Manager, Maintenance ARGP

Provide site wide leadership and accountability for the fixed plant maintenance function at a medium scale gold operation, ensuring safe, reliable, cost-effective operation of the processing plant and associated infrastructure.

The role is responsible for maximizing plant availability, driving disciplined maintenance execution, and embedding best practice asset management systems, aligned with Maaden standards, MSHEM requirements, and globally recognized maintenance and reliability frameworks.

The Maintenance Manager acts as a key member of the site leadership team, partnering with Processing, Supply Chain, Projects and EHSS to deliver stable production, controlled costs, and continuous improvement.

Act as the visible safety leader for all maintenance activities across the processing plant.

Ensure full compliance with MSHEM standards, Isolation & LOTO, Work Permits, confined space, working at height, and contractor safety requirements.

Lead safety interactions, risk assessments, and incident investigations within maintenance.

Ensure maintenance plans and shutdowns are risk assessed, authorized, and executed safely.

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Own and deliver fixed plant availability, reliability, and OEE targets.

Implement and continuously improve preventive, predictive and condition based maintenance strategies.

Ensure asset strategies are aligned to criticality rankings, failure modes, and plant operating context.

Lead Root Cause Analysis (RCA) on major failures and recurring downtime.

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Establish and enforce disciplined work management covering: Work identification & prioritization Planning & job scoping Weekly and daily scheduling Execution & close out quality Ensure maintenance backlog is controlled, visible, and risk based.

Drive high compliance to weekly schedules and preventive maintenance plans.

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Lead the planning and execution of major plant shutdowns, statutory inspections, and crusher/mill relines.

Ensure shutdowns are fully planned, resourced, costed, and risk managed.

Deliver shutdowns safely, on time and within approved budgets.

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Develop and control the annual maintenance budget, including labor, spares, and contractor costs.

Drive cost optimization through improved planning, reduced rework, inventory optimization and reliability improvements.

Provide accurate maintenance cost forecasting and performance reporting.

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Own the effectiveness of the CMMS / EAM system (e.g.

SAP PM, Oracle EAM).

Ensure asset master data, maintenance plans, BOMs and history are accurate and complete.

Use maintenance KPIs and data analytics to drive decisions and improvement.

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Build and lead a competent, disciplined, and engaged maintenance organization.

Develop supervisors and engineers through coaching, structured performance management and capability development.

Ensure appropriate use and governance of maintenance contractors.

Foster strong collaboration with Processing and Projects teams.

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Benchmark maintenance performance against gold and base metals industry best practice.

Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on: Plant stability Equipment life extension Reduced unplanned downtime Improved maintenance efficiency Support plant upgrades, debottlenecking and capital projects from a maintenance and reliability perspective.