Underground Equipment Specialist

Dyno Nobel, Inc.; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation time + paid holidays

Health benefits + HSA

401k match

Tuition reimbursement

Parental leave

Supportive coworkers

Job summary

Dyno Nobel invites an Underground Equipment Specialist to lead preventative maintenance for underground assets across Dyno Nobel Americas, with emphasis on regulatory compliance and PM reporting. You will identify reliability risks, manage spare parts programs, support engineering, and supervise commissioning, field services, and root-cause analysis to reduce costs and improve equipment availability.

The role requires 5 years in underground equipment management or related fields, familiarity

Qualifications

• 5 years in underground equipment management, engineering or reliability role.
• Familiar with delivery equipment used in underground explosives applications.
• Knowledge of maintenance processes and activities for underground equipment.
• Knowledge of general engineering practices, standards and codes.
• Ability to read and interpret technical documents (e.g. P&IDs, equipment specifications).
• Basic computer skills including MS suite.

Responsibilities

• Identify and manage underground asset reliability risks to improve manufacturing availability.
• Administer maintenance spare parts programs for underground assets to reduce spend.
• Support engineering as a technical resource for underground equipment operations and troubleshooting.
• Manage underground commissioning and field technical services personnel; provide knowledge support.
• Provide engineering support for underground equipment and delivery systems.
• Conduct underground equipment factory acceptance testing and commissioning; provide field support as needed.
• Analyze asset usage, remaining useful life, and cost to guide improvements.
• Develop engineering solutions from root-cause analyses to reduce repetitive failures.
• Write MPU specifications for operations and customers; oversee third-party MPU suppliers and builds.

Skills

Underground equipment management

Regulatory compliance

Reliability analysis

P&IDs interpretation

MS Office

Tools

MS Suite

Job description

Job Brief

As an Underground Equipment Specialist, you will manage and improve preventative maintenance for all underground assets across Dyno Nobel Americas operations, with specific responsibility for regulatory compliance and PM reporting.

Who We Are

Dyno Nobel is a global leader in commercial explosives, manufacturing and blasting technology, delivering innovative solutions to the mining, quarry, construction, and seismic industries. With a legacy of safety, performance, and technical excellence, Dyno Nobel is known for pushing the boundaries of what's possible in commercial explosives-helping customers optimize operations, improve productivity, and reduce environmental impact. Backed by a team of dedicated professionals and a commitment to continuous improvement, Dyno Nobel sets the standard for reliable and responsible blasting manufacturing and services worldwide.

What You'll Do:

As an Underground Equipment Specialist, you will manage and improve preventative maintenance for all underground assets across Dyno Nobel Americas operations, with specific responsibility for regulatory compliance and PM reporting. Other duties include:

• Identify and manage underground asset reliability risks that could adversely affect manufacturing and business operations with a focus on increasing reliability and equipment availability
• Administer the maintenance spare parts programs for underground (achieve overall spend reduction by leveraging inventory across fleet/equipment)
• Support the engineering team as a key technical resource for Underground equipment operations, troubleshooting and problem resolution
• Manage Underground commissioning and technical services personnel and provide knowledge source for all channels to market
• Provide engineering support for underground equipment and delivery systems;
• Where needed, conduct Underground equipment factory acceptance testing and commissioning and provide follow‑on field support
• Track issues related equipment failure, high maintenance cost assets and safety concerns and assist in the development of plans to reduce loss and minimize cost through root cause analysis and subsequent engineering/process design solutions for UG equipment
• Work with operations to perform analysis of assets and relevant equipment, including utilization, equipment effectiveness, remaining useful life, and other measures that help to characterize the operating condition, reliability and asset cost
• Assist in the development of engineering solutions to resolve repetitive failures and other problems that adversely affect plant operations (e.g. capacity, quality, cost, regulatory compliance, etc.) as determined from root cause analyses or other operational data analysis.
• Write and maintain MPU (Mobile Processing Unit) specifications for use by operations and customers
• Provide engineering oversight for selecting MPU 3rd party suppliers and builds
• Help drive the MPU standardization process through the generation of functional descriptions and specifications for current standard equipment

What We're Looking For:

• 5 years in underground equipment management, engineering or reliability role
• Familiar with delivery equipment used in underground explosives applications
• Knowledge of maintenance processes and activities for underground equipment
• Knowledge of general engineering practices, standards and codes
• Ability to read and interpret technical documents (e.g. P&IDs, equipment specifications, etc.)
• Basic computer skills including MS suite.
• Positive attitude, friendly demeanor, and team player

What We Offer:

• 3 weeks vacation time + 12 paid holidays + PTO days
• Full health benefits including employer HSA contributions + dental plan with an orthodontic option, wellness coaching available
• Up to a 4% 401k match PLUS additional company contribution from 1% to 5% based on years of service
• Generous tuition reimbursement program
• Generous paid parental leave
• Friendly and supportive coworkers

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Dyno Nobel is an equal employment opportunity employer and will give all qualified applicants consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, disability status, protected veteran status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law.

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