Maintenance Technician I – Mining Equipment

About the role

Newmont Merian, an open-pit gold mine in north-eastern Suriname, is hiring a Maintenance Technician I. The technician carries out mechanical repair, installation, inspection and preventive and corrective maintenance of light vehicles, medium trucks and mining production equipment such as pickups, cars, mobile cranes, forklifts, haul trucks, dozers, shovels, graders, drills and loaders. The position is onsite in Merian, Sipaliwini.

Key responsibilities

• Perform routine inspection, maintenance and replacement of components and parts to keep vehicles and equipment running continuously.
• Carry out preventive maintenance according to work instructions and assist in testing, adjusting, troubleshooting and repairing faulty equipment.
• Ensure compliance with Suriname government agencies, lending institutions, shareholder environmental, health and safety legislation and company regulations.
• Use hand and power tools, test equipment and special instruments; keep workshops clean and manage risks.
• Handle administrative tasks such as requisitioning parts, processing maintenance orders and recording labour time in SAP.

Required profile

• At least 2 years of experience as a maintenance technician on mobile equipment or in the heavy equipment industry.
• Minimum secondary school diploma (MULO, LTS) or equivalent, shown through a prior learning assessment; a technical diploma (NATIN or AMTO) is preferable.
• National driver's licence and permit to drive light vehicles.
• Completed service truck full operation training, basic rigging and signalling, overhead crane, hand tools and safety, mechanical measuring tools and computer application training (MS Windows, Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Completion of the Technician Development Program Level 1.

Required skills

• Operating medium-sized mobile equipment, overhead cranes and lifting devices, and rigging and signalling.
• Using shop tools and equipment, and performing daily safety checks.
• Ability to control and report hydrocarbon spillage, complete a SLAM and help create a JHA.

What we offer

• A 14-day work schedule of 11.5 hours per day, followed by 7 days off, with rotation between day and night shifts.
• A competitive total rewards package supporting financial well-being and health.