Coordinator – Truck Shop

Job & Candidate Requirements

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain safe work procedures and promote high safety and health awareness. Promote and comply with the KML Occupational Health and Safety Policy.
• Provide coaching and mentoring to Supervisors to enable them to understand the critical issues affecting the planned maintenance and Backlog requirements across the Trucks Maintenance Workshop and other Equipment areas.
• Provide tactical and logistical support to the entire organization, track and support the mine production plans to balance the maintenance activities within the availability goals.
• Guide the Maintenance and Repair organization with updated performance/execution information, KPIs and management recommendations.
• Supports the continuous improvement processes and initiatives and lead the defect elimination processes across the department.
• Ensure all maintenance tasks are carried out as per the OEM recommendations and/or management through the standard KML Change management procedure any deviations to the OEM recommendations with a clearly defined engineering solution.
• Experience in Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) audits and analysis.
• Experience in large multi pit operations utilising large scale mining mobile equipment such as Komatsu Haul Trucks models HD1500, 860E, 960E, HD785-7 and Liebherr T284.
• Experience in budgeting process and cost controls for maintenance department.
• Provide leadership and mentoring to subordinates, including ongoing training and development, performance management, conflict management and crisis management.
• Ensuring the right people are in the right job as well as putting in place a succession plan for all positions
• Experience working with the Original Equipment Manufacturers (Komatsu / LIebherr) on site haul truck fleet in site leadership roles or with factory experience.

Qualifications: Minimum:

• Full Grade 12 Certificate
• Degree in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering or significant field experience in Truck Maintenance, Planning and Reliability management
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in a mine maintenance role especially on Equipment mentioned above.
• At least 5 years in a senior supervisory role.
• Conversant with electrical and mechanical side for Haul Trucks Komatsu and Liebherr.
• Must have a valid driver’s license and having driving experience for 12 months
• Member of the Engineering Institution of Zambia

Experience & Skills:

• Minimum 10 years’ experience on heavy mobile equipment.
• WHMS/Komtrax Experience
• MS-Word, Power point, Excel, Outlook etc.
• Knowledge of pronto
• Hydraulic and electrical circuit problem solving
• Good leadership skills

Behavioral Traits:

• Must be discreet and flexible.
• Must be responsible, focused and self – motivated.
• Ability to interact with people and work cohesively with them.
• Must physically capable of using and moving equipment and tools.
• Must be able to work under minimal supervision.