Purpose & Scope of The Position:

The Mill Maintenance Planner will be responsible for performing complex planning, analysis, record keeping, and other management reporting as it relates to the preventive and scheduled corrective maintenance, overhaul, and modifications of Flotation Cells, Tailing & Concentrate Thickeners, Filter Presses to include providing necessary labor and material resource information. The Planner makes recommendations for action and assists in policy and procedure implementation; may direct the work of the office, technical support staff, or professionals, and performs related work as assigned.

Job Duties & Responsibilities: 

• Provide daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly schedules of preventative maintenance and planned component replacement on all mill flotation and associated equipment.
• Track and report current hours and backlog on equipment and components in service.
• Support and manage the procurement of needed parts, vendor support, and any additional tooling/supplies on scheduled repairs.
• Provide a weekly/monthly report on the current plans and costs to the Maintenance Superintendent.
• Forecasting of preventive and scheduled maintenance.
• Responsible for coordinating all mill flotation maintenance shutdown activities from the conceptual stage to the start of work execution. The mill maintenance shutdowns include work in all process areas: Flotation Cells, Thickeners, Filter Presses, Reagents Lines or Tanks.
• Creates and manages MS Project files for each shutdown. Populates the MS Project file with all shutdown work orders, required resources, and scheduling logic.
• Organizes all resources required to execute the shutdown plan, including in-house labor, contractors if needed, tech support, rental equipment, specialty tools, consumables, etc.
• Works closely with other planners to optimize MS Project Gantt charts prior to shut down and works with supervisors on work order scheduling and resource assignments.
• Organizes and runs work progress meetings during shutdowns to capture actual versus baseline information. Organizes and runs post shutdown review meetings to collect and analyze input from all parties to improve future shutdown planning.
• Audits JDE work order status and works with supervisors to ensure that all work orders are properly closed, and work requests are submitted for future shutdowns.
• Understands and complies with all company policies and procedures.
• Help to develop and train planners and supervisors to execute plans and track compliance to schedules. 
• Coordinate with the maintenance group in an effort to provide data to planners and supervisors to extend component life while reducing risk for high-cost repairs.
• Work with procurement to ensure Total Cost of Ownership is looked at in effort to lower costs and maximize efficiency of equipment.  

Required Qualifications:

• Education: High school graduate.
• Experience: 3 plus years of experience as a Maintenance Planner.
• Licenses: Valid driver’s license.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Education: A technical degree/certificate in maintenance planning or a diploma/trade certificate in a related field.
• Experience: 3-5 years of planning and scheduling in a mining background.

Technical Skills & Competencies:

• Experience in the following: 
• Writing job plans and campaigns
• Creating reports
• Monitoring asset availability
• Working as a team for Research and Development
• Utilizing a variety of software programs
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to read and understand GA drawings, mechanical detailed drawings, P&ID's, technical instructions manuals, and parts books
• Ability to work in adverse conditions. 
• Ability to change and manage priorities daily.
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office products including MS Projects software.
• Self-motivated, team player with a positive attitude and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Proficient in JD Edwards/Oracle or other CMMS systems (SAP, ELLIPSE). 
• General knowledge in Microsoft Office Word, Excel, Project and PowerPoint.