Maintenance Manager Processing

Verrus, LLC; Idaho; On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Verrus, LLC is seeking a Processing Maintenance Manager to own maintenance across the processing facility during ramp-up at its Northern Idaho mine. The role focuses on strengthening maintenance systems, reliability, work management and team capability as production increases.

You will lead maintenance planning, scheduling, and KPI development, manage contractors, develop budgets, and partner with Operations, Engineering and site leadership to maximise plant availability and safe, sustainable

Qualifications

• Extensive fixed plant or mineral processing maintenance experience in mining or heavy industry.
• Strong experience with grinding circuits, mills, crushers, conveyors, pumps.
• Experience in maintenance leadership roles (Maintenance Manager/Superintendent).
• Experience with commissioning, ramp ups, production startups.

Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance across the processing plant and fixed infrastructure.
• Improve maintenance strategy through ramp up to steady production.
• Establish preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
• Plan, schedule, and readiness for planned shutdowns.
• Coordinate maintenance activities across plant equipment and infrastructure.
• Develop maintenance procedures and spare part strategies.
• Lead and develop the maintenance organization and contractor capability.
• Establish KPIs around availability, reliability, backlog, schedule, cost.

Skills

Maintenance leadership

CMMS proficiency

Preventive maintenance

Planning & scheduling

Root cause analysis

Budget management

Team development

Tools

CMMS

Job description

Compensation: US$140,000 to US$170,000 base salary plus 25% target annual incentive

The Opportunity

A US based silver, lead and zinc mining company has recently restarted operations at its underground mine in Northern Idaho and is ramping a newly commissioned processing facility toward commercial production.

The company is looking to appoint a Processing Maintenance Manager to take ownership of maintenance across the processing facility during this important ramp up phase.

This is an opportunity to join at a key stage in the operation's development, with a focus on strengthening maintenance systems, reliability, work management and team capability as production increases.

Reporting to the Processing Manager and working closely with site leadership, the Processing Maintenance Manager will be responsible for ensuring processing equipment is maintained safely, reliably and efficiently while supporting stable and sustainable production.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance across the processing plant and associated fixed infrastructure.
• Lead and continuously improve the processing maintenance strategy as the operation progresses through ramp up and into sustained production.
• Establish and strengthen preventive and predictive maintenance programs, work management processes and maintenance standards.
• Take ownership of maintenance planning, scheduling and planned shutdown readiness.
• Coordinate maintenance activities across crushing, grinding, ball milling, flotation, thickening, filtration, pumping, material handling and associated plant infrastructure.
• Develop maintenance procedures, equipment strategies, inspection standards and critical spare requirements.
• Lead and develop the maintenance organization, strengthening supervisory, planning, trades and contractor capability as production ramps up.
• Establish clear maintenance KPIs around plant availability, reliability, backlog, schedule compliance, cost and equipment performance.
• Work closely with Processing Operations, Engineering, Technical Services and site leadership to maximize plant availability and production performance.
• Manage maintenance contractors and ensure work is completed safely, effectively and to the required standard.
• Support remaining commissioning and ramp up activities, equipment handover, defect identification and ongoing plant optimization.
• Drive root cause analysis and defect elimination following significant equipment failures.
• Develop maintenance budgets, forecasts and resource plans while maintaining appropriate cost control.
• Ensure maintenance activities comply with site safety standards, regulatory requirements and company procedures.
• Build a maintenance culture based on safety, accountability, planning, equipment ownership and continuous improvement.

Candidate Profile

The successful individual will bring significant fixed plant or mineral processing maintenance experience within mining or another comparable heavy industrial environment.

Strong experience with grinding circuits, mills, crushers, conveyors, pumps and other mechanical processing equipment will be important. Exposure to flotation, thickeners, concentrate handling and filtration would be particularly valuable.

Previous experience in a Maintenance Manager, Maintenance Superintendent, Mill Maintenance Superintendent, Fixed Plant Maintenance Manager or comparable leadership role would be highly relevant.

The company will also consider individuals ready to step into a broader maintenance leadership position, provided they can demonstrate strong processing plant maintenance experience and meaningful responsibility for people, planning, shutdowns and equipment performance.

Experience with commissioning, plant startups, restarts or production ramp ups would be highly advantageous.

The role requires someone who combines technical credibility with leadership capability. The successful person should be comfortable working closely with trades and supervisors while also managing budgets, systems, contractors, planning and plant performance.

Experience within underground hard rock, base metals, silver, lead, zinc or polymetallic operations would be advantageous but is not essential.

Strong working knowledge of CMMS systems, maintenance planning, shutdown management, preventive maintenance, reliability practices and critical spares management is expected.

The ideal person will be comfortable joining an operation during ramp up, strengthening maintenance systems and reliability while developing team capability as the site progresses into steady state production.