Planner
Job no: 500313
Work type: Permanent Full Time
Location: Dugald River Mine
We are MMG and we mine for progress.
At MMG, our vision is to create a leading international mining company for a low carbon future.
We mine for progress to create wealth for our people, host communities and shareholders with an ambition to grow and diversify our resource, production and value.
MMG has a global presence, owning and developing copper, zinc and other base metals projects across Australia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Peru.
Our aim is to create a workplace that encourages diversity and inclusion and supports our people to grow.
We are guided by our values; think safety first, respect each other, work together, do what we say, and we want to be better.
MMG Dugald River:
Dugald River is one of the world’s top 10 Zinc mine operations, which has been producing zinc concentrate for customers around the world since 2017. The mine is committed to a low-carbon future. In April 2023 the Dugald River Solar Farm began operations, supplying a third of the mine’s power, and reducing emissions by 33% and this is just the start of its renewable energy transition.
Dugald River employs around 750 employees and contractors on a mix of fly-in, fly-out and local residential basis. The village provides all the amenities including a gym, with a women’s only area, a tennis court, swimming pool, walking track and entertainment area.
Planner / Scheduler
Reporting to the Senior Planner, you will be responsible for creating, maintaining, and modifying site maintenance strategies across all equipment and infrastructure across site with the use of ARMS program OnePM.
In conjunction with strategies, you will be accountable and responsible for Masterdata changes and creation in SAP.
The role is based on an 8/6 roster, drive in drive out from Cloncurry or Mount Isa or fly in fly out from Townsville. Remuneration for this role includes a competitive salary package, annual bonus and generous local allowances if you live within the local community.
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- Extensive planning and scheduling exposure in a mineral processing fixed plant maintenance operations environment.
- Demonstrable knowledge in relation to strategy creation and failure mode elimination
- Ability to adapt to changes in work area responsibilities as directed by management
- Technical trades qualification or Engineering qualifications in the appropriate discipline from a recognised institution
- Manual driver's license
- High level understanding of common Maintenance practices and standards
- Exceptional knowledge of SAP in particular SAP PM and Master Data objects
You will be responsible for:
- Creating, scoping and planning maintenance work orders that enable effective utilisation of resources, including personnel, contractors, materials and documentation to produce the rough-cut plan and maintain the 12 weeks look ahead effectively
- Build and communicate accurate weekly work schedules reflecting all maintenance activities, ensuring that they are adequately resourced (materials and labour) and capacity levelled
- Ensure all Work Orders flagged for rescheduling are considered for the next available schedule
- Attend and prepare the weekly planning and scheduling meetings to ensure alignment and commitment of resources
- Review Subsequent Notification comments to ensure accurate data is collected in the field
- Continuously improve maintenance practices to enable effective maintenance performance
- Development of task lists for reoccurring work to support effective planning.
- Maintain site master data changes as required, based on equipment strategy reviews (as advised by Improvement Engineers), and identified quality errors
- Manage expenditure within budget levels and assist in the development of maintenance budgets
What we offer
Remuneration for this role includes a competitive salary package, annual bonus and generous local allowances.
On-site accommodation at Dugald River is provided in fully air-conditioned ensuite rooms and includes meal service and room cleaning. The new village features, communal media facilities including 4G coverage, onsite Medical Centre, sporting facilities, brand new swimming pool and gym facilities.
MMG is committed to supporting our local communities of Cloncurry Shire and Mount Isa City Council Local Government Areas. MMG encourages residents to apply for opportunities at Dugald River. We also support successful candidates to relocate to the region and provide a generous relocation package. In addition to living allowances for all employees residing in the local community.
MMG also provides the following generous benefits for employees living in the local community of Cloncurry & Mount Isa
- Gym/PCYC membership Access to MMG Charter flights to Brisbane and Townsville for family/leisure purposes
- Financial support for families where children attend boarding school
- Retention payment for long term Cloncurry residents
As a company, MMG strives for the best in safety, environmental protection, production standards and overall operational excellence. We are an equal opportunity employer who values and respects diversity. We recognise the unique value your contribution makes to the progress of our company and the communities in which we operate. If you share our values and feel that you could make a meaningful difference in this role, please apply online before the application closing date. To know more about MMG please visit our webpage https://www.mmg.com/
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