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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