Job Description
-Purpose
The purpose is to oversee the planning function of the engineering and maintenance activities for HME/Plant

Your duties will include:

• Align equipment maintenance strategy with production profile.

• Improve engineering discipline by providing quality work and feedback to the maintenance management system.

• Proactively manage production risks.

• Ensure quality control/assurance in routine testing and contractor management

• Contribute to and implement maintenance plans for heavy mobile equipment/plant facilities.

• Coordinate maintenance activities to align with production schedules and project timelines.

• Optimize resource utilisation to ensure timely completion of maintenance projects.

• Monitor inventory levels of spare parts and consumables to support maintenance activities.

• Oversee Collaborate with reliability engineers to analyse equipment performance and failure data.

• Work closely with the Section Manager on Work Management Planning to balance and maintain the AAOM framework/model fundamentals and the practicalities of making the Planning process deliver value to the organisation.

• Refine and simplify the Planning Best Practice Principles (BPPs) on-site from Kumba’s perspective and as a contribution to Anglo-American best practices in maintenance planning and execution.

• Coach and mentor, the intended audience without expecting the audience or maintenance teams to possess complete content knowledge and focus on practical understanding. the management of heavy mobile equipment and plant assets.

Qualifications
-Qualifications

• Grade 12

• Relevant Degree in Engineering (Relevant to Reliability Engineering and Asset Management) / Equivalent (NQF7)

• SA Drivers Licence Code B
  

Experience

• Advanced knowledge of engineering and maintenance principles, standards, and procedures.

• Adept at classifying operational processes based on the Operating Model, focusing on Work Management.

• Well-versed in project management fundamentals, including planning, execution, monitoring, and control.

• Experienced in utilising business improvement tools and techniques to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.

• Possess sound business insight and understanding of commercial drivers of site performance.

• Familiar with basic financial metrics and budgeting tools, including cost analysis, forecasting, and resource allocation.

• Skilled in applying risk management techniques and identifying critical controls to mitigate potential hazards and minimise operational risks.

• Well-versed in safety, health, and environmental standards and regulations, including legislative and statutory requirements