Who We Are

Big Mining Company Ltd is a tin and coltan mining company operating in Byimana Sector, Ruhango District, Southern Province. We are recruiting a competent, qualified, and experienced Maintenance & Engineering Supervisor to lead our Maintenance and Engineering operations.

Position Summary

Position: Maintenance & Engineering Supervisor

Job Grade: H

Department: Operations

Reports to: Operations Section Leader

Duty Station: Ruhango, Rwanda

Job Brief

The Maintenance & Engineering Supervisor is responsible for supervising and coordinating maintenance and engineering activities to ensure the safe, reliable, and cost-effective operation of the Company's plant, equipment, facilities, and utilities. The role provides technical leadership in the planning, execution, inspection, and continuous improvement of maintenance programs, while ensuring that engineering standards, statutory requirements, and safety regulations are consistently met.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervise and coordinate the daily activities of maintenance technicians, artisans, operators, and contractors; assign work, monitor performance, and coach and develop team members.
• Plan, coordinate, and supervise preventive, predictive, corrective, and emergency maintenance to ensure maximum equipment availability and reliability, and minimal downtime.
• Provide engineering support for mechanical, electrical, plumbing, compressed air, ventilation, welding, construction, and utility systems, including the design, installation, modification, and upgrading of plant equipment.
• Investigate equipment failures, carry out root cause analyses, and recommend engineering improvements.
• Ensure strict compliance with occupational health, safety, environmental, and statutory requirements, including Permit-to-Work (PTW), Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), and confined space procedures.
• Develop maintenance schedules and work plans; coordinate manpower, tools, spare parts, and materials; assist in preparing maintenance budgets and monitor costs.
• Monitor contractor performance and support procurement by defining technical specifications for spare parts, equipment, and engineering materials.
• Maintain accurate maintenance records and asset history; prepare periodic performance reports; and track KPIs such as equipment availability, downtime, MTBF, MTTR, and maintenance costs.
• Drive continuous improvement through reliability-centered maintenance (RCM), preventive maintenance optimization, and operational excellence initiatives.
• Collaborate with production, procurement, warehouse, health and safety, and other departments, and liaise with equipment manufacturers, consultants, and service providers.
• Perform any other duties assigned by Management.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, Electromechanical, or a related Engineering discipline from a recognized institution. Professional certification or registration with a recognized engineering body is an added advantage.
• Alternatively, an Advanced Diploma or equivalent technical qualification with at least three (3) years of relevant industrial maintenance and engineering experience may be considered.
• Minimum two (2) years of relevant experience in maintenance and engineering, including at least one (1) year in a supervisory role.
• Experience in mining, manufacturing, cement production, construction, or other heavy industrial operations is highly desirable.
• Demonstrated experience supervising multidisciplinary maintenance and engineering teams; experience managing engineering projects and contractors is an added advantage.

Knowledge, Skills and Competencies

• Sound knowledge of preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance systems, and of mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, welding, plumbing, ventilation, compressed air, and utility systems.
• Knowledge of engineering drawings, technical specifications, equipment installation and commissioning, reliability engineering, and asset management principles.
• Good understanding of occupational health, safety, and environmental regulations.
• Familiarity with Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS); knowledge of CMMS and ERP maintenance modules is highly desirable.
• Strong leadership, planning, coordination, analytical, troubleshooting, and decision-making skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities under pressure.
• Excellent report writing, documentation, and interpersonal skills; high level of integrity, professionalism, and accountability.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office; working knowledge of AutoCAD or other engineering software is an added advantage.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and Kinyarwanda.
• Physically fit and willing to work overtime, weekends, or respond to emergency breakdowns when required.

• Supervise and coordinate the daily activities of maintenance technicians, artisans, operators, and contractors; assign work, monitor performance, and coach and develop team members.
• Plan, coordinate, and supervise preventive, predictive, corrective, and emergency maintenance to ensure maximum equipment availability and reliability, and minimal downtime.
• Provide engineering support for mechanical, electrical, plumbing, compressed air, ventilation, welding, construction, and utility systems, including the design, installation, modification, and upgrading of plant equipment.
• Investigate equipment failures, carry out root cause analyses, and recommend engineering improvements.
• Ensure strict compliance with occupational health, safety, environmental, and statutory requirements, including Permit-to-Work (PTW), Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), and confined space procedures.
• Develop maintenance schedules and work plans; coordinate manpower, tools, spare parts, and materials; assist in preparing maintenance budgets and monitor costs.
• Monitor contractor performance and support procurement by defining technical specifications for spare parts, equipment, and engineering materials.
• Maintain accurate maintenance records and asset history; prepare periodic performance reports; and track KPIs such as equipment availability, downtime, MTBF, MTTR, and maintenance costs.
• Drive continuous improvement through reliability-centered maintenance (RCM), preventive maintenance optimization, and operational excellence initiatives.
• Collaborate with production, procurement, warehouse, health and safety, and other departments, and liaise with equipment manufacturers, consultants, and service providers.
• Perform any other duties assigned by Management.

• Sound knowledge of preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance systems, and of mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, welding, plumbing, ventilation, compressed air, and utility systems.
• Knowledge of engineering drawings, technical specifications, equipment installation and commissioning, reliability engineering, and asset management principles.
• Good understanding of occupational health, safety, and environmental regulations.
• Familiarity with Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS); knowledge of CMMS and ERP maintenance modules is highly desirable.
• Strong leadership, planning, coordination, analytical, troubleshooting, and decision-making skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities under pressure.
• Excellent report writing, documentation, and interpersonal skills; high level of integrity, professionalism, and accountability.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office; working knowledge of AutoCAD or other engineering software is an added advantage.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and Kinyarwanda.
• Physically fit and willing to work overtime, weekends, or respond to emergency breakdowns when required.

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, Electromechanical, or a related Engineering discipline from a recognized institution. Professional certification or registration with a recognized engineering body is an added advantage.
• Alternatively, an Advanced Diploma or equivalent technical qualification with at least three (3) years of relevant industrial maintenance and engineering experience may be considered.
• Minimum two (2) years of relevant experience in maintenance and engineering, including at least one (1) year in a supervisory role.
• Experience in mining, manufacturing, cement production, construction, or other heavy industrial operations is highly desirable.
• Demonstrated experience supervising multidisciplinary maintenance and engineering teams; experience managing engineering projects and contractors is an added advantage.