Underground Maintenance Supervisor

Company Description

OceanaGold is a growing intermediate gold and copper producer committed to safely and responsibly maximizing the generation of Free Cash Flow from our operations and delivering strong returns for our shareholders.

We have a portfolio of four operating mines: the Haile Gold Mine in the United States of America; Didipio Mine in the Philippines; and the Macraes and Waihi operations in New Zealand. Our operations are supported by a global workforce with significant exploration, development and operating experience.

Our Purpose is mining gold for a better future. The gold, copper, and silver we produce are essential to the renewable energy and transport sectors, life-saving medical devices and technology which connects communities around the world. Our activities also contribute to economic growth and improved health and education outcomes in the regions where we operate. We provide direct employment for over 3,700 people and indirect employment for many more.

Our Vision is to be a company people trust, want to work and partner with, supply and invest in, to create value. This Vision is brought to life by our Values - Care, Respect, Integrity, Performance and Teamwork - which put our people, host communities, the environment and our stakeholders at the forefront of our decision-making.

Check us out - https://oceanagold.com/

OGC VALUES: CARE | RESPECT | INTEGRITY | PERFORMANCE | TEAMWORK

OceanaGold is committed to providing equal employment opportunities.

If you share the same values and have what we are looking for, please apply online now via our careers website:

https://careers.smartrecruiters.com/OceanaGold

Applications close 26 March, 2023. Shortlisting will commence immediately. Applicants must be eligible to work in New Zealand.

Job Description

The "Underground Maintenance Supervisor" ensures that all planned and unplanned activities for Underground Mobile and fixed Maintenance are properly executed in a safe and efficient manner.

Key tasks and responsibilities:

• Review and direct technicians on all scheduled / unscheduled repair activities, ensuring safe / efficient execution.

• Discuss upcoming schedules and plans with peers

• Coordinate with the operations supervisors / dispatcher for all scheduled activities. Ensure the sequencing matches the schedule as developed.

• Assign and distribute the work order packets which include appropriate standard job plans, to the technicians.

• Spend at minimum, 80% of time on "visible felt leadership" interacting with the technicians and service contractors.

• Attend morning meetings to communicate current machine status & priority, unplanned sick leave, parts issues, required schedule changes and uncompleted work orders requiring rescheduling.

• Proactive and positive interaction with Technicians - supporting and executing safety / reliability improvements to the equipment.

• Develop crew support for other continuous improvement initiatives.

• Execute quality control and quality assurance checks on all work.

• Mentor and coach technicians to adequately perform their duties in a professional and productive manner.

Qualifications

Work Experience:

ESSENTIAL

• 5 to 10 years technical experience in the maintenance industry, preferably in the heavy equipment environment.

DESIRABLE

• 2 years experience as a supervisor or an equivalent supervisory position

• Direct practical experience working with underground heavy equipment.

Qualifications:

ESSENTIAL

• Mechanical trade or Bachelor qualification in Mechanical Engineering.

• Driver's license or ability to competently operate a motor vehicle.

DESIRABLE

• Graduate diploma or Bachelor qualification in Mechanical Engineering.

Skills:

• MS Office Suite (MS Excel, MS Word, MS Project, MS Outlook)
• Pronto operating platform experience

Key Result Areas & Measures

• Excellent and demonstrated commitment to safety & health, interacting with maintenance personnel to ensure activities are completed without compromise to the safety and health of all personnel.

• Reduce TRI (total recordable injuries) by 15% (including contractors) from previous year.

• Focus on "visible felt leadership" spending at minimum 80% of time interacting with the technicians and contractors.

• Ensure key performance measures are actively reviewed with the technicians targeting the fleet availability.

• Positive and enthusiastic team member, seeking to assist and mentor others.

• Rigorous and thorough management for completing scheduled activities to minimize the production impact of the equipment being down for maintenance activities.

• Actively and constructively communicate opportunities for improvement / development to technicians consistently updating individuals as to their current job performance.

• Maintain rigorous housekeeping habits of all maintenance shop facilities.

• Maintain daily maintenance shift reports, area inspections, payroll records, planned general inspections, dispatch reporting data and employee evaluations.

• Maintain good working relationships with key vendors / manufacturers such as Sandvik, Normet, Blanchard (Cat), Fastenal etc.

• Provide technical support and training to the heavy repair technicians.

Additional Information

Additional Information

Physical Requirements:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, sit, demonstrate manual dexterity, climb stairs, talk, hear and see.

• Must be able to work shift work with 12 hour shifts.

• Occasionally may be required to lift moderately heavy objects (up to 50 pounds) during the workday.

• Work is in a surface mine plant setting, which may include exposure to extremes in temperature and humidity.

• Personal protective equipment is required when performing work in a mine environment, including hart hat, hearing protection, safety glasses, safety footwear, and as needed, respirator, rubber steel-toe boots, protective clothing, gloves and any other protective equipment as required.