Location: Kalgoorlie, WA

Roster: 9/5 (Residential or FIFO ex Perth)

About Norton's

Norton Gold Fields is one of Australia’s largest domestic gold producers with mining and processing complex in Western Australia’s world-class Kalgoorlie Goldfields region. Currently, we are progressing development plans to develop a series of expansion projects in the region.

Our vision is to be the leading gold producer, setting the industry benchmark in safety, teamwork, innovation, operational efficiency, and cost control.

About the position

Norton Gold Fields is seeking an experienced Mobile Maintenance Planning Superintendent to lead the planning, scheduling and work management function across our mobile equipment fleet.

This is a key leadership role responsible for translating approved maintenance strategies and technical requirements into safe, practical and executable maintenance plans. You will oversee long-term and short-term planning, shutdown preparation, work management governance, maintenance systems, reporting and team capability development.

Working closely with Engineering, Maintenance, Operations, Supply Chain and external service providers, you will drive planning discipline, improve schedule readiness and support the safe, reliable and cost-effective performance of our mobile fleet.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead and develop the Mobile Maintenance Planning, Scheduling, Technical Writing and Maintenance Specialist functions.

- Provide governance across the full maintenance work management lifecycle, from planning through to execution and close-out.

- Develop and maintain integrated 12-week, annual and life-of-asset maintenance plans, including major component change-outs, shutdowns and statutory maintenance.





- Lead long-term maintenance forecasting, resource modelling and identification of long-lead materials and components.

- Oversee short-term planning to ensure work packages are fully scoped, risk assessed, resourced and ready for execution.

- Drive schedule readiness, backlog management, schedule compliance and planned-versus-unplanned work performance.

- Coordinate major shutdown planning and review contractor performance and work quality.

- Ensure maintenance strategies, task lists, work orders, BOMs, equipment structures and master data are accurate and controlled.

- Support annual budgeting, rolling forecasts and cost optimisation across labour, parts, components, tyres and contractors.

- Analyse maintenance performance and lead improvements in work management maturity, reliability and lifecycle cost.

- Develop and maintain maintenance dashboards, KPI reporting and performance packs for leadership.

- Chair work management and performance review meetings, ensuring actions and improvement opportunities are tracked to completion.

- Build strong relationships with Operations, Engineering, Supply, Warehouse, HSE, OEMs, contractors and other key stakeholders.

- Lead capability development, mentoring and succession planning within the planning function.





- Promote a strong safety culture and ensure maintenance planning activities comply with WA WHS requirements and NGF standards.

What We're Looking For

- 5+ years' experience in a Mobile Maintenance Superintendent or similar senior maintenance planning/leadership role within the mining industry.

- S26 Statutory Supervisor Certificate (Must-Have)

- Strong experience with open pit and/or underground mobile equipment maintenance.

- Broad knowledge of heavy mobile fleet maintenance, planning and work management processes.

- Demonstrated experience leading maintenance planning teams and working across multiple operational stakeholders.

- Experience with AMT and/or SAP, with strong understanding of CMMS and maintenance data.

- Experience in contractor management and contractual administration.

- Robust understanding of maintenance scheduling, component forecasting, shutdown planning and budget forecasting.

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.

- Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel, Word and PowerPoint.

- Current unrestricted WA C Class Driver's Licence.

- Mechanical or Electrical Trade qualification in heavy plant.

- Certificate IV in Leadership and Frontline Management is desirable.

- Current Senior First Aid Certificate is desirable.

Benefits

- Permanent full-time role with immediate start.

- Fully covered family private health insurance through GU Health Complete Gold Cover or allowance up to $5k.

- 15% STIP Bonus + 12K Residential Allowance + 4.8K Site Allowance + 2.4K Death & TPD Insurance Allowance.

- Pro-rata long service leave (LSL) after just 5 years of service and be entitled to 13 weeks paid LSL after 10 years of service.

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