Project Lead - Engineers & Planners

Drive the future of surface mining operations as a Strategic Site Lead. In this high-impact role, you will champion a large-scale equipment contract, blending technical mastery with commercial intuition to maximize fleet reliability and safety. As the pivotal link between the customer and internal teams, you won’t just manage assets and KPIs—you’ll serve as a trusted advisor, delivering innovative solutions that secure long-term growth and operational brilliance.

This role offers strong career progression within the Parts and Service Department, with clear pathways to Service Operations Manager, Contract Manager, Technical Manager, or Business Development Manager. You will also be instrumental in creating, expanding, and sustaining service agreements, strengthening long‑term customer partnerships and supporting ongoing business growth.

Your Mission

• Drive a culture of safety by ensuring full compliance with OH&S policies and environmental standards, conducting root-cause incident investigations, and executing safety campaigns to maintain a secure, high-standard working environment.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for the planning and execution of product commissioning and service delivery, ensuring all activities align with commercial agreements and project timelines.
• Oversee the Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) to ensure optimal stock levels, manage component and warranty lifecycles, and validate long-term spare parts planning to support both proactive and reactive maintenance.
• Lead technical troubleshooting and maintenance strategy optimization to maximize machine uptime and meet contractual performance metrics, including availability, MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures), and MTTR (Mean Time to Repair).
• Manage employee performance and competency mapping, coordinate annual staff training programs, and monitor contract data to provide regular reporting on service levels and operational feedback to divisional leadership.

Your Profile:

• University Degree, preferably in a mechanical field, electrical, electromechanical or similar through experience, or same gained by experience.
• Minimum 8 years’ experience in heavy machine maintenance management within mining or heavy industry environments.
• Extensive hands-on expertise in surface or underground drilling systems—including mechanical, electrical, hydraulics, and Rig Control Systems (RCS)—combined with a proven track record of managing site-based maintenance teams and mining contractor relations.
• In-depth knowledge of heavy mining equipment including drills, loaders, and trucks.
• Strong background in preventive and predictive maintenance, including condition monitoring and failure analysis.
• Expertise in maintenance philosophies and troubleshooting complex project issues—such as machine failures and delays—while integrating automation and digitization to optimize performance.
• Proven ability to lead and motivate teams, negotiate effectively with clients and contractors, and resolve conflicts to ensure project goals are met.
• Skilled in implementing mining industry standards and quality measures, backed by meticulous record-keeping and progress reporting to ensure customer expectations are exceeded.

Location and other info such as travel requirements etc

Tarkwa, Ghana

Why Epiroc?

This position offers significant career progression within our Parts and Service Department, with clear pathways to roles such as Service Operations Manager, Contract Manager, Technical Manager, and Business Development Manager.

Application and contact information:

Last Date to Apply: 02nd of February 2026