Maintenance Engineering Supervisor
BH-344413
Posted: 17/08/2026
- Competitive
- Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea
- Contract
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Mining
We are seeking an experienced Mechanical Engineer / Maintenance Engineering professional to provide technical support across fixed plant assets, with a strong focus on reliability, plant performance and continuous improvement.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a strong fixed plant background who enjoys solving equipment issues, improving asset performance and delivering practical engineering solutions.
The Role You will be responsible for:
If you are a hands-on Mechanical Engineer with strong fixed plant knowledge and a passion for improving equipment reliability and performance, we would like to hear from you.
Please email a copy of your CV to civan.koiri@nesfircroft.com
With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a strong fixed plant background who enjoys solving equipment issues, improving asset performance and delivering practical engineering solutions.
The Role You will be responsible for:
- Providing mechanical engineering support to production and maintenance teams.
- Driving reliability improvements to reduce downtime and lifecycle costs.
- Completing mechanical design work from concept through to execution.
- Delivering OPEX improvement projects within budget and schedule.
- Supporting CAPEX projects as an engineering stakeholder.
- Monitoring plant performance and identifying improvement opportunities.
- Conducting Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) on equipment failures and recurring issues.
- Assessing asset criticality and implementing reliability strategies.
- Supporting Management of Change (MOC) processes.
- Providing technical guidance to tradespeople, planners and junior engineers.
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline.
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in mining, mineral processing or heavy industry.
- Crushers
- Conveyors
- Grinding mills
- Flotation equipment
- Tanks
- Tailings systems
- Experience in reliability, maintenance engineering and asset management.
- Experience using a CMMS, preferably SAP.
- Strong troubleshooting, analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Experience delivering maintenance or engineering improvement projects.
- Ability to work independently while collaborating closely with operations and maintenance teams.
If you are a hands-on Mechanical Engineer with strong fixed plant knowledge and a passion for improving equipment reliability and performance, we would like to hear from you.
Please email a copy of your CV to civan.koiri@nesfircroft.com
With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.