KEY RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE:

• Establish key benchmarks for equipment performance and cost and develop improvement plans to reduce variance
• Deploy loss elimination work programs that identify key losses / variances for equipment downtime, cost and production impact, and, developing a pipeline of improvements that reduce variance impact
• Develop and manage life cycle cost, end of life equipment replacement strategies, and, high level cost driver trees for maintenance
• Develop and manage equipment risks and contingency planning
• Develop and deploy equipment strategies that meet OEM requirements, and, verify that equipment strategies and quality deliverables are being met
• Undertake condition monitoring analysis and secondary action improvement
• Develop and deploy a technology roadmap for improving resource productivity, utilization of equipment, and, system integration (eg CMMS, data historians, fleet management system interfaces and connectiveness)

Qualification Required & Experience

• Asset management processes including: Capital Planning, Asset Management, Reliability centred maintenance techniques, Condition Monitoring, Plant experimentation??, Maintenance Planning, Asset Disposal
• Time-loss accounting (AMPLA)
• Project management processes
• Contractor and commercial management
• Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (SAP)
• 10+ years’ experience in the maintenance and management of fixed and mobile plant for metalliferous surface mining operations.
• 5+ years’ experience in a senior continuous improvement roles
• Demonstrated experience in leading change and delivering improvement across maintenance delivery, planning, maintenance improvement, engineering and projects
• Expatriate experience with a proven ability to develop National work teams / localise expatriate roles
• Experience in budget development and cost management across maintenance and project functions
• Technical competency across similar asset classes: e.g. large rotating equipment and drives (e.g. grinding mills), EW / SX Plants, pressure systems and piping, tanks, structures etc
• Contractor/vendor management
• Experience working in acidic/chemical operational environment highly desirable
• Degree qualification in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering (mandatory)
• Business or Management qualification such as MBA or Commercial/Operations Management Diploma (desirable)

This is a renewable fixed term position. The onsite camp facilities at Wassa include fully serviced air-conditioned rooms, dining halls, sports bar convenience store, gym and sporting facilities, swimming pool and a fully equipped medical Center. An attractive expatriate salary package including a performance-based incentive and other benefits is on offer.