The role:

• The purpose of the Productivity Partner is to render a service to internal and external Sandvik clients. The Productivity Partner who will be based at Vedanta Resources, will partner with relevant stakeholders on challenges relating to safety and reliability, through best practices (e.g., maintenance scheduling, parts planning, equipment health checks, technical training) across Black Mountain and Gamsberg operations.

Key Responsibilities:

To assist stakeholders in achieving:

• High equipment availability, reliability and productivity through improved maintenance and operation practices to ultimately reduce the equipment’s 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, and equipment health checks.
• Coordinate the reliability of Sandvik equipment.
• This position requires ample time spent per site, i.e., starting up a performance contract or completing a specific project.
• Excellent communication skills, leading by example, passion for maintaining equipment as well as share equipment knowledge, and work according to Sandvik standards & procedures.

Your profile:  

• Grade 12 (Matric) or equivalent qualification
• Tertiary Diploma in Engineering / Managerial program in Operations Field
• Product Specialist in Sandvik equipment range (advantageous)
• Basic Computer literacy 
• English proficiency
• Valid driver’s license
• Full physical and medical ability to function in an underground mining environment
• May be required to travel

Experience in:

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