Fleet Manager - Shovel

Job description / Role

Fleet Manager (Shovel) - Senegal

Linum Consult's client is an international firm well established in Africa. They are looking for a Fleet Manager for a mining project in Senegal. Based on a rotational basis of 8 weeks on, 4 weeks off, the candidate will be responsible for:
- Supervising the preventive maintenance works for a fleet of shovel equipment, and managing the assignments on a day to day basis
- Ensuring that high machine availability is maintained for optimum performance
- Ensuring compliance with contractual obligations, identifying potential contract warranties changes and/or deviations
- Proactively approaching any problems on site, reporting any difficulties in a timely manner
- Hands-on mechanical training including some basic structured classroom training
- Participating in daily site management meetings

Requirements

- Technical qualification in Mechanical Engineering
- At least 5 years of technical experience, preferably with the maintenance of shovel equipment within the mining industry
- Excellent communication skills in English, with any knowledge of French preferable
- African experience is preferable

About the Company

Linum Consult is a niche global consultancy specialising in international recruitment of white collar workers across the Construction & Engineering, Mining and Oil & Gas sectors. We provide a full 360 consultancy service for clients, candidates and partners to eliminate the potential pitfalls of international mobilisation.

All Linum Consultants are industry experts with in country, international, multi-cultural experience. We provide precise market information combined with local knowledge to help facilitate informed decisions that are often life changing.