Maintenance Superintendent

A Global Mining Company with projects in in Guinea and Liberia is seeking a Maintenance Superintendent who is willing to work on a rotational basis of 4 weeks on and 2 weeks off for the duration of the project (approximately 2 years)

• Benefits include Flights, Accommodation, food, laundry, equipment, transport to and from work and airports

Minimum Requirements

• 10 years Industry experience or equivalent justification & experience in West Africa or other developing environments
• Minimum 10 years relevant experience in maintenance repairs, engineering and reliability activities, and must have demonstrated strong leadership capabilities
• Key skills include communication, interpersonal relationships, facilitation, influencing, negotiating and the ability to work within a matrix organization
• Successful candidate must be able to develop others and foster diverse relationships throughout the organization
• Must have a detailed understanding of equipment and overall plant mining processes
• Requires familiarity with environmental, safety, and health procedures and issues
• Must have understanding of mechanical and instrument equipment and their maintenance, mechanical integrity, and the inspection process
• Requires familiarity with maintenance programs, work processes and best practices
• Must have technical competencies of troubleshooting, root cause failure analysis, general computer skills, work planning and estimating
• Must be able to manage multiple priorities, drive issues to completion, and obtain results

Job Specification

Position Summary

• This position leads the maintenance execution team, including direction-setting, personnel development, oversight of work quality, development and implementation of improvements, and measurement of results
• This position is responsible for providing oversight and coordination of the maintenance activities at multiple facilities
• This job is responsible to act as the primary interface for Operations with the maintenance personnel and engineering by approving, prioritizing, and scheduling work notifications
• This position also has primary accountability for ensuring the safety and efficiency of these service personnel while on site

Essential Functions

• Acts as a champion of the maintenance execution work process in support of the business goals and safe, quality, reliable and competitive maintenance services
• Provides overall management of maintenance and operations work orders including creation (as needed), prioritization, release, review of plan and closure
• Assures and optimizes maintenance execution practices and procedures to achieve cost-effective results, including efficient scheduling of resources, proper training and performance of craft personnel, and high-quality execution of work with a focus on Safety and Reliability
• Leads execution of planned and unplanned unit shutdowns executed by the Maintenance team, including job plans and critical path schedule development, and tracking and closeout activities
• Plant Focal point for turnaround group during scope development process
• Performs regular review of execution quality and efficiency
• Responsible for implementation and utilization of disciplined maintenance execution practices and standards
• Assists in the development of the maintenance budgets, and in controlling spending through appropriate tracking, forecasting, and adjustments
• Supports the use of high-quality Maintenance and Reliability Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) along with other input to drive performance and implementation of improvements as appropriate
• Assures support for Turnaround organizations and special projects as required
• Approves and prioritizes maintenance work notifications in EAM to ensure that maintenance is properly directed toward the goals of plant reliability and availability in a cost effective, productive manner
• Responsible for eliminating unnecessary or redundant work and for managing the backlog of approved work
• Communicates daily with the Facility Managers and Shift Supervisors to clarify work priorities and to react to schedule breaks
• Provides troubleshooting support to operations personnel as needed, and works with various departments as required to obtain technical and procurement support
• Participates in root cause failure analyses and in corrective actions for bad actors
• Key Accountability Metrics
• Maintenance Cost
• Maintenance Schedule compliance
• Maintenance Execution Efficiency
• Emergency Work Order reduction
• Repetitive failures
• Contractor and maintenance personnel safety performance
• Maintenance backlog efficiency
• Work order completion as expected by priority setting