Organization Background

Kascco Ltd specializes in Contract Mining, Civil construction, Drilling, Crushing, and screening, projects (Bulk earth works) and Plant hire. For over 14 years, Kascco Ltd has been offering its clients a series of potential solutions adapted to each of their sites and coping with stringent logistical constraints. Our team includes some of the most highly skilled and experienced professionals in the industry. Kascco prides themselves in their ability to transport and hire quality construction and mining machinery to their clients as well as the execution of highly quality construction and mining projects. Quality policy statement Kascco concentrates on providing its customers with quality products. To this end the group mobilizes its management skills and uses its resources in the most efficient and cost-effective manner to produce projects of the required standard and quality.

In addition to its core operations in the mining sector, the company has built a strong and reputable presence in the transport industry. For over 10 years, it has successfully operated a dedicated transport division, providing reliable trucking services both locally and internationally. This division supports internal logistics as well as external clients, facilitating efficient movement of goods across regional and cross-border routes. This diversification reflects the company’s commitment to operational excellence, reliability, and sustained growth.

Kascco limited, is an equal opportunity employer.

We are therefore inviting applications to fill the below vacant position for our Kalumbila -Enterprise Site.

1. MAInTENANCE AND RELIABILITY PLANNERS X 2

This position reports to the Maintenance Superintendent. Successful candidate will be responsible for the below duties.

Responsibilities

• Develop weekly, monthly and annual maintenance plans and schedules.
• Prepare detailed job plans for planned maintenance activities.
• Plan preventive, predictive, corrective and statutory maintenance activities.
• Coordinate maintenance activities with production schedules to minimize production interruptions.
• Develop maintenance shutdown and major overhaul plans.
• Ensure maintenance work orders are properly scoped, prioritized and scheduled.
• Identify required labour, tools, equipment, materials and specialist contractors before work is scheduled.
• Maintain a realistic maintenance backlog and ensure high-priority work is addressed.
• Coordinate planned maintenance activities across mechanical, electrical, instrumentation and mobile equipment sections.
• Monitor progress against approved maintenance schedules.
• Develop and maintain reliability improvement plans for critical mining equipment.
• Analyze equipment failure history and identify recurring failure trends.
• Conduct or facilitate Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for major and repetitive equipment failures.
• Recommend corrective and preventive actions to eliminate recurring failures.
• Support the implementation of Reliability-Centred Maintenance (RCM), where applicable.
• Review equipment performance and identify opportunities for reliability improvement.
• Monitor Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF), Mean Time To Repair (MTTR), equipment availability and reliability trends.
• Identify critical equipment and establish appropriate maintenance strategies.
• Review maintenance strategies based on equipment operating conditions and failure history.
• Comply with company HSE policies, procedures and mining safety standards.
• Ensure maintenance work is planned with appropriate risk controls.
• Incorporate Job Safety Analysis (JSA), risk assessments and permit requirements into maintenance planning.
• Ensure isolation/Lock-Out Tag-Out (LOTO) requirements are considered during job planning.
• Ensure contractors are appropriately planned and controlled.
• Report hazards, incidents, near misses and unsafe conditions.
• Promote safe maintenance practices across the operation.
• Ensure maintenance activities comply with applicable Zambian mining and occupational health and safety requirements.

Qualification & Experience

• Grade 12 Certificate with relevant technical qualifications.
• Diploma or Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Industrial Engineering, Mining Engineering or a related field.
• Relevant maintenance planning or reliability certification is an added advantage.
• Minimum 3–5 years' experience in maintenance planning, reliability engineering or maintenance supervision.
• Experience in the mining industry is strongly preferred.
• Experience with heavy mobile mining equipment, fixed processing plants, electrical systems or heavy industrial equipment.
• Experience in preventive and predictive maintenance.
• Experience in shutdown/major maintenance planning.
• Experience in failure analysis and maintenance performance reporting

• Develop weekly, monthly and annual maintenance plans and schedules.
• Prepare detailed job plans for planned maintenance activities.
• Plan preventive, predictive, corrective and statutory maintenance activities.
• Coordinate maintenance activities with production schedules to minimize production interruptions.
• Develop maintenance shutdown and major overhaul plans.
• Ensure maintenance work orders are properly scoped, prioritized and scheduled.
• Identify required labour, tools, equipment, materials and specialist contractors before work is scheduled.
• Maintain a realistic maintenance backlog and ensure high-priority work is addressed.
• Coordinate planned maintenance activities across mechanical, electrical, instrumentation and mobile equipment sections.
• Monitor progress against approved maintenance schedules.
• Develop and maintain reliability improvement plans for critical mining equipment.
• Analyze equipment failure history and identify recurring failure trends.
• Conduct or facilitate Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for major and repetitive equipment failures.
• Recommend corrective and preventive actions to eliminate recurring failures.
• Support the implementation of Reliability-Centred Maintenance (RCM), where applicable.
• Review equipment performance and identify opportunities for reliability improvement.
• Monitor Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF), Mean Time To Repair (MTTR), equipment availability and reliability trends.
• Identify critical equipment and establish appropriate maintenance strategies.
• Review maintenance strategies based on equipment operating conditions and failure history.
• Comply with company HSE policies, procedures and mining safety standards.
• Ensure maintenance work is planned with appropriate risk controls.
• Incorporate Job Safety Analysis (JSA), risk assessments and permit requirements into maintenance planning.
• Ensure isolation/Lock-Out Tag-Out (LOTO) requirements are considered during job planning.
• Ensure contractors are appropriately planned and controlled.
• Report hazards, incidents, near misses and unsafe conditions.
• Promote safe maintenance practices across the operation.
• Ensure maintenance activities comply with applicable Zambian mining and occupational health and safety requirements.

• Maintenance Planning
• Reliability Engineering
• Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
• Reliability-Centred Maintenance (RCM)
• Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
• Mean Time To Repair (MTTR)
• Job Safety Analysis (JSA)
• Risk Assessment
• Lock-Out Tag-Out (LOTO)
• HSE Policies
• Mining Safety Standards

• Grade 12 Certificate with relevant technical qualifications.
• Diploma or Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Industrial Engineering, Mining Engineering or a related field.
• Relevant maintenance planning or reliability certification is an added advantage.
• Minimum 3–5 years' experience in maintenance planning, reliability engineering or maintenance supervision.
• Experience in the mining industry is strongly preferred.
• Experience with heavy mobile mining equipment, fixed processing plants, electrical systems or heavy industrial equipment.
• Experience in preventive and predictive maintenance.
• Experience in shutdown/major maintenance planning.
• Experience in failure analysis and maintenance performance reporting