SUMMARY:
Maintenance Planner 12-Month Contract
Our client is seeking an experienced Maintenance Planner (Mechanical or Electrical) to support mining operations on a 12-month contract at its operation in Mooinooi, North West. This role is responsible for the effective planning, scheduling, and coordination of all mechanical maintenance activities to ensure optimal equipment reliability, availability, and cost efficiency across the mining and processing environment. The successful candidate will play a key role in improving maintenance execution through structured planning, minimising downtime, and ensuring compliance with statutory and site-specific engineering standards. Our client is an integrated resource group focused on the responsible extraction and beneficiation of platinum group metals (PGMs) and chrome concentrates.
POSITION INFO:
Minimum Requirements:
- BEng / BSc / BTech / National Diploma in Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering.
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a mining or heavy industrial environment.
- Proven experience in maintenance planning and scheduling within a plant or mining environment.
- Strong working knowledge of CMMS / maintenance management systems (e.g., SAP, Pragma, or similar).
- Solid understanding of the Mine Health and Safety Act (MHSA) and engineering standards.
- Experience with fixed plant, processing equipment, and mobile mining equipment will be advantageous.
- Strong analytical, organisational, and planning skills.
- Computer literacy (MS Office, especially Excel).
- Medically fit to work in a mining environment.
Roles & Responsibilities:- Develop detailed maintenance plans and schedules for all mechanical maintenance activities, including preventative, predictive, and corrective work.
- Coordinate with maintenance teams, supervisors, and production to ensure efficient execution of planned work.
- Ensure all maintenance activities comply with the Mine Health and Safety Act (MHSA) and site-specific standards.
- Create and manage work orders on the CMMS, ensuring accuracy of job scopes, resources, spares, and timelines.
- Analyse equipment history and failure trends to improve maintenance planning and reduce unplanned downtime.
- Liaise with stores and procurement to ensure availability of required spares, materials, and tools prior to job execution.
- Prepare shutdown and outage schedules, ensuring optimal resource allocation and minimal production disruption.
- Monitor schedule compliance and provide feedback on planning effectiveness and areas for improvement.
- Maintain accurate maintenance records, reports, and documentation in line with operational requirements.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives aimed at enhancing equipment reliability and maintenance efficiency.
- Assist with maintenance budgeting, cost control, and resource planning.
- Promote and uphold a strong safety culture across all maintenance planning and execution activities.
Closing Date:Submissions for this vacancy will close on
24 March 2026. Late applications may still be considered until
17 April 2026.Please Note:Thank you for submitting your CV to Marvel Placement Consultants. Should your application be successful, we will contact you. If you do not hear from us within two weeks of your application, please consider your application unsuccessful. Your details will remain on our database for possible future opportunities.
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