We have an opportunity for an experienced and skilled Senior Maintenance Planner to join our site based Planning team. As a Senior Planner you will provide guidance and mentoring to the Planner/Scheduler team as well as lead the weekly planning meetings, promoting team compliance to work management practices and KPI’s.

This role is a permanent position, operating on an 8 days on 6 days off roster.

Key responsibilities:

• Promote compliance to work management systems and processes to support data integrity.
• Provide coverage for periods of absence for the Superintendent Maintenance Planning.
• Comply with processes and procedures identified in the Maintenance Work Management System (MWMS).
• Share technical knowledge and expertise through cross functional working relationships on matters relating to planning and maintenance standards.
• Manage and support the end-to-end planning and scheduling activities of the team.
• Participate in the development of improvement strategies and procedures for equipment and maintenance activities.
• Monitor and report on business objectives, issues, opportunities, risks, technical deviations and achievements in the Maintenance Planning function.
• Coordinate proposals for stakeholders to propose and implement mitigation strategies.
• Assist in developing and maintaining the maintenance system and related operational budget.
• Contribute to initiatives improving cost effectiveness and productivity for the organisation.
• Identify and/or facilitate continuous improvement initiatives for the broader Maintenance department.
• Preparation and management of the Main Plant Outages (MPO) planning and scheduling for 500+ personnel.
• Ensure forecasts and schedules that include cyclic & corrective maintenance activities are generated in a timely and efficient manner.
• Ensure equipment statistics in the Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS) are recorded accurately and work orders are planned to the KML standard and accurate forecasts for equipment are produced.
• Ensure accurate and consistent Gantt charts are developed in a timely manner for major planned outages to promote effective work execution.
• Ensure preventative, predictive and corrective maintenance activities are scheduled in line with production requirements for mechanical maintenance in a timely manner providing guidance to the planning team where required.
• Ensure work order forecast for all preventative maintenance tasks is prepared for the coming week for distribution and printing.
• Ensure accurate records in the CMMS systems are maintained to support reliability activities and cost analysis.

Essential Qualifications and experience:

• A Trade Qualification - Mechanical Fitter or Boilermaker preferred
• Western Australian C Class Drivers Licence
• Demonstrated experience as a Planner/Scheduler in a mining or other heavy industry for minimum 5 years
• Proven knowledge and experience working within a fixed plant mineral processing environment
• Demonstrated experience in planning and scheduling of large shutdown activities
• Knowledge of mineral processing and associated mobile and non-mobile equipment
• Proficient with computer systems including the Microsoft Office Suit and SAP (Maintenance system)
• Understanding of maintenance management principles and work management systems
• Knowledge and experience with SAP CMMS advantageous
• Australian Citizenship or hold a valid visa with permission to work
• National Police clearance

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