Senior Maintenance Planner

DEVELOP; Tarago; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Permanent, full-time opportunity

Salary sacrificing options

Paid parental leave

Career development opportunities

Long-term career stability

Collaborative and supportive culture

Job summary

DEVELOP in New South Wales, Australia, is seeking a Senior Maintenance Planner to develop detailed maintenance work plans, schedules, and CMMS data for the Woodlawn Copper‑Zinc mine. You will coordinate labour, materials, and vendor support to ensure safe, reliable asset performance on an 8:6 FIFO roster from the east coast or residential arrangements.

Working with operations and maintenance teams, you will drive reliability improvements, asset availability, and long‑term maintenance planning

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years' experience in maintenance planning within mining or heavy industry.
• Technical qualification in Maintenance Planning and a Trade Qualification.
• Proficient in CMMS (Pronto) and Microsoft Office.
• Strong communication skills and flexibility to adopt improved practices.

Responsibilities

• Develop detailed maintenance work plans with scopes, labor, tools, and parts.
• Create safe, efficient job packs and ensure standards compliance.
• Coordinate isolation points, permits, and required documentation.
• Plan scheduling and coordinate with operations for weekly and shutdown plans.
• Maintain CMMS data accuracy and asset registers.
• Deliver weekly planning KPIs and present updates to leadership.

Skills

Planning

Communication

Flexibility

Safety awareness

Education

Technical qualification in Maintenance Planning

Trade Qualification

Tools

Pronto CMMS

Microsoft Office

Job description

Who is DEVELOP?

Develop (ASX: DVP) is a diversified mining company with a unique business model that combines both mine ownership and mining services, giving our people the opportunity to contribute across a range of exciting projects and operations.

A key part of Develop's business is the development and production of future facing metals. Develop has successfully achieved commercial production at its Woodlawn Copper-Zinc Project in NSW, achieving and exceeding steady-state throughput rates, while rapidly advancing the Yitirrti (Sulphur Springs) Zinc-Copper Project in WA. In parallel, the Company is progressing its Pioneer Dome Lithium Project in WA towards production.

The second part of Develop's business focuses on the delivery of underground mining services. Develop currently has agreements in place to provide underground mining services to:

• OceanaGolds (TSX: OGC) Waihi North Gold Project; and
• Core Lithium's (ASX: CXO) Finniss Lithium Operation.

At Develop, our success is driven by our people. We are committed to creating a workplace where employees feel valued, supported, and empowered to grow their careers while contributing to projects that help shape the future.

About the role:

DEVELOP's Woodlawn Copper-Zinc mine is located in the world-class Lachlan Fold belt in NSW, 250km south-west of Sydney.

Woodlawn is an advanced stage mine with the first two years of underground production already developed and a near new processing plant and related infrastructure in place. Additional investment in the asset over the last two years has yielded a new underground exclusive mine plan, backed by reserves for the next ten years.

We now have an exciting opportunity for a skilled Senior Maintenance Planner reporting to the Maintenance Superintendent this role will see you responsible for developing detailed work plans, job packs, and maintenance schedules to ensure safe, efficient, and reliable asset performance. Working closely with operations and maintenance teams, you will coordinate labour, materials, tooling, shutdown activities, and CMMS administration while ensuring compliance with site standards, statutory requirements, and OEM recommendations.

The role also supports reliability and continuous improvement initiatives to assist in optimising maintenance outcomes, improve asset availability, and drive effective shutdown and long-term maintenance planning.

Offered on an 8:6 roster FIFO from any capital city on the east coast or residential on a 5:2 / 4:3 roster

Responsibilities Include (however not limited to):

• Develop detailed maintenance work plans including scope, job steps, labour requirements, tools, parts, and equipment.
• Create job packages that ensure tasks can be executed safely, efficiently, and to the required standard.
• Identify and confirm required isolation points, permits, and supporting documentation (JHAs, SWIs, drawings).
• Ensure materials, consumables, special tooling, and hire equipment are ordered and available before the commencement of works.
• Develop detailed maintenance scheduling and coordinate with operations, supervisors, and production planning to develop weekly, shutdown, and long-term maintenance schedules.
• Prioritise work based on risk, criticality, equipment condition, and statutory requirements.
• Ensure accurate coding, history, and close-out of work orders for audit and analysis.
• Maintain accurate asset registers and equipment hierarchies, create, update, and manage work orders within the CMMS (Pronto)
• Input into reliability investigations by providing historical data, job feedback, and failure mode insights.
• Support RCM/FMEA processes and optimisation of preventive maintenance routines.
• Develop full scopes, Gantt schedules, critical paths, resource allocation, and contractor mobilisation plans.
• Plan and coordinate long-lead procurement and major component replacements and run shutdown readiness checks and post-shutdown reviews.
• Maintain accurate maintenance documentation, drawings, standards, and procedures.
• Provide weekly planning KPIs such as schedule compliance, backlog management, and job pack quality.
• Present planning updates to leadership groups when required.
• Ensure compliance with site standards, OEM recommendations, statutory inspections, and regulatory obligations.

About You

• Minimum 5 experience in a similar position within mining or heavy industry
• Technical qualification in Maintenance Planning
• Trade Qualification
• Computer literacy - Microsoft Office, Pronto or similar CMMS.
• Good communication skills.
• Flexibility to adapt to improved procedures and practices.
• St Johns Senior First Aid certificate (desirable).
• Awareness of the Mine Safety and Inspection Act & Regulations.
• Current Australian Driver Licence.

What Develop can offer

• Permanent, full-time opportunity
• Attractive remuneration package including salary sacrificing options
• Additional company incentive opportunities
• Paid parental leave to support you and your family
• A genuine opportunity to influence and support site operations
• Long-term career stability with opportunities to work across different base metal operations, with a mine life of 10+ years
• Join a growing company with a collaborative and supportive culture

Inclusion and Diversity

DEVELOP is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to providing a fair and equitable workplace, free from discrimination related to age, gender, ethnic, cultural or other personal factors.