Maintenance Planner Scheduler

• A residential role working on site within the Hunter Valley Region
• Opportunity to support critical site infrastructure and light vehicle fleet reliability
• A centralised role responsible for planning, scheduling and coordinating infrastructure and light vehicle maintenance activities

Bengalla Mining Company is a joint venture with a strong track record of achievement. Our focus is on maintaining strong safety, productivity, and profitability results. We have a very collaborative team culture and a highly professional and rewarding work environment. Operational since 1999, Bengalla is in Muswellbrook in the Hunter Valley, and supplies international markets with approximately 13 Mtpa.

Bengalla is an open cut coal mine offering a residential lifestyle. The development consent for the operation provides the ability to mine through to 2039. We pride ourselves on the professionalism with which we pursue our goals and our strong links into our community. We foster a collaborative, safety-focused culture and provide opportunities for long-term professional growth.

The Opportunity

We are currently seeking an experienced Maintenance Planner/Scheduler to join the Infrastructure Maintenance team. This role supports the planning and coordination of maintenance activities across site infrastructure, ancillary assets, statutory related assets, tooling and the light vehicle fleet, ensuring work is prioritised, planned and scheduled to support safe, reliable and efficient operations.

Working closely with Infrastructure, Maintenance, Operations, Supply and external service providers, the Planner/Scheduler plays a key role in maintaining asset availability by developing practical work packages, coordinating parts and contractor support, and aligning weekly schedules with operational priorities and site requirements.

Working Monday to Friday dayshift, you will be responsible for:

• Collecting, processing and reviewing maintenance data for infrastructure assets and the light vehicle fleet, including defects, work order history, servicing compliance, downtime and recurring failure trends.
• Establishing safe and efficient maintenance plans for infrastructure works, light vehicle servicing, statutory inspections and defect repairs.
• Ensuring work instructions, parts, services, labour, skills, permits, tools, equipment and contractor resources are identified for planned jobs.
• Developing and maintaining strategies for site equipment hire.
• Introduction to site for equipment.
• Developing weekly maintenance schedules and coordinating planned work with supervisors, trades, operations and external suppliers to minimise disruption to site activities.
• Facilitating maintenance improvement and defect elimination initiatives to improve asset reliability, service compliance and lifecycle cost outcomes.
• Working closely with OEMs, contractors and internal stakeholders to identify reliability, safety and compliance improvement opportunities across light vehicles and infrastructure assets.
• Updating and administering Pulse configurations, asset records, maintenance strategies and work management data to support accurate planning, execution and budgetary requirements.

Qualifications and Experience

Along with your knowledge and experience in maintenance planning, you will be a self-motivated and organised professional who can take ownership of planning activities across a diverse asset base. You will have a practical understanding of infrastructure maintenance, light vehicle servicing, contractor coordination and work management processes, with the ability to identify improvement opportunities that support safe, reliable and cost-effective outcomes.

To be successful in this role, you will have the following qualifications and experience:

• Relevant trade, technical or tertiary qualifications in mechanical, automotive, infrastructure maintenance, civil or a related discipline.
• A sound understanding of light vehicle maintenance, infrastructure assets, services, facilities, roads, workshops, fuel farms or other site support systems.
• Effective use and experience with CMMS.
• Effective written and verbal communication.
• Experience in a maintenance planning, scheduling, supervisory or coordination role within mining, heavy industry, civil works, fleet maintenance or a similar operational environment.
• High computer literacy with Microsoft Office applications, particularly Project, Excel, and Word.
• Confidence collaborating with supervisors, trades, contractors, suppliers, operations and leadership to ensure safety, production and compliance outcomes are achieved.
• Demonstrated understanding of work management processes, preventative maintenance strategies, defect management and schedule compliance.
• Negotiation and facilitation skills.
• Understanding of Maintenance budgetary processes.

What we offer

Bengalla values its people and their contribution to the operation. Our well-established employee benefits program offers choice and flexibility to enhance the lifestyle and wellbeing of our team. With benefits including subsidised health insurance, salary packaging, self-education assistance and gym memberships we make the health, safety, and well-being of our people our absolute priority.

This is a great opportunity to join an organisation that is action-orientated and where you are empowered to make decisions and drive change.

Please apply via New Hope Group careers page:

Note: Only applicants with unrestricted rights to work in Australia will be considered for this position.