a weekly basis.
• Coordinate with the offsite maintenance planners to ensure best for business outcomes are achieved.
• Performs other related duties as assigned