The purpose of the Global Maintenance Execution Planning Lead is to provide global leadership and governance for maintenance execution planning by translating predictive insights into fully executable, resource-ready maintenance plans that ensure safe, standardised and efficient maintenance delivery across all Epiroc Customer Centres.
This key position acts as a key enabler of the Epiroc Uptime framework by embedding data-driven maintenance strategies into planning workflows to maximise asset availability, reduce unplanned downtime and deliver measurable customer value. The role is responsible for ensuring Service Master Data, maintenance strategies and machine rebuild programs are consistently planned and executed, enabling Epiroc to deliver Uptime as a Service.
Key Responsibilities of the role:
Maintenance Planning & Execution:
- Provide global leadership for maintenance execution planning across Epiroc Customer Centres.
- Translate predictive alerts, condition monitoring insights and analytics outputs into fully scoped and executable maintenance plans.
- Integrate predictive maintenance into planning and scheduling workflows across CMMS/ERP platforms.
- Ensure all maintenance work is fully planned prior to execution, including scope, sequencing, duration, labour, materials, tooling and contractor requirements.
- Establish and standardise machine rebuild scopes of work and support Customer Centres in developing executable maintenance plans.
- Drive improvements in schedule compliance and increase planned versus reactive maintenance.
- Align maintenance planning with customer uptime targets and operational requirements.
Service Master Data & Governance:
- Lead the implementation and governance of Service Master Data across all Epiroc Customer Centres.
- Ensure maintenance planning is driven by S3000L-aligned master data and standardised job plans.
- Govern the quality and completeness of maintenance task lists, frequencies, labour estimates, materials, tools and work instructions.
- Establish global planning standards and ensure alignment with the PSD Service Operating Model and ISO 55000 Asset Management principles.
- Drive continuous feedback and improvement between planning, execution and maintenance engineering teams.
Digital and Continuous Improvement:
- Integrate maintenance planning processes with predictive analytics platforms, condition monitoring systems and CMMS/ERP workflows.
- Support implementation of the Epiroc Uptime framework and digital service architecture.
- Identify opportunities to improve planning effectiveness through digital technologies and data-driven decision making.
- Develop and monitor planning KPIs including planning quality, schedule compliance, execution efficiency and rework reduction.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives linking execution outcomes, analytics and planning optimisation.
Stakeholder Collaboration
- Act as the global planning interface between Maintenance Execution, Engineering, Product Support, Digital and Analytics teams.
- Support Epiroc Customer Centres in embedding predictive maintenance planning practices.
- Collaborate with regional and global stakeholders to standardise planning processes and improve maintenance performance.
- Build strong relationships across the global organisation to support delivery of uptime and customer value.
Administration
- Develop and maintain global planning standards, documentation and governance processes.
- Support rollout of maintenance planning tools, systems and best practices.
- Monitor planning performance and provide reporting to support strategic decision making.
- Undertake additional duties consistent with the responsibilities of the role.
Key Competencies to be successful in the role:
- Achieve a long-term sustainable relationship with the customer and deliver maintenance planning solutions that maximise customer uptime and operational performance.
- Act strategically and lead by vision.
- Empower initiatives that improve planning capability and operational excellence.
- Influence global stakeholders to adopt standardised planning practices.
- Take ownership and accountability for outcomes.
- Adapt to changing priorities within a global environment
- Establish effective planning processes and maintain a long-term sustainable focus.
- Deliver high-quality execution-ready maintenance plans.
- Demonstrate sound business thinking and high standards of governance, accuracy and accountability.
- Apply strong commercial and operational judgement.
- Think strategically and Lead change management.
- Drive continuous improvement through digital technologies and predictive maintenance practices.
- Build engagement across global and regional teams.
- Present complex technical information clearly to a broad stakeholder group.
- Work within the Epiroc way
It all starts with people. The world needs metals and minerals for the energy transition and our cities and infrastructure must be developed to serve a growing population. To succeed, we need to speed up the shift towards more sustainable mining and construction industries. We at Epiroc accelerate this transformation, together with customers and business partners in more than 150 countries, by developing and providing innovative and safe equipment, digital solutions, and aftermarket support.
All new thinkers are welcome. We are looking for those who want to develop, grow, and dare to think new. In Epiroc we attract, develop, and retain diverse talent valuing authenticity and unique perspectives, driving our spirit of innovation. We foster an inclusive culture where diversity isn't just a goal but a part of our values and way of working. This is how we do business for a sustainable future. Learn more at www.epiroc.com
