Senior Mining Maintenance Lead: Equipment Reliability

Turner-Mining-Group-LLC; Midland (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner Mining Group is seeking a Mining Maintenance Superintendent to own equipment reliability across our sites, ensuring shovels, haul trucks, and processing plants run smoothly so operations meet safety and production goals.

You will lead a 15-25 person maintenance team, implement predictive maintenance, and standardize processes across Turner’s growing contract-mining portfolio, with travel between sites as needed.

Qualifications

• 10+ years heavy-equipment maintenance in surface mining, aggregates, or similar high-utilization environments.
• Proven record of raising availability and cutting downtime with measurable results.
• Hands-on expertise with hydraulic, diesel, electrical, and crushing/screening systems plus CMMS proficiency.
• Demonstrated ability to coach technicians, enforce lock-out/tag-out, and drive a zero-harm culture.
• Willingness to travel between sites and thrive in a fast-growing, people-first contractor setting.

Responsibilities

• Deliver 95%+ mechanical availability on critical mobile and plant equipment within 6 months by installing predictive maintenance and condition-monitoring programs.
• Cut unplanned downtime 20% year-over-year through disciplined root-cause analysis, parts kitting, and technician coaching.
• Lead a 15-25 person maintenance team to complete 100% of planned PMs on schedule while maintaining zero lost-time incidents.
• Stand up a site-wide CMMS and inventory system that reduces emergency parts spend 15% and supports multi-site scalability.
• Partner with operations and mine planning to align maintenance windows with production targets, protecting both output and reclamation commitments.
• Build a high-performing, people-first crew by hiring, developing, and retaining technicians who live our safety and quality standards.

Skills

Heavy equipment maintenance

Crew leadership

CMMS proficiency

Predictive maintenance

Tools

CMMS

Job description

Turner Mining Group is seeking a Mining Maintenance Superintendent to own equipment reliability across our sites, ensuring shovels, haul trucks, and processing plants run smoothly so operations meet safety and production goals.

You will lead a 15-25 person maintenance team, implement predictive maintenance, and standardize processes across Turner’s growing contract-mining portfolio, with travel between sites as needed.