About us

K92 Mining Limited are the owners the high-grade Kainantu Gold Mine in Eastern Highlands Province. Since commencing operations in 2016, we have delivered consistent production growth. More importantly, we have contributed significantly to the economy of Papua New Guinea, more than 90% of our employees and contractors are from PNG and our local education and skills development initiatives which include scholarships, traineeships and adult literacy programs continue to bring significant benefit the communities in which we operate. 

We are now transforming the operation with a new 1.2 mtpa process plant as well as extensive construction and expansion across site that will see us triple the output from our mine by 2027. In addition to our ongoing production success, we have an extensive exploration programme across our highly prospective tenement, making K92 a great place to build a long-term career.

About the role

As our site continues to grow with production doubling in 2026, we are seeking to add a Senior Specialist in our surface maintenance team who will provide leadership and direction to support mobile equipment servicing and repairs. In addition, you will oversee the leadership and training to the national workforce to increase the overall mobile maintenance reliability and capacity.

Key Accountabilities

• Ensure the Safety and wellbeing of the Surface Haulage Mobile Equipment Team.
• Provide refinement and finalisation of labour requirements to support operational requirements and ultimately provide sufficient labour to complete “Planned/Scheduled Works”.
• Provide effective communication on planned/un-planned variations.
• Effective control STIC and having “Next” job always ready.
• Provide positive & effective communication with planners/schedulers, operations, and RCM Team.
• Act upon requests for support and provide prompt response to the requester.
• Provide training for the national workforce
• Proactively engage with our customers to provide technical advice and support to the Surface Haulage Maintenance Team to ensure fleet availability, reliability and costs targets are achieved and optimised against budget.
• Ensure effective contract management of existing and new suppliers and provide directions to the Site Product Support Representatives.
• Coordinate program for management of critical spares to ensure parts availabilities.
• Respond to routine and emergency calls for repair, service and/or support within the mine site area to ensure downtime on equipment is minimised.
• Effectively delegate/support issues with troubleshooting to identify and remedy issues that may arise.
• Support and assist the planning team (within Pronto) to ensure the rectification of identified equipment defects to improve and optimise availability and reliability targets.
• Provide Back Log entries are entered within Pronto to improve equipment reliability.
• Assist in the designing, monitoring and continual refinement of an effective and economically justified preventive/predictive maintenance program including:
• Proper operation and care of assets
• Comprehensive lubrication program
• Inspection, adjustment, parts, replacements, and overhauls for selected assets.
• Protection from the environment
• Assist with analysing equipment data and history records to predict maintenance needs.
• Work closely with the Reliability Engineer to assess performance and identify improvement projects to maximise results, reduce risk and implement cost management initiatives.
• Establish a high-performance culture by motivating team members to achieve a high level of performance and by rewarding and recognising high performance.
• Ensure effective processes for communicating relevant information, including company, site, department, and team performance, to all team members are in place.
• Direct and train employees on the installation, maintenance, or repair of Surface Haulage mobile equipment and machines under the direct control of Surface Haulage Maintenance team.
• Continuously mentor and coach technicians on effective repair techniques.
• Identify skills gaps and training requirements and assist in developing training packages as required to close the skills gap.
• Coordinate and assist with the delivery of training to employees including personnel of the Surface Haulage and Kumian Maintenance Team.
• Actively review the work performance of technicians and provide feedback to the area supervisors including the talent and succession planning for designated key roles.
• Actively promotes a safe and healthy culture.
• Demonstrates personal responsibility for own health and safety whilst setting clear expectations of relevant legal obligations, safe workplace practices and HSE operating practices to others, holding them accountable for their actions.
• Perform high level housekeeping within and around responsible work area and is maintained utilizing the 5S process.
• Ensure mobile fleet maintenance is conducted by competent technicians in a safe manner and in accordance with established procedures.

About You

Qualifications & Experience

• Relevant Heavy Mobile Equipment Fitting & Auto Electrical - Minimum Certificate III required
• 10+ years relevant work experience essential.
• Previous supervision experience essential.
• Previous experience operating in Papua New Guinea or developing countries in remote locations will be highly regarded.
• Previous experience or knowledge of Volvo Trucks, Liugong Equipment, CAT Equipment, Air Conditioning Equipment is essential
• Computer proficiency in MS Office suite.
• Experience in the use of Pronto will be advantageous.
• Sound planning, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent trouble shooting skills.
• Self-motivated with the ability to work under pressure and autonomously.
• Excellent attention to detail and time management skills to meet deadlines.
• Strong active listening & interpersonal skills for rapport building, conflict resolution & training.

Life at K92 

K92 is an Equal Opportunity Employer, our commitment is to respect the rights of every individual to work to their highest potential, free from discrimination.  Our values of Collaboration, Accountability, Respect for others, Excellence and Safety are at the core of everything we do, and they are the foundation upon which our success has been built.

Our camp is well managed and provides residents with good, healthy meals made from locally sourced fresh produce as well as internet, cable tv and a gymnasium.

At K92, we want all employees to share in our success, so as well as a competitive salary, employees also participate in our long- and short-term incentive plans, we also provide employees with access to savings incentive programs, medical assistance and the option to salary sacrifice for certain expenses.

In addition to all of this, employees can also access our Wellbeing and employee assistance programs whilst working a friendly roster. 

TO COMPLY WITH PNG GOVERNMENT REQUIREMENTS ALL EXPATRIATE POSITIONS ARE OFFERED ON A FIXED TERM BASIS