Maintenance Manager

Maintenance & Asset Manager | Canadian Gold Mining

I’m currently working with an established Canadian gold producer that is progressing a historic high-grade underground gold operation towards sustainable commercial production, while simultaneously advancing additional nearby deposits to support its longer-term growth strategy.

With modern infrastructure, an experienced workforce and a strong technical team, the operation is entering an exciting stage of development, creating an opportunity for a Maintenance & Asset Manager to play a key role in building and leading its maintenance function.

Reporting directly to the Mine General Manager , this is a senior site leadership position with accountability for the reliability, integrity and lifecycle management of the operation’s assets, including:

• Mobile mining equipment and heavy equipment
• Fixed plant and mineral processing equipment
• Electrical systems and infrastructure
• Instrumentation and control systems
• Pumps, compressors, ventilation and dewatering systems
• Underground and surface infrastructure, buildings and facilities

A major focus of the position will be developing maintenance operating and capital budgets from first principles , based on the physical requirements of the operation and mine plan rather than simply extrapolating historical expenditure.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a multidisciplinary maintenance organisation across mobile, fixed plant, electrical, instrumentation, reliability and planning functions
• Establish maintenance strategies aligned with mine and processing plans
• Drive improvements in equipment availability, reliability and utilisation while reducing unplanned downtime and repeat failures
• Develop and implement the site’s asset management and reliability strategy
• Establish asset criticality, risk-based maintenance and critical-spares strategies
• Develop equipment strategies across the full asset lifecycle, from specification and procurement through operation, rebuild, replacement and retirement
• Implement reliability engineering practices including RCA, FMEA, condition monitoring and defect elimination
• Establish disciplined maintenance planning and scheduling systems and optimise CMMS/EAM utilisation
• Lead shutdown, overhaul, equipment rebuild and replacement strategies
• Own maintenance operating and capital budgets, monthly forecasts and expenditure projections
• Build detailed annual and long-range budgets covering labour, parts, major components, rebuilds, contractors, consumables, planned maintenance and shutdowns
• Develop short, medium and long-term asset replacement and capital plans
• Lead repair-versus-replace evaluations and develop technically and financially sound capital business cases
• Provide senior mechanical engineering leadership and maintain appropriate engineering and technical governance
• Work closely with Operations, Engineering, Finance, Supply Chain and Health & Safety
• Lead OEM, vendor, contractor and engineering consultant relationships
• Develop succession plans and technical capability across the maintenance organisation
• Maintain a strong culture of safety, accountability, proactive maintenance and continuous improvement

About You

Candidates must possess:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from a recognised university
• Current P.Eng. designation in Canada, or eligibility for registration in the applicable Canadian jurisdiction
• MBA from a recognised institution
• Minimum 15 years of progressive experience in the mining industry
• Demonstrated senior leadership experience within a mine maintenance and/or asset management function
• Experience across mobile mining equipment, fixed plant, electrical and instrumentation maintenance
• Demonstrated ability to develop maintenance operating and capital budgets from first principles
• Experience managing significant maintenance operating and capital budgets
• Strong understanding of the relationship between maintenance performance, equipment reliability, production, cost and mine economics
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• A proven record of integrity, accountability and reliability in leadership roles

Highly Desirable Experience

• Leading a large, multidisciplinary maintenance organisation
• Asset management and reliability strategy development
• Long-range equipment replacement, rebuild and lifecycle capital planning
• Reliability engineering methodologies including RCA, FMEA, condition monitoring and defect elimination
• CMMS/EAM implementation and maintenance planning and scheduling
• Major shutdown, overhaul and equipment rebuild programmes
• Equipment criticality and critical-spares strategies
• Equipment specification, procurement, commissioning and operational handover
• OEM, vendor, contractor and engineering consultant management
• Lifecycle-cost analysis, repair-versus-replace evaluations and capital business cases
• Underground mining experience

What’s on Offer

• 160 hours paid vacation annually
• 5 days on / 2 days off, followed by 4 days on / 3 days off
• Camp accommodation while at site
• Relocation assistance for candidates moving to Thunder Bay, Winnipeg or the local mining community
• 100% employer-paid extended health and dental
• Life Insurance and AD&D coverage
• Professional development and training opportunities

This is an opportunity for a senior maintenance professional to take ownership of a critical function within a high-grade Canadian gold operation entering an important phase of growth and production.

Candidates must be willing to complete a background check, pre-employment physical, and drug and alcohol test.