Manager, Maintenance Ar Rjum Gold Project

Ma'aden Gold and Base Metals (MGBM); Makkah Region; On-site; SAR 550,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Ma'aden Gold and Base Metals (MGBM) seeks a seasoned Manager, Maintenance ARGP to lead reliability, maintenance planning, and asset integrity across mining and processing assets in Saudi Arabia. You will drive uptime, productivity, and cost optimization while ensuring safety and environmental stewardship.

This role reports to the Vice President, Mining Production within the Office of the Mine Manager - MM. The position requires 10–15 years in maintenance leadership within mining or heavy

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mining Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Deliver maintenance strategies to maximize asset availability and support production targets.
• Optimize maintenance expenditure while protecting asset performance and lifecycle value.
• Improve operational productivity through planning, scheduling, and resource utilization.
• Develop and implement reliability-centered maintenance programs to reduce downtime and improve asset performance.
• Strengthen preventative and predictive maintenance practices to enhance operational continuity.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives that increase equipment efficiency and operational effectiveness.
• Establish a maintenance culture prioritizing safety, asset integrity, and environmental stewardship.
• Ensure maintenance activities comply with regulatory, company, and industry requirements.
• Mitigate operational risks through proactive inspection, monitoring, and reliability management.
• Build a high-performing maintenance organization with strong technical and leadership capability.
• Develop succession pipelines and enhance workforce competency through coaching and structured development.
• Foster accountability, collaboration, and performance excellence across maintenance teams.
• Align maintenance priorities with production, technical services, procurement, and project functions.
• Strengthen supplier and contractor performance to improve service quality, reliability, and value delivery.
• Enable cross-functional decision-making that supports operational objectives.
• Leverage maintenance technologies, digital tools, and analytics to improve decision-making and asset performance.
• Drive reliability improvement programs that enhance efficiency and cost effectiveness.
• Embed a culture of innovation and continuous improvement across maintenance operations.

Skills

Asset Management

Reliability Engineering

Maintenance Planning

Mobile & Fixed Plant Maintenance

Predictive & Preventive Maintenance

Maintenance Systems

Operational Excellence

Cost Optimization

Risk Management

Performance Governance

Continuous Improvement

Strategic Planning

Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Contractor Management

Change Management

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Communication & Influence

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mining Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related

Tools

CMMS

SAP PM

Job description

• Job Title: Manager, Maintenance ARGP
• Reporting to: Vice President, Mining Production
• Business Unit / Function: Gold and Growth Minerals (GGM)
• Department: Office of the Mine Manager - MM
• Grade: M12
• Position Type: Regular

Why This Role Matters

The Manager, Maintenance ARGP ensures the reliability, availability, and performance of mining and processing assets that enable safe and uninterrupted production across the operation. The role creates value by maximizing equipment uptime, extending asset life, optimizing maintenance costs, and strengthening operational resilience.

As a key member of the mining leadership team, the role translates production objectives into sustainable maintenance strategies that enhance productivity, safety, environmental performance, and asset integrity. Through strong governance, workforce capability, and continuous improvement, the role drives operational excellence and supports the delivery of business growth objectives within Gold and Growth Minerals.

The role also strengthens organizational capability by building a high-performing maintenance organization, fostering a culture of reliability, and enabling the operation to meet current and future production commitments while managing operational and financial risks.

What You Will Deliver

Business Performance

• Deliver maintenance strategies that maximize equipment availability and support production targets.
• Optimize maintenance expenditure while protecting asset performance, reliability, and lifecycle value.
• Improve operational productivity through effective planning, scheduling, and resource utilization.

Asset Reliability & Operational Excellence

• Develop and implement reliability-centered maintenance programs that reduce downtime and improve asset performance.
• Strengthen preventative and predictive maintenance practices to enhance operational continuity.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives that increase equipment efficiency and operational effectiveness.

Safety, Risk & Compliance

• Establish a maintenance culture that prioritizes safety, asset integrity, and environmental stewardship.
• Ensure maintenance activities comply with regulatory, company, and industry requirements.
• Mitigate operational risks through proactive inspection, monitoring, and reliability management.

Leadership & Capability Building

• Build a high-performing maintenance organization with strong technical and leadership capability.
• Develop succession pipelines and enhance workforce competency through coaching and structured development.
• Foster accountability, collaboration, and performance excellence across maintenance teams.

Stakeholder & Contractor Management

• Align maintenance priorities with production, technical services, procurement, and project functions.
• Strengthen supplier and contractor performance to improve service quality, reliability, and value delivery.
• Enable effective cross-functional decision-making that supports operational objectives.

Continuous Improvement & Transformation

• Leverage maintenance technologies, digital tools, and analytics to improve decision-making and asset performance.
• Drive reliability improvement programs that enhance operational efficiency and cost effectiveness.
• Embed a culture of innovation and continuous improvement across maintenance operations.

What Success Looks Like

• High equipment availability and reliability consistently support production commitments.
• Reduced unplanned downtime and operational disruptions across critical assets.
• Maintenance costs are optimized while sustaining asset performance and integrity.
• Strong compliance with safety, environmental, and maintenance governance requirements.
• Maintenance workforce capability, engagement, and succession readiness continuously improve.
• Reliability and continuous improvement initiatives generate measurable operational and financial value.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mining Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related discipline.

Experience

• 10-15 years of relevant maintenance and asset management experience within mining, minerals processing, heavy industry, or related sectors.
• Proven experience leading large-scale maintenance operations for mobile and fixed plant assets.
• Demonstrated experience in reliability improvement, maintenance planning, asset management, and operational excellence.
• Significant leadership experience managing multidisciplinary teams and contractor organizations.

Skills That Matter

Functional Expertise

• Asset Management
• Reliability Engineering
• Maintenance Planning & Scheduling
• Mobile & Fixed Plant Maintenance
• Predictive & Preventive Maintenance
• Maintenance Systems (CMMS/SAP PM)

Business & Delivery

• Operational Excellence
• Cost Optimization & Budget Management
• Risk Management
• Performance Management & KPI Governance
• Continuous Improvement
• Strategic Planning & Execution

People & Collaboration

• Leadership & Team Development
• Stakeholder Management
• Contractor & Supplier Management
• Change Management
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Communication & Influencing Skills