Role & responsibilities

- Lead planned preventive, predictive and breakdown maintenance of the HEMM fleet excavators, dumpers, dozers, graders, wheel loaders, drills, water sprinklers and support equipment.

- Drive fleet availability and utilisation targets; analyse MTBF / MTTR and drive root-cause elimination of repetitive failures.

- Prepare and control the HEMM maintenance budget, spares inventory, consumables, tyre and lubricant cost per tonne / per hour.

- Finalise AMC / MARC contracts, negotiate with OEMs and monitor contractor and OEM performance.

- Plan capital equipment replacement, rebuild and overhaul schedules; prepare techno-commercial justification for new procurement.

- Ensure statutory compliance for machinery under the Mines Act and DGMS, including permits, testing and record-keeping.

- Lead a team of engineers,



technicians and contract workmen; drive safety, 5S and skill development in the workshop.

- Deploy condition monitoring, oil analysis and telematics/FMS data to move the fleet toward predictive maintenance.

Preferred candidate profile

- Proven experience of managing a large HEMM fleet in opencast mining or large-scale earthmoving projects.

- Solid exposure to OEM equipment (Caterpillar, Komatsu, Hitachi, Liebherr, Volvo, BEML, Tata Hitachi, Sandvik, Epiroc).

- Working knowledge of hydraulics, powertrain, undercarriage, auto-electricals and diagnostic tools.

- Demonstrated ability to reduce maintenance cost per tonne and improve equipment availability.

📌 HEMM Manager (Jajpur)
🏢 Balasore Alloys
📍 Jajpur