Senior Maintenance Planner Mobile Equipment

Senior Maintenance Planner Mobile Equipment

Reports to: Maintenance Manager, Mobile Equipment Mining

Job Type: Full Time, Regular

Location: Sahuarita, AZ

About Hudbay:

Hudbay is a copper-focused mining company with three long-life operations and a world-class pipeline of copper growth projects in tier-one mining-friendly jurisdictions of Canada, Peru, and the United States.

Hudbay's operating portfolio includes the Constancia mine in Cusco (Peru), the Snow Lake operations in Manitoba (Canada) and the Copper Mountain mine in British Columbia (Canada). Copper is the primary metal produced by the Company, which is complemented by meaningful gold production and by-product zinc, silver and molybdenum. Hudbay's growth pipeline includes the Copper World project in Arizona (United States), the Cactus project in Arizona (United States), the Mason project in Nevada (United States), the Llaguen project in La Libertad (Peru) and several expansion and exploration opportunities near its existing operations.

The value Hudbay creates and the impact it has is embodied in its purpose statement: We care about our people, our communities, and our planet. Hudbay provides the metals the world needs. We work sustainably, transform lives, and create better futures for communities. Hudbays mission is to create sustainable value and strong returns by leveraging its core strengths in community relations, focused exploration, mine development and efficient operations.

Mission:

To create sustainable value and strong returns by leveraging our core strengths in community relations, focused exploration, mine development and efficient operations.

Purpose of Role:

The Maintenance Planner - Mobile Equipment is responsible for providing planning, and execution for all mobile equipment maintenance activities supporting the Copper World Project and mining operation to ensure safe, reliable, and productive mining operations. The role is accountable for fleet reliability, maintenance planning and scheduling, electrical and automation maintenance, autonomous haulage system maintenance support, maintenance readiness, asset management, contractor performance, and cost control to ensure safe, reliable, and productive mining operations.

Role Accountabilities:

Leadership & Operational Coordination

• Lead all mobile equipment maintenance planning activities supporting mining operations.
• Provide planning leadership for maintenance, scheduling, reliability, electrical maintenance, instrumentation, automation, and AHS maintenance functions.
• Coordinate maintenance planning and scheduling activities to maximize equipment availability and utilization.
• Partner with Mine Operations to maximize fleet performance, equipment availability, and operating efficiency.
• Confers with mine supervision to implement equipment maintenance activities and monitors activities to assure work is progressing according to established procedures.
• Participate in operational readiness reviews, risk assessments, and business improvement initiatives.
• Performs observations and analyses of mine equipment maintenance activities, prepares reports and maintains related data.
• Monitors for quality, quantity, and completeness of the assigned equipment maintenance tasks.
• Distributes work orders and assists maintenance supervisors with job coordination.

Maintenance Strategy & Reliability

• Develop and implement maintenance management systems, standards, procedures, and work management processes.
• Establish preventive, predictive, and condition-based maintenance programs for all mobile assets, developing fleet lifecycle management strategies and equipment replacement plans.
• Establish reliability-centered maintenance practices and asset health monitoring programs.
• Participate in root cause failure analysis investigations and continuous improvement initiatives.

Technology, Engineering & Supply Chain

• Establish contractor management processes and coordinate OEM technical support services.
• Support spare parts strategies, warehouse readiness, and inventory optimization initiatives.
• Support implementation and optimization of SAP PM and maintenance business processes.
• Manage maintenance support for autonomous haulage systems, fleet management systems, and digital technologies.
• Support engineering reviews to ensure maintainability, operability, accessibility, reliability, and safety requirements are incorporated into project designs.
• Maintains ongoing contacts with mine equipment vendors and suppliers in regard to equipment, material and parts specifications, and warranties associated with mine equipment.
• Assist with the implementation of ERP system and CMMS.

Safety & Compliance

• Ensure compliance with all safety, environmental, regulatory, and company requirements.
• Understand and comply with company, federal, and state safety and environmental regulations and maintain safe work procedures related to mine equipment maintenance activities.
• Complies with Company's safety awareness program, office and/or field safety policies.

Additional Responsibilities

• Performs other related mine equipment maintenance activities as required.
• Employees may perform other related duties as needed to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.

Minimum Qualifications and Education:

Education:

• High School Diploma or equivalent

Experience:

• Experience as a mobile mine maintenance technician.
• Supervisory experience.
• Copper mining experience (Preferred).
• Experience with maintenance readiness and operational readiness programs (Preferred).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Understands and uses computer software and applications associated with mine equipment maintenance assignments.
• Experience with CMMS systems for tracking all Mobile equipment; SAP usage is preferred.
• Expresses ideas clearly and listens to the ideas of others.

Note: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employees may perform other related duties as needed to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.

Other Requirements:

Physical: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and smell. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities may be required for this position.

Work Environment: The work environment will necessitate work near moving mechanical parts and outside weather conditions such as hot and/or dry conditions. Work will be conducted in locations where noise, fumes, dust, toxic or caustic chemicals, and vibration may exist.

Employee must be able to prove that he/she has a current and valid driver's license.

Why Hudbay?

• At Hudbay, our values of Dignity & Respect, Caring, Openness, and Trustworthiness are embedded into our culture by the way we work and how we interact with one another.
• We pride ourselves in providing our employees with competitive total rewards that include:
• Annual performance bonuses
• Affordable medical, dental and vision benefits for you and your family
• Company paid Life insurance, AD&D, Short- & Long-term Disability
• 401(k) plan with employer contribution
• An Employee Share Purchase Plan with contribution matching
• Employee Assistance Program
• Tuition Assistance
• Paid time off, paid sick time and holiday pay
• Regular performance appraisals to acknowledge our employees for their contributions, strengths and work well done.

Hudbay is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Following a conditional offer of employment, candidates will be required to successfully complete a criminal background check. Depending on the specific requirements of the role, candidates may also need to undergo a physical examination, drug screening, and educational verification.