Supervisor - Maintenance

Macmahon; Central Highlands Regional; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Parental Leave for primary carers

Retail discounts (including homewares,

outdoor gear, fuel and groceries)

Novated leases

Comprehensive wellbeing program

Job summary

Macmahon is seeking an experienced Maintenance Supervisor to lead maintenance teams on an open-cut mining site in Australia. You’ll oversee planned and breakdown maintenance, drive asset reliability, and partner with planning and HSEQT to maximise equipment performance and site uptime.

You will coach crews, prioritize safety, and foster a culture of continuous improvement while ensuring compliance with statutory obligations and site standards.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership experience supervising maintenance teams within an open-cut mining environment.
• Strong communication and people leadership skills to build relationships and drive accountability.
• Sound planning, troubleshooting and decision-making with focus on reliability and maintenance efficiency.
• Commitment to safety leadership, risk management and statutory compliance.
• Experience supervising maintenance on a coal mine site and understanding relevant statutory obligations is highly regarded.
• Mining supervision and risk management competencies.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate maintenance crews to safely execute planned and breakdown maintenance activities.
• Monitor equipment performance, reliability and availability to maximise fleet utilisation and minimise downtime.
• Ensure maintenance work orders and schedules are completed efficiently and in line with site requirements.
• Promote safe work practices and the effective operation, maintenance and care of mobile plant and equipment.
• Support maintenance planning, scheduling and defect management processes to achieve operational objectives.
• Coach and develop team members, drive accountability, and foster a culture of respect, performance and continuous improvement.

Skills

Maintenance supervision

Open-cut mining

People leadership

Planning

Troubleshooting

Safety leadership

Education

Mining supervisor certification

Job description

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At Macmahon, you’ll find something different. We’re a successful mining and civil contractor that’s going places – and we want to take you with us. When you join Macmahon, you’re not just getting a job – you’re joining a quality team that’s built together and built to last.

Surface Mining Australia, Macmahon's largest operating company, delivers high-quality open-cut mining solutions across Australia, driven by operational excellence, strong safety performance, and deep industry expertise. Our people are the backbone of our capability, enabling us to partner closely with clients to sustainably deliver value every day.

Our leaders set the tone. You’ll shape the culture, guide performance and create an environment where people are supported, safe and able to do their best work.

About the Role

Reporting to the Superintendent Maintenance, you will lead and provide Maintenance Supervision to safely execute planned and breakdown maintenance activities, ensuring mobile equipment and supporting assets are maintained to maximise reliability, availability and operational performance. Working closely with planning and HSEQT teams, you will drive maintenance excellence, equipment performance, compliance, and continuous improvement initiatives across the site.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate maintenance crews to safely execute planned and breakdown maintenance activities.
• Monitor equipment performance, reliability and availability to maximise fleet utilisation and minimise downtime.
• Ensure maintenance work orders and schedules are completed efficiently and in line with site requirements.
• Promote safe work practices and the effective operation, maintenance and care of mobile plant and equipment.
• Support maintenance planning, scheduling and defect management processes to achieve operational objectives.
• Coach and develop team members, drive accountability, and foster a culture of respect, performance and continuous improvement.

What You’ll Bring

• Proven leadership experience supervising maintenance teams within an open-cut mining environment.
• Strong communication and people leadership skills, with the ability to build positive relationships, develop teams and drive accountability.
• Sound planning, troubleshooting and decision-making capabilities, with a focus on equipment reliability, asset performance and maintenance efficiency.
• Demonstrated commitment to safety leadership, risk management, statutory compliance and continuous improvement.
• Experience supervising maintenance personnel on a Coal mine site and a strong understanding of relevant statutory obligations will be highly regarded.
• Relevant mining supervision and risk management competencies.
• Experience leading maintenance crews in an open-cut mining environment.
• Strong understanding of QLD statutory and safety requirements
• Roster: DIDO 7:7
• Competitive benefits package including:
  • Paid Parental Leave for primary carers
  • Retail discounts (including homewares, outdoor gear, fuel and groceries)
  • Novated leases
  • Comprehensive wellbeing program

Why Macmahon?

• An organisation that does things the right way, with strong backing from experienced leaders and support teams
• We develop our people to be our future
• Opportunity to shape performance and culture