Job Description

Job Description:

As our Mechanical Engineering Manager (MEM), you will be accountable for delivering annual maintenance targets for equipment. This includes providing technical advice to the Long-Term Planner and Maintenance Superintendents to optimise equipment availability and reliability in your area. The MEM is a statutory position responsible for establishing and maintaining mechanical maintenance practices compliant with the Coal Mining Act and Regulations.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Ensure compliance with mechanical engineering practices at the mine.
  • Maintain legal standards for mechanical plant, equipment, and personnel.
  • Establish and maintain compliant, safe, efficient, reliable, and cost-effective mechanical engineering systems and procedures.
  • Seek to improve performance through engineering enhancements.
  • Develop and communicate mechanical engineering strategies and plans to the workforce, demonstrating strong leadership.
  • Establish and implement training competencies to ensure relevant personnel are trained and authorised to meet legal standards.
  • Contribute to the development and ongoing management of a reliable 5-year maintenance and engineering plan.
  • Develop rolling weekly plans and schedules to deliver target availability and reliability of specified mining equipment.
  • Establish standards and provide “Signoff” on mechanical plant, equipment design, specifications, and mechanical personnel qualifications.
  • Ensure statutory mechanical overhauls are carried out to the required standard in a timely and cost-effective manner.
  •  Monitor maintenance expenditure to identify budget variances and improvement or corrective activities to reduce operating costs.
    • Qualifications:
  • Mechanical trade with extensive underground coal mining experience
  • Tertiary qualifications in engineering as well a post graduate qualification in maintenance management will be highly regarded.
  • Significant experience in asset management.
  • Strong leadership skills and ability to enforce mechanical engineering standards.
  • High-level understanding of regulatory standards for statutory compliance in mechanical activities at the mine.

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