Mine Maintenance Planner

Who Are We?

SSR Mining Inc. is an intermediate gold company with four producing assets located in the USA, Canada, and Argentina, combined with a global pipeline of high-quality development and exploration assets in the USA, Turkey, and Canada.

SSR’s commitment to safety, collaboration, and excellence allows us to continue building upon our already strong foundation. With an industry-leading pipeline of projects, strong financial positioning, and talented employees, we look forward to our bright future!

Job Description:

General Objectives:

Reporting to the Maintenance Planning General Supervisor, the Mobile Maintenance Planner is a salary exempt role that typically works a 4-3 schedule.  This role is intended to focus on Maintenance Planning, Scheduling, and Budgeting for their assigned role in the department. This role is also accountable for ensuring that all equipment performance targets and work management KPIs are achieved within the constraints of the maintenance budget.

Key Areas of Responsibilities & Duties:

The key responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to the following:

• Participate and support site Operational Excellence Projects.
• Provide accurate monthly accruals to accounting group for assigned fleet(s)
• Manage budget for assigned fleet(s) in Marigold budgeting tool
• Provide Monthly Budget & Forecast variance explanations
• Development and update of Maintenance Strategies and Budgets for open pit assets
• Liaise with Supply Chain to expedite external parts and contractor labor suppliers, where necessary.

·         Contractor Representative responsibilities defined in Marigold Contractor Management Policy for assigned contractors.

·         Schedule and facilitate Pre-Major and Post-Major meetings with co-workers and contractors

• Scheduling of all routine maintenance activities (work orders) in consultation with Production and Maintenance, including short-term changes to the maintenance schedules based upon Production, Maintenance and Supply requirements.
• Ensure quality work packets are provided to the Maintenance Supervisors for all routine maintenance activities to ensure quality and efficient work execution. Seek detailed work completion information from the Maintenance Supervisors and resolve any issues, as necessary.
• Provide input and feedback to Reliability Engineer to assist in improving overall equipment performance.
• Spend time in the field engaging with the workforce, ~20% of working time.
• Support all predictive technologies employed in the Open Pit maintenance group (Vibration, Oil analysis, Thermography, MineCare, etc.)
• Performs duties and activities in a manner that conforms to all safety practices and other policies, procedures and standards that are established by the company or required by law
• Liaise with other departments when necessary, such as Safety and Health, Environmental and Accounting

·         Support and grow a culture of continuous improvement within the maintenance planning department

• Performs additional duties as required

Required Skills:

• Proficient in MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, Projects, Outlook, Power Point, etc.)

·         Familiarity with Power BI Reports, or like system

·         Ability to safely lift, up to 50 pounds

·         Advanced computer skills

·         A good work ethic with the ability to work well with company and vendor personnel

·         Good communication skills. Phone, Email, Writing, etc.

·         Capable of managing multiple priorities while maintaining a safe work culture

·         Ability to sit/stand for long periods of time (desk work)

Required Experience:

• 5 years practical mobile maintenance experience with mining equipment including fleet component and parts recognition
• Experience with mobile maintenance planning, preferred

·         Experience with maintenance CMMS such as SAP, Oracle, JDE, Pronto, eMaint, etc.

·         Experience with CAT SIS or other OEM Specialized Systems

·         Experience with Condition monitoring practices such as oil analysis, vibration analysis, ultrasonic testing, thermography, etc.

·         Experience using Zero-Based Budgeting (ZBB) tool Xeras or similar tool

SSR Mining Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.