Plant Lube Technician

Reports to:

Foreman – Turner Mining Group

Job Description

The Plant Lube Technician is a developing Maintenance Technician role within Turner Mining Group. This position will focus on maintaining equipment. The successful candidate must live the Turner Values and be an outward example to others. This position must demonstrate a strong commitment to “Safe Production” through decision making, priorities, and client relations.

Objectives And Contributions

The Plant Lube Technician is focused on key aspects that drive communication and safe production while maintaining a high level of efficiency, proactive training metrics, and preventative maintenance awareness requirements. The Plant Lube Technician demonstrates safety ownership at a personal level and holds other crew members to the same high standard. The Plant Lube Technician also assists in other production support functions as assigned.

- Work with employees to ensure a high level of accuracy and engagement on hazard identification and control

- Engage crews and leadership to define processes that motivate working towards common goals

- Assist with MSHA regulatory training and verify compliance to standards

- Live the values as part of a visible daily decision-making process

- Assist with training proficiency audits

- Involvement in risk assessment processes at various levels of the organization

- Holds themselves and others accountable for acting like an owner (taking care of equipment, not wasting resources, using time wisely, and being accountable for conditions and behaviors)

- Maintains a high standard of housekeeping (machine and work areas)

Culture And Communication

- Can effectively communicate in English (multi-lingual preferred)

- Participate with site and project leaders to identify areas of improvement

- Work with crews to support proactive near miss reporting

- Leads by example (walks the talk)

Systems

- Ability to perform quality pre-operation machine inspections (Based on mobile equipment physical demands analysis)

- Accurately documents 5000-23 and training checklist requirements

- Other regulatory & internal / external forms as required

- Maintains a valid and insurable driving license

Travel And New Site Development

- Maintains a valid and insurable driving license

Time And Interactions

- The Plant Lube Technician must be flexible on shift schedules (days and nights) to assist with training and production needs

- The Plant Lube Technician will be self-starting, motivated, with a strong desire to be part of a team and to influence improvement. Communication is also critical to keep leadership and site-based personnel in the loop of successes, challenges, and any additional support that may be required

- Excellent time management skills

Qualifications

- Willingness and ability to adhere to OSHA / MSHA regulatory requirements

- 0-2 years’ experience in mining / heavy industry preferred

- Working knowledge of safety systems and processes

- Appropriate attention to detail required

- Strong communication skills

- Strong morals and values

- Exemplary attendance record

- Exemplary safety and disciplinary record

- Willingness to be flexible on daily job duty requirements

- Maintains a positive outspoken learning attitude

- The Plant Lube Technician must be able to safely perform each of the following tasks:

- Fuel / lube Truck

- Fueling / lubing equipment

- Equipment fluid level monitoring

- Marshalling equipment

- Washing equipment

- Skid steer

- Manlift

- Telehandler

- Service Truck

Other Duties

In addition to the job skills above, there may be requirements for manual tasks to be completed to meet other business needs. Operators in any job duty classification may be required to participate in these additional tasks.