Underground Maintenance Planner

Round Mountain is an open-pit mine located in Nevada, one of the best mining jurisdictions in the world. The mine uses conventional open-pit mining methods and processes ore by mill and heap leach. Kinross began operating the mine in 2003, and it has since become a continuous improvement leader in the Company’s portfolio. Round Mountain poured its 15 millionth ounce in 2018. Round Mountain and the nearby Bald Mountain mine make up Kinross’ Nevada operations.

The Round Mountain mine is an important contributor to the Nye County economy and, working with local stakeholders, has helped achieve significant improvements in healthcare and education in the area.

Job Description

Under the direction of the Underground Project Manager, the Planner/Scheduler is responsible to follow the planning and scheduling guidelines that promote timely execution of the maintenance plan as per the Kinross Way for Managing Maintenance program.

Maintenance Planning/Scheduling is the process of ensuring work is ready for execution with all parts, resources and permit requirements in place, so the work can be performed safely and efficiently. The Planner/Scheduler communicates this information with all concerned parties in Maintenance and Operations. This work is critical to achieve site production goals and the maintenance function in particular.

Maintenance Planners/Schedulers will monitor the process of identifying work and regularly provide integrity feedback and statistics for their planning area and calculate performance measures in accordance with the Kinross Way.

Essential Functions

- Develop and facilitate an overall maintenance strategy that ensures production goals are achieved.

- Long and short range planning activities.

- Maintain up to date history for each piece of equipment.

- Schedule work orders related to routine maintenance (predictive and preventive) and corrective maintenance, identifying and securing the required resources (maintainers, materials, spare parts, tools, instruments and equipment), time involved, safety recommendations, procedures and technical information.

- Monitor and control the backlog.

- Develop and validate with both Maintenance and Operations the weekly maintenance schedule.

- Complete the procurement process of work orders.

- Agreeable to act as a backup Lead man.

- Analyze the deviations reported by maintenance supervisors, identifying the causes and propose corrective actions to minimize and / or update maintenance plans.

- Suggest updates of Bill of Materials (BOM’s) and Associated Part Lists (APL’s) based on information supplied by field maintenance and supplies.

- Maintain a high commitment to personal safety and integrity of the environment and equipment during the planning of work orders.

- Coordinate and ensure alignment with Planning, Scheduling, Execution and Supply Chain.

- Recommend the updating of the maintenance guidelines in accordance with information provided by maintenance supervisors and supplies (materials, parts and times).

- Compliance with all company policies and procedures including but not limited to safety, confidentiality and environmental policies.

Qualifications And Skill Requirements

- Thorough understanding of JD Edwards Enterprise Asset Management (EAM), work management and scheduling business processes as per the Kinross Way.

- A minimum of 6 months working as a Parts Coordinator preferred.

- Good math and problem solving skills.

- Mechanical understanding of mining and heavy equipment to support effective decision making in overall business management.

- Must be proficient in CMMS company proprietary software, including Microsoft Office Applications, JD Edwards and MS Project.

- Comprehensive understanding of condition monitoring information such as oil analysis, magnetic plug inspections, and oil filter inspections. Interpret these results and form corrective action plans to minimize breakdowns and maximize value.

- Preferred 5 years maintenance experience.

- 2 years maintenance managing experience such as crew lead or supervisor preferred.

- Requires valid driver’s license.

Reporting Relationships

Reports to the Underground Project Manager

Legislative Requirements

Background Check required

US work permit required

Language Requirements

English

Kinross is a Canadian-based global senior gold mining company with operations and projects in the United States, Brazil, Mauritania, Chile, and Canada. Our focus on delivering value is based on our core principles of responsible mining, operational excellence, disciplined growth and balance sheet strength. Kinross maintains listings on the Toronto Stock Exchange (symbol:K) and the New York Stock Exchange (symbol:KGC).