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The Opportunity

Are you a Maintenance Planner with a passion for driving fleet reliability, optimising maintenance schedules and maximising equipment availability?

Thiess is seeking an experienced and motivated Maintenance Planner to join our high-performing team at Lake Vermont.

As a key member of the Lake Vermont team, you'll be responsible for planning and scheduling maintenance, servicing and repairs across the excavator, drill and ancillary fleets, ensuring compliance with safety and statutory requirements while maximising equipment availability and operational productivity. You'll also manage maintenance systems, budgets, defect reporting and supplier relationships to support parts availability, cost-effective maintenance delivery and efficient short- to medium-term fleet planning.

Roster: 7/7 | Location: Lake Vermont | Employment Type: Full-time

As the Maintenance Planner, you will:

• Plan and schedule servicing, maintenance and repairs for the excavator, drill and ancillary fleets, ensuring compliance with all safety and statutory requirements.
• Maintain and utilise the Maintenance Management System to generate planned maintenance and major component repair cost budgets.
• Liaise with internal and external suppliers to ensure all parts and materials required to complete scheduled repairs and services are available when needed.
• Monitor and maintain the known-work list, Defect Reporting System and onsite condition-analysis systems, using the information to update maintenance and service schedules.
• Minimise plant costs by continually investigating alternative suppliers and competitive pricing.
• Manage short- and medium-term maintenance scheduling and planning for plant and equipment to maximise fleet availability and optimise operational productivity.

About you

• Relevant trade or tertiary qualifications, or equivalent experience.
• Experience scheduling and planning maintenance activities for heavy machinery or processing plant within the mining sector.
• Effective communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to negotiate and influence outcomes.
• Demonstrated experience maintaining Liebherr, Komatsu and Caterpillar heavy mining equipment is preferred.
• Competence in computerised maintenance management systems and Microsoft Office applications, including Project, Word and Excel; knowledge of JDE is highly regarded.

What's on offer

At Thiess, our people are the heart of everything we do. We're committed to creating a workplace where everyone can thrive - safely, confidently and with opportunities to grow.

• Competitive salary package.
• Ongoing training & development opportunities.
• A strong safety-first culture across all operations, built on care, respect and accountability.
• Range of corporate discounts including health insurance and travel, plus access to exclusive savings at 750+ everyday retailers across Australia.

About Us

Thiess works with clients in Australia, Asia, and the Americas in the dynamic field of open-cut and underground mining. The pioneering spirit of our founders - the legendary Thiess brothers - is our legacy and has inspired our vision to harness the power of people and technology to drive sustainable change for more than 90 years.

Learn more about Our Vision, Purpose & Values.

At Thiess, we're creating a culture of curiosity, knowledge-sharing and continuous learning - supporting our people to contribute to Thiess' success and continued growth in sustainable mining.

We recognise the value of an inclusive and diverse workplace through our vision: everyone matters always. We're focused on creating an inclusive environment to enable our people to bring their best self to work because they feel safe, included, and empowered.

Learn more about working at Thiess.

How to Apply

This role is an opportunity to take the next step in your career. With our culture of recognition, development, and a stimulating and satisfying work environment, there is no better time to join Thiess.

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