Electrical Maintenance Planner

Thiess • Silver City, NM

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Electrical Maintenance Planner supports mining operations by optimizing equipment reliability by planning, scheduling, and coordinating electrical maintenance tasks, ensuring safety compliance, and managing parts inventory to minimize downtime. Working in alignment with OEM specifications, the role focuses on improving equipment availability, reducing unplanned downtime, and ensuring maintenance activities are completed safely, efficiently, and within budget.

Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years’ planning experience in electrical planning for mining maintenance activities to include power distribution, large industrial motors and associated control systems
• Strong knowledge of fixed plant/mobile maintenance processing and associated maintenance processes in a surface mine operation
• Understanding of mechanical, electrical, and hydraulic systems within fixed plant or mobile assets
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in fixed plant equipment maintenance – crushing, material handling, mill/processing- or mobile maintenance equipment (haul trucks, excavators, drillers, support equipment)
• Surface mining experience
• Expertise in predictive and preventative maintenance techniques
• Experience with resource allocation and optimizing maintenance workforce efficiency
• Familiar with Office 365, including strong Excel skills and MS Project skills
• SAP software experience required
• Use of Cat SIS and other OEM parts manuals
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Ability to work in a team-oriented environment while being self-motivated and proactive
• Ability to analyze equipment and processing performance data to identify trends and improvement areas
• Strong organizational and time management skills to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines
• Valid US Driver’s License
• Authorization to work lawfully in the USA without sponsorship from Thiess
• Must be fluent in the English language

Nice To Haves

• Training and/or experience in maintenance management and/or maintenance planning processes preferred
• Vocational training in mechanics, engineering, or related field preferred

Responsibilities

• Oversee electrical maintenance planning
• Identify potential work using an effective condition monitoring program and financial package-based work programs and provide guidance and support to the project teams
• Develop weekly agreed maintenance plans using equipment strategies to facilitate maximum production and minimize downtime and costs to meet plant availability and reliability targets
• Align other maintenance activities such as defects and breakdown repairs with periodic maintenance and provide updates on a weekly basis
• Develop a recommended and optimized bill of materials for the various standard jobs employed under the maintenance strategy
• Ensure that work planned is completed within the allowed budget and resources by cost effective use of resources to maintain and service infrastructure
• Assist with the procurement and freight of parts and services and ensure full reliability of parts and equipment is retained while stored, only using approved suppliers and hire equipment
• Maintain accurate and effective costing reporting as well as support documentation and ensure all completed work orders are closed out
• Effectively use the company’s financial package to produce, review and maintain equipment lists and contracts and raise work orders for all maintenance activities
• Coordinate warranty claims and ensure warranty forms are lodged with OEMs for components and repairs using approved warranty processes and site documentation
• Identify project-based opportunities to improve equipment reliability and reduce maintenance costs to increase effectiveness and efficiency by eliminating repetitive, costly or low-value work
• Utilize predictive maintenance processes to raise re-work requests and organize any additional maintenance requirements
• Ensure all materials, parts, personnel, tools, permits and equipment is available for execution when required by the plan
• Review and audit electrical repairs and services to ensure compliance with site maintenance schemes
• Review and report on planning and scheduling, equipment reliability and maintenance department performance
• Assist in the implementation and compliance of HSE plans to ensure safe and sustainable mobile plant and ancillary equipment
• Provide expert advice in all incident investigations to ensure the root causes are identified and that all the required documentation is reported. If applicable, play an active role in implementing corrective actions in consultation with relevant parties
• Constantly look to identify hazards and risks through regular inspections, audits, and behavioral observations as per HSE targets and take corrective actions where required
• Liaise with all internal stakeholders to enhance coordination between the maintenance department, mine leadership, and client groups and minimize interruptions to operations by maintaining strong working relationships with relevant personnel
• Communicate detailed maintenance plans for scheduled maintenance to maintenance department, mine leadership, and client groups on a weekly basis
• Coordinate with the offsite maintenance planners to ensure the best business outcomes are achieved
• Promote prosperous healthy client relationships to network and identify new business opportunities
• Performs other related duties as assigned

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Life insurance
• 401k plan with company matching
• Private health insurance with premium coverage for the employees
• Competitively subsidized private health insurance for immediate family
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 401K retirement savings benefit with employer matching contributions
• Access to ongoing learning, development, and career advancement opportunities within Thiess’ global network
• PTO
• Paid Holidays

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED