Senior Planner

Senior Planner

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Work type: Permanent Full Time
Location: Dugald River Mine

We are MMG and we mine for progress.

At MMG, we mine to create wealth for our people, host communities and shareholders.

MMG strives to create an inclusive culture by bringing together people from diverse backgrounds and experiences.  Working in partnership with our major shareholder China Minmetals our vision is to build the worlds most respected mining company.

With the world taking steps towards a transition to a low carbon economy, MMG is focused on the critical materials required to help make this change. As we look ahead, our portfolio and focus places us in a strong position to drive future growth for our business. This is an opportunity for you to be a part of this exciting future and become our next generation of business miner.

We are guided by our Code of Conduct and our values of thinking safety first, respecting each other, working together, doing what we say and wanting to be better.

Dugald River is one of the worlds top 10 zinc operations, located near Cloncurry in Queensland. Dugald River was successfully commissioned ahead of schedule and under budget, with first production of zinc concentrate in October .Dugald River is estimated to have a mine life of 20 years processing an average of 1.8 million tonnes of ore per annum. The operation predominantly produces zinc concentrate, with by-products including lead and silver.

Senior Planner

Reporting into the Superintendent Planning and Reliability as the Senior Planner, you will drive success as you lead a team and operationally contribute to business efficiencies. Your experience will ensure you are able to deliver successful outcomes while creating, maintaining, and modifying site maintenance strategies for all equipment and infrastructure on site using ARMS program OnePM.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

  • Extensive planning and scheduling exposure in either mineral processing fixed plant maintenance or UG mobile fleet operations environment.
  • Demonstrated 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:

  • Support the creation, scope and planning of 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, communicate and deliver 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.
  • Prepare and manage the weekly planning and scheduling meetings to ensure alignment and commitment of resources.
  • Review Subsequent Notification are being raised to ensure PMs are effective.
  • Review monthly planning KPIs with execution superintendents.
  • 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.
  • Ensure development of the maintenance budgets and assist execution teams with commentary for monthly variance meetings.
  • Engage with our contactor partners and flow the MMG Contractor management.
  • Ensure development and changes to CCV documents are carried out in a timely manner.

What we offer

  • A competitive salary package
  • A generous relocation package is available if you choose to relocate locally
  • Career Development opportunity working for a Global Organisation
  • A culture of thinking Safety First
  • Work with a highly skilled strategic leadership team
  • Generous local allowances for employees living in the local community of Cloncurry and Mt Isa.

On-site accommodation at Dugald River is provided in fully air-conditioned en-suite rooms and includes meal service and room cleaning. The village features, communal media facilities including 4G coverage, onsite Medical Centre, gym facilities with a womens only area, a tennis court, swimming pool, walking track and entertainment area.  

MMG also provides the following generous benefits for employees living in the local community of Cloncurry & Mt. 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

This is a rare and unique opportunity to join the site leadership of a global mining organisation with a vision for ambitious growth and an enviable record of community engagement, sustainability and safety.

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.

MMG is committed to supporting our local communities of Cloncurry Shire and Mount Isa City Council Local Government Areas. MMG encourages local residents to apply for opportunities at Dugald River. 

Advertised: 12 Sep E. Australia Standard Time
Applications close: