Role purpose

To inspect, maintain, diagnose and repair underground mobile equipment, fixed plant and mechanical infrastructure to ensure safe, reliable and efficient operation.

Key responsibilities

• Perform preventive and corrective maintenance, fault diagnosis and repairs on underground mobile mining equipment, fixed plant and associated mechanical systems.
• Inspect, dismantle, repair, replace, assemble and test mechanical components, including gearboxes, pumps, valves and other mining equipment.
• Carry out authorised machining, fabrication, construction and modification work and support equipment reliability and maintenance-improvement activities.
• Complete accurate maintenance records and ensure all work is performed safely and in accordance with technical standards, maintenance procedures and operational requirements.

Minimum qualifications and experience

• FTC or Trade Test Certificate Grade I, II or III in Mechanical Fitting, Diesel Fitting or a related mechanical trade.
• Minimum of five years’ mechanical maintenance experience involving heavy mobile equipment, fixed plant or mining equipment.
• Practical experience in general machining, fault diagnosis, component repair and preventive maintenance.
• Underground mining maintenance experience is highly desirable.
• Experience in equipment modification, reliability improvement and maintenance planning is advantageous.
• Experience maintaining Sandvik underground mobile equipment, including TH663i, TH430, LH621i, DD422i and DL422i, will be an added advantage.

General competencies

All successful candidates will be expected to demonstrate a strong commitment to safety, integrity, teamwork and operational excellence. They must comply with Company policies, procedures and applicable laws and be capable of working effectively in an underground mining environment. Position-specific licences, certifications, competencies and site inductions will apply where required.

• Perform preventive and corrective maintenance, fault diagnosis and repairs on underground mobile mining equipment, fixed plant and associated mechanical systems.
• Inspect, dismantle, repair, replace, assemble and test mechanical components, including gearboxes, pumps, valves and other mining equipment.
• Carry out authorised machining, fabrication, construction and modification work and support equipment reliability and maintenance-improvement activities.
• Complete accurate maintenance records and ensure all work is performed safely and in accordance with technical standards, maintenance procedures and operational requirements.

• Fault diagnosis
• Component repair
• Preventive maintenance
• Machining
• Fabrication
• Construction
• Maintenance record keeping
• Safety compliance
• Teamwork
• Operational excellence

• FTC or Trade Test Certificate Grade I, II or III in Mechanical Fitting, Diesel Fitting or a related mechanical trade.
• Minimum of five years’ mechanical maintenance experience involving heavy mobile equipment, fixed plant or mining equipment.
• Practical experience in general machining, fault diagnosis, component repair and preventive maintenance.
• Underground mining maintenance experience is highly desirable.
• Experience in equipment modification, reliability improvement and maintenance planning is advantageous.
• Experience maintaining Sandvik underground mobile equipment, including TH663i, TH430, LH621i, DD422i and DL422i, will be an added advantage.