Senior Maintenance Planner: Fixed Plant Reliability

Focus Minerals; Western Australia; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Salary packaging

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Modern camp facilities

Virgin Australia Frequent Flyer

Supportive team culture

Job summary

Focus Minerals seeks an experienced Senior Maintenance Planner to lead planning and scheduling for fixed plant processing on a 2/2 roster from Perth. You will ensure safe, resourced maintenance to maximise equipment reliability, availability, and cost-effective asset performance.

Responsibilities include developing maintenance plans, managing master data, and driving continuous improvement. The role requires extensive experience in fixed plant/mining environments and leadership capabilities.

Qualifications

• Diploma or Degree in Engineering, Maintenance Management, Asset Management, Business Management, or a related discipline.
• Frontline Management, Leadership, or Supervisory qualification (desirable).
• Current 'C' Class Driver's Licence.
• Training or certification in maintenance planning, scheduling, reliability, or asset management (desirable).
• Minimum 10 years' experience in fixed plant, process plant, or mining maintenance environments, including at least 5 years in a senior planning, supervisory, or leadership role.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and optimise maintenance plans, schedules, and shutdown programs.
• Maintain asset master data, maintenance strategies, BOMs, equipment hierarchies, and work management systems.
• Ensure plans, instructions, and resources are current and aligned with priorities.
• Monitor schedule compliance, backlog, labour utilisation, and planning effectiveness.
• Support asset availability, reliability, and performance targets.
• Identify and implement reliability improvements through data analysis and continuous improvement.

Skills

Maintenance planning

Leadership

Stakeholder management

CMMS administration

Budget management

Backlog management

Shutdown coordination

Data analysis

Asset lifecycle

Education

Engineering degree

Maintenance Management qualification

Tools

CMMS software

Job description

Focus Minerals seeks an experienced Senior Maintenance Planner to lead planning and scheduling for fixed plant processing on a 2/2 roster from Perth. You will ensure safe, resourced maintenance to maximise equipment reliability, availability, and cost-effective asset performance.

Responsibilities include developing maintenance plans, managing master data, and driving continuous improvement. The role requires extensive experience in fixed plant/mining environments and leadership capabilities.