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About Us

At Baffinland, we work and live beyond the Arctic Circle, mining iron ore at our Mary River Property, located in the Qikiqtani Region of Nunavut on Baffin Island; one of the world’s most captivating and seldom seen destinations. We are a unique company with a strong management who have amassed specialty experience on northern mining projects through all phases of Inuit consultation, permitting, construction and operation. Our workforce brings together the modern practice of safe, sustainable mining and the enduring value of a traditional culture, which is rapidly advancing. The result is a work and community experience you won't find anywhere else. We are looking for people ready to share, build, and grow with our company.

This is a permanent position based at site with a 3 week Fly-In, Fly-Out rotation.

• Establish effective KPI reports for continual improvement
• MMP or similar certification would be considered an asset
• Create and continually update maintenance programs and schedules and equipment parts lists.
• Compile, update and distribute backlog reports and other mandated control reports.
• Must have 10+ years of maintenance experience with at least 2 years in a planning role
• Candidates must have a mechanical or electrical post secondary education (college or university) or registered trade/journeyperson (e.g. mechanic). A specialization in maintenance would be considered an asset
• Develop, maintain, monitor and update the maintenance manual for the maintenance department, complete with business process flows, practices, policies & procedures and KPIs.
• Must have strong analytical skills
• Contribute to the LOMs plans by contributing to the 5 year plan as it relates to cost reduction and sustaining capital requirements.
• Create accurate plans for the scheduling and manpower forecasting for weekly, monthly, annual and long-term maintenance schedules.
• Identify increasing maintenance costs for pieces of equipment and if merited participate in preparing cost justification reports to support sustaining capital expenditures to replace items.
• Analyze trends in equipment maintenance needs including breakdown, preventative maintenance, corrective maintenance, mean time between failure and mean time to repair.
• Coordinate and schedule maintenance contractors.
• Strong communication skills (verbal and written)
• Monitor and measure maintenance costs and adjust planning accordingly
• Reviews and prioritizes maintenance work requests with other team members.
• Manage maintenance system including system data quality and seek out improvements to the system.
• Arctic experience and experience using SAP maintenance systems would be beneficial
• Provide technical/operational input into maintenance procedures and systems to ensure operational readiness.