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

The primary purpose of the role is to oversee and manage all site service maintenance activities across the K92 Camp, Plant and Mine site focusing on best practices and maintaining safety, quality, efficiency, and productivity of work.

Key Accountabilities

Key accountabilities of this position include.

• Providing leadership to the Site Services team to provide effective maintenance activities throughout the site.
• Managing resources to maintain and enhance critical equipment performance and availability.
• Analysing operational performance and identifying trends for proactive response and potential cost savings.
• Implementing actions to optimize maintenance process performance and attain efficiency targets in the areas of labour productivity, equipment utilization, and material consumption.
• Investigating special projects and making recommendations.
• Eliciting Safety, Health & Risk awareness at all times and ensure adherence to safety and loss control standards; and Establishing and maintaining sound working relationships with supervisors, peers, and subordinates.
• Perform troubleshooting to identify and remedy issues that may arise
• Support and assist the planning team to ensure the rectification of identified defect equipment to improve and optimise availability and reliability targets.
• Work closely with the Co-ordinator site services to assess performance and identify improvement projects to maximise results, reduce risk and implement cost management initiatives.
• Improve capability of Site Services Team members and technician capability in general.
• Establish a high-performance culture by motivating team members to achieve a high level of performance.
• Ensure effective processes for communicating relevant information, including company, site, department, and team performance, to all team members are in place.
• Direct and assist to train employees so they are able to up skill in their respective field.
• 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, monitor and assist with the delivery of training to employees.
• Actively review the work performance of technicians and provide feedback to the area supervisors including the talent and succession planning for designated key roles.

About You

To be considered for this role, it is essential that you have Engineering Degree such as Mechanical/Civil//Electrical/Project Management, Engineering Diploma, or relevant Trades designation with ten (10) years related experience, preferably in Mining or Construction. In addition to this, you will have some or all the following.

• Five (5) years relevant operations experience in the mining industry in a supervisory capacity, plus two (2) years in a project management capacity.
• Ability to prove your commitment to Safety, Health, & Risk, and Environment standards.
• Experience working in a fast-paced, cross-cultural environment is an asset.
• Computer proficiency in MS Office suite, including Microsoft Project.
• Experience in the use of Pronto will be advantageous.

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. 

THIS POSITION IS OPEN ONLY TO CANDIDATES WHO HAVE THE RIGHT TO LIVE & WORK IN PNG WITHOUT SPONSORSHIP