Vacancy title:
Senior Maintenance Planner

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Construction, Category: Science & Engineering]

Jobs at:
Kascco Ltd

Deadline of this Job:
Tuesday, August 19 2025

Duty Station:
Kalumbila | Lusaka | Zambia

Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, August 14 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

This position reports to the Planning and Reliability Superintendent. Successful candidate will be responsible for the below duties.

Responsibilities

• Perform preventative maintenance, inspections, and repairs on heavy mobile mining equipment.
• Develop, schedule, and optimize preventive and corrective maintenance plans for fixed and mobile equipment.
• Review and refine work orders, ensuring accurate scoping, resource estimation, and materials planning.
• Coordinate closely with maintenance execution teams to ensure timely and effective job completion.
• Monitor equipment performance and maintenance history to improve planning accuracy and asset reliability.
• Manage and update the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) with all relevant maintenance data.
• Ensure maintenance plans align with OEM recommendations, statutory requirements, and company standards.
• Work closely with procurement to ensure timely availability of critical spares and materials.
• Provide mentoring and technical guidance to junior planners and technicians.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives and participate in root cause failure analysis processes.
• Promote and enforce health, safety, and environmental compliance in all maintenance planning activities.

Qualifications, Knowledge & Experience

• Degree in Mechanical, Electrical or Industrial Engineering (or related field).
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in mining or heavy industry, with at least 3 years in a supervisory or superintendent role.
• Strong background in maintenance planning, reliability engineering, and root cause analysis.
• Experience with maintenance software.
• Demonstrated leadership and team management capabilities.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Knowledge of Zambia’s mining regulations and HSE standards is an advantage.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: bachelor degree

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