Long Term Maintenance Planner

1 week ago


Nambour, Australia MacKellar Group Full time

Mining / Oil & Gas / Utilities
- Engineering & Maintenance
- Carmichael Mine
- Permanent / Full Time
- Shape the future of fleet maintenance with strategic long-term planning
- 5/2/4/3 Roster FIFO from Rockhampton or Townsville
- Work with leading OEM equipment including Caterpillar, Komatsu, Hitachi, and Lie

Play a key role in driving reliability and efficiency for our mining operations.

About the Role

We're seeking an experienced Long Term Maintenance Planner to join our team and take ownership of long-term maintenance strategies across a large fleet of heavy mining equipment. In this role.

What You'll Do
- Develop and maintain long-term maintenance plans for heavy mining equipment (HME), including component sourcing, procurement, and scheduling.
- Coordinate with site maintenance planners to ensure planned component change-outs and work packages are completed to contract requirements.
- Maintain accurate equipment files and conduct strategic component life reviews for existing and new assets.
- Collaborate with the reliability team to prevent early component failures through condition monitoring and proactive maintenance.
- Manage compliance to maintenance plans and ensure component ordering and availability aligns with site schedules.
- Monitor and optimise CMMS systems (MEX, JDE) for improvement opportunities and report emerging issues.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives in component strategy and replacement execution.

What You Bring
- Trade Certificate and/or Mechanical Engineering qualification.
- Proven experience in a similar planning role within an open cut mining operation.
- Hands-on experience with CMMS software (MEX, SAP, AMT, JDE).
- Knowledge of major OEMs such as Caterpillar, Komatsu, Hitachi, and Liebherr equipment.
- Current QLD Class C Driver's License (HR License desirable).
- Exposure to diagnostic tools such as SIS (CAT), INSITE (Cummins), and Lidos (Liebherr) highly regarded.

Why Join Us?
- Be part of a leading mining contractor with a strong reputation for safety, quality, and innovation.
- Opportunity to influence long-term maintenance strategies and drive real improvement.
- Collaborative team environment where your ideas are valued.

If you're a self-motivated planner with a focus on safety, reliability, and continuous improvement, we'd love to hear from you.



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