Maintenance Planner

MAINTENANCE PLANNER

Location: Blackwater, QLD

Roster: 4/3

About the Business

Yancoal Australia is Australia's largest pure play coal producer. It boasts three tier one thermal coal mines in New South Wales together with interests in three other metallurgical and thermal coal mines located in New South Wales and Queensland. Yancoal Australia also manages five other Australian coal mines on behalf of related parties. Yancoal currently employs over 3,000 people across its operations.

At Yancoal our people are our most valuable asset and we invest in developing our management and leadership talent throughout our operations. Yarrabee Coal Company a wholly owned subsidiary of Yancoal Australia, based in Blackwater Queensland, 2 hours drive west of Rockhampton.

We are currently seeking a Maintenance Planner to join our team at Yarrabee Coal Mine (Blackwater) working a 4/3 roster.

About the Role

Reporting to the Senior Maintenance Planner you will be required to plan and coordinate short to medium maintenance for Light Vehicles and Ancillary or Heavy Mobile Equipment.

Key accountabilities of this position include (but not limited to):

• Planning and scheduling short to medium term maintenance and “Life of Asset” for all Light Vehicles & Ancillary or HME
• Initiating and monitoring the purchasing and logistics process to ensure parts, equipment, resources, and tooling are available when required.
• Monitor the condition and organise the repair of related assets e.g., Heavy Equipment, Ancillary and Light Vehicles.
• Development of a budget for all equipment maintenance
• Develop weekly-agreed maintenance plans using equipment strategies to facilitate maximum production and minimize downtime and costs to meet plant availability and reliability targets. 
• Ensuring all Maintenance and Statutory information stored in the CMMS is detailed, accurate and current.
• Timely communication of any foreseeable disruptions to planned events.
• Actively engaging with mining operations team to ensure plans are aligned with production objectives.

About You

We are looking for people who have the following attributes, skills and experience:

• Relevant Maintenance Planning Qualifications
  • Mechanical Trade or experience in a prior planning role
  • Maintenance management diploma or Mechanical Engineering qualification are advantageous
• Maintenance planning experience with Shutdowns/ Service days in a mobile plant environment
• Experience in Maintenance master data SAP or similar highly regarded
• Current Driver’s Licence
• Competent user of MS Project, MS Word and Excel
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and relationship building skills at all levels
• Effective planning and organising skills with the ability to deliver on simultaneous projects with competing priorities.

Benefits

Yancoal provides a range of benefits to appeal to the diverse needs of our employees. The following benefits are available to eligible salaried employees:

• Corporate Subsidised Health Cover Premiums
• Salary Continuance and Life Insurance Cover
• Salary Sacrifice Options
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Education Assistance
• Service Recognition
• Paid Parental Leave Provisions
• Flexible Work Arrangements
• Local Housing Allowance or residential housing options
• Local Sporting Allowance

If you would like to apply for this role please click the Apply button. Please note, only shortlisted applicants will be contacted. We reserve the right to close the advertisement and commence recruitment proceedings immediately.