Position: Maintenance Manager (1 position)
Reports to: Construction Manager
Roster: 6 Weeks on, 3 Weeks Off roster
Duty Station: Nyanzaga, Sengerema, Mwanza
Contract type: Specified Period of Time contract
Position purpose
The Maintenance Manager will be responsible for overseeing the maintenance operations at the Nyanzaga site, ensuring all machinery, equipment, and infrastructure operate efficiently and safely. This role requires a strategic approach to maintenance planning, a strong emphasis on preventive maintenance, and effective management of maintenance personnel to minimize downtime and optimize productivity.
Roles and Responsibilities
Management of Safety, Environment, & Community Relations
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- Review employment and working conditions to ensure legal compliance
- Adhere to company policies and procedures regarding safety, environment, health, and community
- Lead site initiatives to improve the understanding of equipment safety
- Take responsibility for ensuring that PMY safety standards with respect to equipment and installations are maintained across relevant areas of responsibility
- Ensure that all maintenance activities comply with environmental regulations and minimize any adverse impact on the surrounding environment
- Develop and enforce safety protocols for maintenance activities, ensuring a safe working environment for all personnel
- Actively participate in relevant incident investigations
- Be aware of the sensitivity of relations with the community and how employment issues can affect relationships with the local community
Skill development programs
People Management
- Conduct regular performance evaluations, provide feedback, and create development plans to enhance individual and team productivity
- Manage and lead the maintenance team performance, ensuring quality outcomes and procedural adherence
- Lead, mentor, and develop the maintenance team, ensuring all team members receive training on safety, technical skills, and best practices
- Manage the performance of direct reports through training, coaching, consistent performance feedback, annual appraisals, and recognition to help facilitate their professional development and improve the operating efficiencies of production personnel
Operations
- Develop and manage a comprehensive preventive maintenance program, ensuring all critical equipment and systems are regularly inspected and serviced
- Allocate and manage resources effectively, including spare parts, tools, and personnel, to support uninterrupted maintenance operations
- Oversee the generation, assignment, and completion of maintenance work orders to ensure timely responses to equipment issues and failures
- Plan and oversee maintenance-related projects, including equipment upgrades, replacements, and infrastructure improvements
- Control maintenance expenses and optimize costs through efficient budget management and cost-control measures
- Prepare and deliver regular reports on maintenance performance metrics, including equipment uptime, maintenance costs, and downtime incidents
- Liaise with external vendors and contractors for specialized repairs and equipment servicing, ensuring quality and timely delivery of services
- Attend relevant business meetings as directed by the Process Manager to understand proactive long-term operational priorities and build forecast equipment downtime business models
- Continually search for methods to improve existing maintenance practices that fit within the business model and targets
- Develop a maintenance management system focused on measurement of incremental continuous improvement. Maintain the continuous improvement project development program
- Assist with the management and development of operational budgets and forecasts
Qualification & Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 15 years of experience in maintenance management or a similar role, ideally within the mining, construction, or heavy industries
- Proven experience in developing and implementing preventive maintenance programs and managing maintenance teams
- Proficiency in maintenance management software and tools
- Familiarity with Tanzanian safety and environmental regulations for industrial maintenance
- Experience with long-term maintenance planning, shutdowns, project works, and overhaul events
- Experience with computerized maintenance management systems
- Experience with spare parts inventory management
- Formal reporting abilities, including routine maintenance reports, KPIs, and technical presentations
Desired
- Comprehensive knowledge of mechanical and electrical systems, maintenance methodologies, and relevant safety regulations in the Tanzanian context
- Power station experience
- Mobile plant experience
- Trade qualifications from an internationally regarded institution, mechanical trade preferred
- International driving license
- Recognized tertiary engineering qualification or equivalent
- Supervisory qualifications, e.g., frontline management
- Business/organizational processes
- Technical qualifications relevant to processing plant equipment and systems
- Condition monitoring and lubrication
- Safety qualifications
- First Aid certificate
- Operating tickets including crane operator, other itinerant plant, lifting and rigging, etc.
- Formal training and assessment qualifications
Application Instructions
Send a covering letter together with your detailed CV and certificates to hrtanzania@perseusmining.com
Company address: HR Manager, Sotta Mining Corporation Limited, P.O. Box 434, Mwanza
Deadline for applications: 10 January 2025
Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
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