HME Planning Coordinator

The company – about Endeavour

Endeavour is a leading global gold producer and the largest in West Africa with two mines in Côte d’Ivoire (Ity and Lafigué), two mines in Burkina Faso (Hounde and Mana) and the Sabodala-Massawa mine in Senegal. The company has one of the most exciting organic growth track records and pipeline, with a strong portfolio of development exploration assets on the highly prospective Birimian Greenstone Belt across West Africa. Endeavour is committed to principles of responsible mining and delivering sustainable value to its employees, stakeholders and the communities where it operates.

Key responsibilities

General

• Establish and maintain Maintenance Planning standards and policies in conjunction with the Maintenance Superintendent.
• Conduct weekly planning meetings with maintenance and operations.
• Update the CMMS accordingly including the raising and closing of work orders and entry of planned start and finish dates.
• Training and coaching of planners in the preparation of work packages and all other planning functions for each maintenance work group within the organization.
• Organize in accordance with procedures external service provider’s visits to site for Condition monitoring and any other outsourced maintenance services not able to be done using on-site resources.
• Regularly review spares holding policy for maintenance spares and consumables and adjust the purchasing and inventory control settings as required to reduce reliance on airfreight.
• Attend regular meetings with operations and maintenance personnel to review equipment performance, develop remedial actions and improvement plans for cost and performance.
• Assist in the development of the departmental budget, with particular effort towards producing a Zero-based maintenance budget.
• Record Meeting minutes which include a list of actions and responsible persons and timelines for action when required.
• Develop a succession plan for all maintenance planning positions with clear competencies to be achieved and timelines for achievement.
• Work with the Maintenance Superintendent to develop tracking and reporting systems for agreed KPI's to allow accurate and quick analysis of maintenance, breakdowns, costs, and operating performance of all mobile and ancillary equipment.
• Improve reliability and equipment health through condition monitoring techniques.
• Participate in failure and damage reporting, tracking, work scopes and evaluations.
• Analyze trends and monitor the performance of equipment as directed by the HME Superintendent.

Mobile Maintenance

• Ability to satisfactorily work with others respectfully and professionally in a team environment, and provide reasonable instructions, training, and supervision.
• This position requires a lead by example approach to ensure best practice solutions are implemented as a team effort to encourage growth within the organization.
• The equipment consists of regular mining equipment, facilities and infrastructure currently supporting workshop and infield repairs.
• The elected candidate should provide interactive positive systems to enable asset management and equipment health standards to world class levels of performance and reliability.
• Efficient management of a team of people and a group of equipment.
• Ensure that all maintenance is performed in a safe and cost-effective manner through the efficient use of available resources (personnel and equipment).
• Work collaboratively with the wider Mobile Maintenance department and other departments, such as Drilling operations, Supply, Training and Development, Technical Services and Contract departments to achieve all objectives as directed.
• Apply industry best practice preventative maintenance and repair techniques.
• Minimize the impact of unplanned maintenance on mining and plant production targets.
• Investigate possible bottlenecks, areas of concern, existing practices, and source engineering solutions to benefit equipment availability.
• Must be dependable, dedicated to getting the job done correctly, and use time efficiently.
• Adopt a problem-solving attitude to new situations and challenges.
• Comply with current site safety culture and compliance to all safety systems is required.
• Focus on reliability to ensure all work are carried out in line with OEM and site standards.
• Must have the capacity to supervise multi-work fronts safely and effectively.
• Ensure all agreed processes and procedures are followed.
• Design and develop procedures and policies to suit the environment and resources available.
• Maintain level of work performance in accordance with KPI standards and / or work order specifications.

The duties and responsibilities listed above are representative of the nature and level of work assigned and not necessarily all inclusive.

Position requirements

• Trade qualified Diesel Fitter, Mechanical Trade OR Engineering Degree .
• 10 years’ experience in large scale mining environment including at least 5 years in senior maintenance planning roles.
• Considerable knowledge of all aspects of a large and diversified fleet of vehicle and equipment maintenance including the involved trades and sub-trades.
• Ability to devise specific maintenance, major overhaul and repair programs that are effective and within budget and to coordinate the administration of programs to minimize disruption to the fleet maintenance program.
• Experienced using a CMMS to provide accurate prediction of future activities and costs.
• Records of historical maintenance activities. Pronto is an asset.
• Driver’s License.
• Current First Aid qualification preferred.
• Prior experience required in the use of CMMS. Pronto desired.
• Prior experience in all facets of Mobile equipment Maintenance.
• Proven track record for reliability and sustainable processes
• Proficient with Microsoft Office & MS Project.
• Budget and cost management.
• Basic training qualifications.
• Communication skills in English (French is an asset) to effectively interact with employees.
• Strong leadership, collaboration, and interpersonal skills.

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