Rustenburg: Maintenance Planner (12 Month Contract) posted by Marvel Placement Consultant

About the Role

Marvel Placement Consultant is seeking a highly skilled Maintenance Planner to join our team on a 12-month contract basis in Rustenburg. The successful candidate will be responsible for planning and coordinating maintenance activities across various plant and equipment, ensuring minimal disruption to production while maintaining a strong focus on safety and regulatory compliance.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor schedule compliance and provide feedback to improve planning effectiveness and execution efficiency.
• Create and manage work orders on the CMMS, ensuring accurate job scopes, required resources, and timelines.
• Coordinate closely with maintenance teams, supervisors, and production to ensure smooth execution of planned work.
• Analyse equipment history and failure trends to optimise maintenance strategies and reduce downtime.
• Prepare and coordinate shutdown and outage schedules to minimise disruption to production.
• Ensure all maintenance activities comply with the Mine Health and Safety Act (MHSA) and site-specific engineering standards.
• Liaise with stores and procurement to confirm availability of required spares, tools, and materials prior to execution.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives to enhance equipment reliability and maintenance efficiency.
• Maintain accurate maintenance records, reports, and documentation in line with operational requirements.
• Assist with maintenance budgeting, cost control, and effective resource planning.
• Develop detailed maintenance plans and schedules, including preventative, predictive, and corrective maintenance activities.
• Promote and uphold a strong safety culture in all planning and maintenance-related activities.

Requirements

• BEng / BSc / BTech / National Diploma in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a mining or heavy industrial environment.
• Proven experience in maintenance planning and scheduling within a plant or mining environment.
• Strong working knowledge of CMMS / maintenance management systems (e.g., SAP, Pragma, or similar).
• Solid understanding of the Mine Health and Safety Act (MHSA) and engineering standards.
• Experience with fixed plant, processing equipment, and mobile mining equipment will be advantageous.
• Strong analytical, organisational, and planning skills.
• Computer literacy (MS Office, especially Excel).

Qualifications

• Medically fit to work in a mining environment.

Salary & Benefits

• Salary details not specified.