Mine Maintenance Planner — Scheduling, Reliability & CMMS

Hecla Mining Company; Mullan (ID); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Hecla Mining Company is seeking a Maintenance Planner to optimize maintenance scheduling and execution at our mining operation. The role collaborates with maintenance, operations, warehouse, contractors, and reliability teams to ensure safe, efficient, and reliable plant uptime.

The position emphasizes development of schedules, work order management in CMMS (IFS), and data-driven reporting to support cost control and continuous improvement in a mining setting.

Qualifications

• Post high-school degree in a related field or Journeyman Certification, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Prior experience setting up, using, and maintaining computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS).
• Experience with IFS CMMS preferred.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in planning maintenance activities.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in maintenance.
• Experience in a mining environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain daily, weekly, monthly, and long-term maintenance schedules to optimize labor, materials, and equipment availability.
• Plan and coordinate shutdown and outage activities to maximize efficiency and minimize downtime.
• Identify required manpower, skills, materials, and timelines for all planned work.
• Coordinate and oversee contractor and temporary labor activities as required.
• Administer CMMS data, work orders, and reporting; manage backlog and KPIs.

Skills

Planning & Scheduling

Excel proficiency

Team collaboration

Safety compliance

Mining environment experience

Education

Post-high school degree

Journeyman Certification

Tools

CMMS (IFS)

Job description

Hecla Mining Company is seeking a Maintenance Planner to optimize maintenance scheduling and execution at our mining operation. The role collaborates with maintenance, operations, warehouse, contractors, and reliability teams to ensure safe, efficient, and reliable plant uptime.

The position emphasizes development of schedules, work order management in CMMS (IFS), and data-driven reporting to support cost control and continuous improvement in a mining setting.