Position Description Title of Job Technical Manager – PMF (WA) Reports to GM – Production & Service Division / Department Manufacturing Location WA Last Updated August 2026 Role Purpose & Scope Accountable for the technical capability of the WA manufacturing and service operation for Tricon Drilling Solutions (TDS). The role owns manufacturing process implementation and improvement, CNC programming, manufacturing methods, and technical documentation – and drives measurable improvement in safety, quality, cost, throughput and equipment reliability through Lean Manufacturing and Total Productive Maintenance (TPM).

The Technical

Manager works alongside the Workshop Supervisor and Production Manager. The role also provides technical support to Sales, Quality and customers, and is the local technical interface to the wider Sandvik Rock Tools engineering network.

Occupational

Health, Safety and Environment All Employees are Accountable for:

- Taking ownership of their (and their fellow workers) personal health and safety.
- Compliance with TDS and where applicable client occupational health, safety and environment systems and procedures.
- Participation when required in audits, inspections and investigations on occupational health, safety, and environment matters.

Key Accountabilities: Occupational Health, Safety and Environment

- Ensure all reasonable steps are taken to ensure employees have a protected working environment. • Apply safety in design principles to all new and modified products, tooling, fixtures, plant and processes, including guarding, isolation, ergonomics, manual handling and noise, dust and fume control.
- Lead or contribute to risk assessments, work instructions and change management for engineering changes, new equipment installations and process trials prior to implementation.
- Participate in audits and / or inspections during internal and external site visits. • Ensure that workshop plant and equipment is maintained in a safe operating condition. • Be involved in both Tricon Drilling Solutions and Site Safety, Health and Environment matters and recommend actions to reduce SHE risks. • Ensure systems of work are implemented using client and Tricon Drilling Solutions procedures,

including work instruction and Risk Assessment methods. Product Engineering & Design for Manufacture (DFM) implementation

- Give relevant inputs to Design Engineer to Produce and maintain 3D models, detail drawings and assembly drawings for products, components, tooling, jigs and fixtures.
- Apply DFM and Assembly principles so that designs are optimized for the workshop’s actual machine capability, material stock sizes, tooling and skills – reducing operations, set-ups, cycle

Position Description time and material waste.

• Review drawings for manufacturability and propose design alternatives that reduce cost or lead time without compromising fitness for purpose.

• Propose materials, heat treatment, surface treatment and hard facing specifications appropriate to the application and to downstream machining and welding processes.

• Participate in engineering change process: propose, assess, and communicate potential changes and ensure revision control: correct drawings, BOMs, routings and work instructions are updated and used for manufacturing.

- Support new product validation from concept through prototype, first article and trial to full production release, including field performance feedback.

Manufacturing Engineering & CNC Programming

- Develop, validate and maintain CNC programs for turning, milling and multi-axis machining using Mastercam, including toolpath strategy, cutting parameters, post-processor configuration and program documentation.
- Optimize programs for cycle time, tool life and surface finish, and standardize proven programs so that repeat work runs consistently regardless of operator.
- Maintain the tool library, tooling standards,



cutting data and work standards; propose and justify new tooling and methods to reduce cost per part.
- Develop manufacturing routings, standard times, process sheets and inspection requirements for new and existing products and keep them documented.
- Design and introduce jigs, fixtures and gauges that reduce set-up time, improve repeatability and reduce reliance on operator skill.
- Provide hands-on technical support to machinists, welders and fitters to resolve machining, welding and assembly problems at the machine.
- Assess and specify capital plant and equipment: define requirements, evaluate options, manage installation, contingency plans, commissioning and operator training.

Continuous Improvement – Lean Manufacturing

- Lead the deployment of Lean Manufacturing across the workshop, including 5S, visual management, standard work, value stream mapping, SMED / set-up reduction, layout and flow improvement, and waste elimination.
- Identify and quantify constraints and bottlenecks; deliver improvement projects with defined baselines, targets, actions and verified savings.
- Establish and maintain manufacturing performance measures (throughput, cycle time, set-up time, scrap and rework, first time right, OEE) and use the data to prioritize improvement effort.
- Apply structured root cause analysis (5 Why, fishbone, 8D) to recurring quality, delivery and downtime problems, and confirm that corrective actions hold.
- Build a continuous improvement culture on the floor: coach teams, run kaizen activity, capture and act on employee improvement ideas, and make results visible.
- Support the transition to electronic scheduling and shop floor data capture and use the resulting data to improve planning accuracy and labor utilization.

Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) & Asset Reliability

- Develop and maintain the TPM program for workshop plant and equipment, including asset register, criticality assessment, planned maintenance schedules and maintenance history.
- Implement level 1 maintenance so that operators carry out routine cleaning, inspection and lubrication to a defined standard, and can detect potential failures early.
- Measure and improve OEE and reduce unplanned downtime, breakdown frequency and mean time to repair.

Position Description

- Define critical spares holdings and maintenance strategies for key machines, and manage external service providers, calibration and statutory inspections.
- Maintain machine capability: geometry checks, accuracy verification and condition monitoring, so that equipment consistently holds required tolerances.
- Implement predictive maintenance. Quality & Technical Support
- Ensure manufactured product conforms to drawing, specification and customer requirements, and that inspection and test requirements are defined, documented and practical to apply.
- Investigate non-conformances, warranty claims and field failures; determine root cause and implement corrective and preventive action.
- Maintain measurement and calibration systems, and ensure gauges and instruments are fit for purpose and within calibration.
- Provide technical support to Sales, customers and site personnel on product application, performance, failure analysis and repair or reclamation options.
- Contribute to the maintenance of the management systems, including procedures, work instructions and internal audits.

Leadership & People Development

- Provide positive leadership and development of the technical and manufacturing team to ensure they continue to meet safe and efficient production requirements over time.
- Set clear expectations and standards, provide regular feedback and coaching, and address performance issues constructively and promptly.




- Build technical capability on the floor through structured training, skills matrices, standard work and succession planning for critical skills.

All other duties as directed consistent with skills competence and training.

Essential Desirable

Qualifications • Degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing or Industrial Engineering; or a relevant trade qualification supported by substantial post-trade technical qualifications and experience.

- Computer literacy in MS Office – Excel (advanced), Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams.
- Competency in mechanical CAD (3D and 2D viewing) with practical application of Design for Manufacture and Assembly.
- Demonstrated competency in CNC programming using Mastercam for turning and milling.
- Working knowledge of Lean
- Lean Six Sigma, or equivalent recognized continuous improvement methods.
- Certificate IV in Work Health and Safety, or equivalent.
- Formal training in GD&T; (ISO 1101 / ASME Y14.5).
- Project management training or certification.
- Welding supervision or inspection qualification (e.g. AS 2214, CSWIP), or formal training in welding technology and metallurgy.

Position Description

Manufacturing principles and tools.

- Working knowledge of Total Productive Maintenance and OEE.
- Sound written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical matters to trade, production, management and customer audiences.

Experience • Minimum 5 years’ experience in a technical, manufacturing engineering or engineering management role within a machining and fabrication environment.

- Demonstrated programming experience, proving out and troubleshooting CNC machine tools on the shop floor.
- Demonstrated experience designing components, tooling and fixtures and releasing them to production.
- Demonstrated experience leading continuous improvement initiatives with measurable, verified results.
- Experience working with manufacturing documentation – drawings, BOMs, routings, standard times, work instructions and inspection plans.
- Experience leading, coaching and developing trade and technical personnel.
- Experience specifying, justifying and commissioning plant, equipment or tooling.
- Experience in the mining, drilling consumables, drilling services or oil and gas sector.
- Experience with hard facing, hard banding, welding of alloy steels and heat treatment specification.
- Experience implementing a TPM or planned maintenance program.
- Experience working within a global manufacturing group and applying group engineering standards.
- Experience with rotary, and/or DTH drilling products and their field application.

Technical Skills & Systems

- Familiarity with common CNC controls (Okuma OSP, Fanuc) and on-machine program editing.
- CAM – Mastercam toolpath development for turning and milling, post-processor set-up and editing, tool and material libraries, cutting data selection.
- Machining knowledge – tooling
- Mechanical CAD – 3D solid modelling, detail and assembly drawings, drawing standards, tolerancing and fits, DFM review.
- CAD/CAM data exchange (STEP, IGES, DXF) and toolpath verification or simulation software.
- Basic finite element analysis or hand stress calculation for

Position Description selection, speeds and feeds, threading, surface finish, process capability.

- Metrology – use and interpretation of measuring equipment, inspection methods, calibration control.
- Lean tools – 5S, value stream mapping, standard work, SMED, kanban, visual management, waste identification.
- Problem solving – 5 Why, fishbone, 8D, PDCA, statistical review of process data.
- TPM – asset criticality, planned and autonomous maintenance, OEE analysis, downtime.

component design.

- Estimating and quoting of machined and fabricated components.
- Knowledge of relevant drilling thread and connection standards (e.g. API, BECO, DIBH).

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