Senior Planning & Reliability Lead – FIFO Mining

Harmony Australasia; Cairns Regional; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medibank discounts

Qantas Club discounts

Harmony benefits discounts

Job summary

Harmony Australasia is seeking a seasoned maintenance planning expert to lead planning and reliability activities for a FIFO operation on a 16/12-day roster. You will drive CMMS usage, data integrity, and long-term asset strategies to enhance fleet reliability.

You will mentor teams, manage costs and develop robust maintenance plans in a heavy industry setting, partnering with OEMs and internal stakeholders to deliver continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering or Heavy Fitter Trade qualification.
• Experience in mobile plant maintenance is essential.
• Proven experience in open-pit mining or heavy vehicle maintenance.
• Strong leadership in maintenance planning, reliability, or engineering within mining or heavy industry.
• Expert capability in planning and reliability applications and processes.
• Experience in CMMS (Pronto) and data management of CMMS systems.
• Proficient in reporting and data extraction tools and processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor Planning & Reliability teams and oversee CMMS usage (Pronto).
• Oversee weekly maintenance scheduling, budgeting and cost control.
• Develop long-term maintenance and asset management plans and budgets.
• Improve CMMS data integrity, maintenance strategies, and KPIs; manage ANSI processes.
• Engage with OEMs to implement the established maintenance strategy and improve fleet reliability.

Skills

Frontline leadership

Maintenance planning

CMMS data management

Reporting & analytics

Problem solving

Time management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Heavy Fitter Trade qualification

Tools

Pronto CMMS

Excel

Data extraction tools

Job description

Harmony Australasia is seeking a seasoned maintenance planning expert to lead planning and reliability activities for a FIFO operation on a 16/12-day roster. You will drive CMMS usage, data integrity, and long-term asset strategies to enhance fleet reliability.

You will mentor teams, manage costs and develop robust maintenance plans in a heavy industry setting, partnering with OEMs and internal stakeholders to deliver continuous improvement.