Short-Term Maintenance Planner | Drive Fleet Uptime (8/6 Roster)

Emeco Underground; Mackay (ID); On-site; USD 79,000 - 122,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary package

8/6 roster on site

Career development and progression

Supportive team and safety culture

Long-term career opportunities

Job summary

Emeco Underground is seeking an experienced Short Term Planner to coordinate maintenance for heavy mobile equipment on-site at a project-based site a few hours from Mackay. You will lead weekly planning, allocate labour and parts, and manage the backlog to maximise fleet reliability and uptime.

The role requires strong scheduling skills, a trade background, and experience with CAT, Hitachi, or Komatsu preferred. Interviews start in October and the team emphasises safety and teamwork.

Qualifications

• Experience as Short Term Planner or Maintenance Planner.
• Trade background with heavy mobile equipment preferred.
• Strong scheduling and planning experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a rolling weekly +2 maintenance plan.
• Coordinate labour, parts, tooling and resources for maintenance.
• Manage backlog, defects and priorities.
• Schedule condition monitoring and statutory maintenance.
• Balance workload against capacity and requirements.
• Lead weekly and daily maintenance planning meetings.
• Monitor plan compliance and drive improvement.
• Manage breakdown planning and warranty processes.
• Ensure work orders and CMMS records are complete.

Skills

Maintenance Scheduling

Planning

Resource coordination

Backlog management

Defect tracking

CMMS AMT

Team coordination

Tools

CMMS AMT

Job description

Emeco Underground is seeking an experienced Short Term Planner to coordinate maintenance for heavy mobile equipment on-site at a project-based site a few hours from Mackay. You will lead weekly planning, allocate labour and parts, and manage the backlog to maximise fleet reliability and uptime.

The role requires strong scheduling skills, a trade background, and experience with CAT, Hitachi, or Komatsu preferred. Interviews start in October and the team emphasises safety and teamwork.