Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensuring a safe and legally compliant working environment and work practices at the operation and supporting Line Managers to achieve the same.
• Ensuring adequate technical capacity to effectively support the maintenance requirements of the operation (people, skills, facilities, tooling, equipment & systems).
• Supporting the creation and implementation of a Physical Asset Management (PAM) strategy creating, implementing, and enforcing effective engineering standards.
• Developing all technical staff (skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled) within the reporting ranks to their full potential.
• Devising and implementing maintenance strategies and plans to effectively support the operation.
• Taking full responsibility for own budget (labour productivity, recoveries & expenses).
• Establishing a pro-active and performance-based engineering & maintenance culture.
• Applying purpose-fit engineering solutions to prevailing technical issues.
• Ensure TMMs are maintained according to OEM standards.
• Ensure legal compliance to relevant acts and regulations.
• Resource planning and allocation.

Minimum Qualification/ Experience:

• Qualification – Engineering B-Degree/Diploma
• Driver’s License: Yes – Valid driver’s license
• Computer Literacy – All Microsoft Programs
• Must have at least 5 years’ experience in the maintenance of TMM earthmoving equipment in the mining environment
• 5 years supervisory skills
• Ability to lead the team
• Knowledge of the Mine Health and Safety Act
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Excellent communication / report writing skills
• Ability to communicate,motivate and build relationships
• Preventative maintenance Management experience