Reliability Coordinator, Mine Maintenance

ROSEBEL GOLD MINES N.V.

Putting people first, pursuing excellence

At Rosebel Gold Mines, we offer you many opportunities: we are one of the largest private employers in Suriname and offer a wide range of career paths, with all the support and incentives you need to be your best. Rosebel Gold Mines N.V. was established on May 8, 2002, and is a subsidiary of Zijin Mining as of February 1, 2023. Rosebel Gold Mines is located in the mineral-rich Brokopondo district in northeastern Suriname, South America. The company is one of South America's largest producing gold mines and includes the Rosebel and the Saramacca mining areas. Among these, Rosebel is the main mining area. The Saramacca mining area is about 25 kilometers southwest of the Rosebel processing plant.

Reliability Coordinator, Mine Maintenance

The Mine Maintenance Reliability Coordinator manages the Reliability, Condition Monitoring, Inspection, and Backlog strategies for Mobile Equipment Maintenance which are key to reducing Mobile Equipment failures and downtime and having healthy and safer Mobile Equipment in Mine Operations.

The Mine Maintenance Reliability Coordinator is also offering technical support for complex projects and for the diagnosis and solution of complex problems.

What You’ll Do

• Oversee, coach, and provide training to the members of the Reliability Team to ensure that the Department Strategies (Reliability, Condition Monitoring, Inspection, and Backlog) are performed safely, timely, accurately, and with high quality.
• Lead, conduct, coach, and train the Mine Maintenance Team in the root-cause failure analysis methodologies.
• Communicate with the Equipment Manufacturers and their technical experts regarding their product issues and repetitive failures to have them mitigated or eliminated when possible.
• Technical support for the Mine Maintenance Team.
• Provide detailed analysis to support technical decision-making on design and maintenance activities.
• Audit inspection activities to ensure quality and continuous improvement.
• Ensure the accuracy and consistency of the Mine Maintenance Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
• Participate in the development of maintenance procedures in collaboration with the Health & Safety Team.
• Provides input to a risk management plan that will anticipate reliability-related and non-reliability-related risks that could adversely impact Mine Production
• Revise, update, and improve the predictive maintenance activities.
• Apply value analysis to repair or replace, repair or redesign and fabricate or buy decisions.
• Continuous improvement revision and update of the Mobile Equipment Bill of Materials (BOMs) to be more efficient and effective.
• Conduct and monitor tests, trials, and evaluations of new products, materials, and processes to determine if they can have a positive effect on the life cycle costs and Mobile Equipment reliability.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Electromechanical Engineering
• Minimum 6 years of experience in Mining Mobile Equipment Maintenance
• Minimum 2 years of experience as a Team Leader
• High knowledge of mining Mobile Equipment reliability, condition monitoring, inspection, and backlog management
• Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Office user
• Familiar with the use of Maintenance Software like Oracle, SAP, AMT, or Pronto
• Good written and verbal communication skills.

Working Conditions

• Works at project mine sites of Rosebel Gold Mines on a schedule of 14 days of work at 12 hours per day followed by 7 days breaks or 6 weeks of work at 12 hours per day followed by 3 weeks break.
• Wears personal protective equipment including steel-toed boots, long-sleeved shirts, or any other equipment to perform duties safely as required by the Health Safety and Sustainability Policy.

About Zijin

Zijin is a multinational mining group dedicated to the exploration and development of gold, copper, zinc, and other mineral resources globally, as well as associated refining, processing, trading, and other businesses. Its operations include projects and operations in 17 provincial-level regions in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) as well as 14 overseas countries across Europe, Central Asia, Africa, Oceania, and South America. It is one of the largest Chinese mining companies distinguished by its significant domestic and international copper and gold resource, reserves, and production.

Zijin’s vision is “Mining for a Better Society” and stands by the values of “Harmony Brings about Wealth” and “Balanced Development of the Company.”