Job Description

Location

Venetia Mine, South Africa

Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology is a global leader in the supply of equipment, tools, services, support and technical solutions for the mining and construction industry. We offer a diverse range of opportunities through our businesses and cross-border networks, enabling you to explore your potential and thrive. Country South Africa Location Venetia Mine Main Responsibilities

• Reconcile actual equipment component performance vs total cost of ownership
• Develop equipment preventive maintenance plans with a focus on preventive maintenance and component replacement schedules
• Professionally and systematically define, design, develop and implement an Asset Maintenance Plan that includes value-added preventive maintenance tasks and predictive testing to identify and isolate inherent reliability problems
• Develop a risk management plan that will anticipate reliability-related risks
• Develop engineering solutions to repetitive failures and other problems that adversely affect plant operations
• Analyze root cause failure and provide corrective action recommendations
• Provide reliability reporting by site/model
• Review maintenance parts lists for accuracy of parts information and align with Global TCO team
• Collect and analyze information on the equipment reliability of parts and components
• Participate in defect elimination projects to identify inherent reliability of a part, component or system and develop the required maintenance strategies
• Develop a monthly business impact analysis report
• Assess and action condition-based information for critical equipment
• Perform equipment strategy reviews and failure analysis to ensure that all task lists, and work instructions remain accurate and relevant

Accountabilities

• Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF)
• Mean Time to Repair (MTTR)
• Percentage reactive maintenance vs planned maintenance
• Percentage Maintenance Cost/ Replacement Asset Value
• Overall Equipment Effectiveness (covering availability, performance and quality)
• Failure mode analysis

Competencies

• Process Management
• Forecasting and Planning
• Organising
• Control
• Good negotiation Skills
• Expert Communications
• Analytical
• Problem solving
• Customer Focus
• Delivering Professional Service
• Knowledge Sharing

Qualifications

• Relevant engineering/technical qualification (degree/diploma or trade qualification)
• Proficient with RCM processes
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to interact with all levels including internal and external stakeholders, middle management level, contractors and other specialists.
• Strong track record of implementing a globally designed strategic approach towards the application of technical expertise in Reliability Engineering Principles in a complex, matrix structured global resources organization.
• Strong stakeholder management
• Advanced understanding of the full mining value chain and its key drivers.
• Working knowledge of Mobile Maintenance operating, maintaining principles, reliability concepts (FMECA, RCM), work management processes and reporting.
• Strong analytical, planning, organizational and time management skills
• Extensive knowledge of Maintenance Management System
• Knowledge of Maintenance process and activities Experience
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in reliability engineering

• Demonstrated experience in root cause analysis
• Demonstrated experience in equipment life cycle cost modelling.
• Project Management and Change Management experience in the resourcing industry
• Demonstrated experience in reliability engineering and/or asset management/asset integrity from mining or heavy industry

How to apply Please apply online through the Sandvik website www.home.sandvik/en/careers. Applications close : 26 November 2020 We offer you an interesting role in an international business environment as well as opportunities for your professional development. At Sandvik, we believe that diversity of experience, perspective and background will lead to a better environment for our employees, our business and, thereby, our customers.