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Maintenance Planning Superintendent

Maintenance Planning Superintendent

MetsoZA
6 days ago
Job description

Job title : Maintenance Planning Superintendent

Job Location : Gauteng,

Deadline : October 22, 2025

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Following requirements to manage the role

  • Lead, mentor, and develop a team of planners, fostering a culture of accountability, technical excellence, and continuous improvement.
  • Drive a safety-first culture, ensuring that the planning department consistently achieves its annual health, safety, and environmental targets.
  • Plan, prepare, and coordinate major shutdowns and turnarounds, ensuring minimal production loss and full alignment with operational requirements.
  • Assume direct responsibility for the preparation of shutdown reports, working in close collaboration with relevant departments.
  • Oversee the preparation of Bills of Materials (BoMs) in accordance with OEM manuals, ensuring accurate identification of required materials.
  • Act as the primary liaison between the client and Metso, facilitating the identification of Metso spare parts and supporting Metso sales and services activities.
  • Monitor daily activities and material requirements, providing guidance and recommendations on inventory management, including review of min / max stock levels when necessary.
  • Support clients in the identification of critical spare parts such as valves, agitators, and pumps, ensuring operational readiness.
  • Collaborate with and advise the Reliability Department on the development and implementation of new maintenance strategies.
  • Identify and pursue improvement opportunities in collaboration with Metso Sales and Production Line representatives.
  • Actively participate in daily planning meetings, ensuring the Planning Department is represented and aligned with operational priorities.
  • Provide expert advice to the client regarding optimization and increased efficiency in the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS – Oracle).
  • Demonstrate proficiency in the use of MS Project for scheduling, planning, and progress tracking.
  • Read and interpret Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs), equipment manuals, piping isometrics, and technical drawings to support effective planning and execution.

    • Basic requirements

  • Excellent Service attitude, strong customer service focus
  • Proactive safety Mindset
  • Strong maintenance planning experience, high problem-solving skills
  • Experience from greenfield and brownfield sites, able to understand CMMS data requirements, capable to manage projects

    • Technical competence

  • At least ten >

    • 10 years relevant experience from metallurgical / mineral / processing plant or related industry.

  • Solid competence in planning and knowledge of gold processing or similar plants.
  • Knowledge of procedures for routine inspection and maintenance and use of plant operating, maintenance, and safety manuals. Able to build preventive maintenance system at site.
  • Understanding of Failure Analysis Techniques. Understanding of Maintenance Management techniques and systems, Data collection and systematic analysis
  • Detailed understanding of shutdown practices. Good knowledge of procedures for start-up, operating routines, emergencies, routine inspection and maintenance.
  • Strong computer skills
  • English skills (written and spoken)
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