Yellow Fleet Reliability Manager

Duties and Responsibilities

First Line Technical & Reliability Measurement (Primary Accountability)

• Act as the primary point of contact for all site-initiated technical, reliability, and breakdown escalations related to yellow-fleet assets.
  • Receive and manage initial technical calls from site, including:
  • Breakdown support
  • Repeat failures
  • Warranty-sensitive issues
  • Performance deviations
• Conduct immediate triage of technical issues and determine:
  • Site-level resolution
  • OEM involvement
  • Escalation thresholds
  • Ensure that filtered, structured, and technically substantiated matters are escalated to the Yellow Fleet Technical Manager (HOD).

• Attend to day-to-day engagement with OEMs and service providers on technical and warranty matters.
• Administer:
  • Warranty claims
  • Supporting technical evidence
  • Communication timelines
  • Escalations and close-out documentation
  • Ensure OEM compliance with warranty obligations and performance expectations.
  • Shield senior technical leadership from routine OEM engagements unless strategic and critical intervention is required.
• Update HOD on discussion outcomes.

• Facilitate Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) for:
  • Major failures
  • Repeat breakdowns
  • Premature component failures

• Maintain and manage:
  • Failure modes registers
  • Repeat failure logs

• Review maintenance outcomes and identify reliability risks arising from:
  • Preventative Maintenance execution gaps
  • Service interval misalignment
  • Poor component quality
  • Administrative shortcomings
• Ensure condition-monitoring data is actively used and interpreted

• Track component life and identify early-life or end-of-life risks.
• Provide immediate technical guidance to site teams on:
  • Repair vs replace decisions
  • Warranty repair vs internal repair
• Compile asset-level technical packs containing:
  • Failure history o Component replacements
  • Oil sampling trends
  • Cost data
• Escalate lifecycle risks to the Yellow Fleet Technical Manager only when strategic decisions or commercial implications are required.

• Immediately escalate to the Yellow Fleet Technical Manager (HOD) when:
  • A machine is forecasted to be on breakdown for longer than 12 hours
  • Failures pose contractual, safety, or reputational risk
  • OEM non-performance requires senior intervention
• Ensure escalations are:
  • Data-driven
  • Technically substantiated
    Accompanied by recommended solutions

• Compile structured reliability reports that enable the Yellow Fleet Technical Manager to make strategic decisions without operational distraction.
• Reports to include:
  • Top reliability risks
  • Repeat failure trends
  • Warranty exposure
  • Cost-per-hour impact
• Act as a technical filter, ensuring senior leadership receives insight rather than operational noise.

• Authority to:
  • Direct OEM and service provider involvement for operational issues
  • Approve tactical reliability interventions
  • Prevent premature escalation to senior management
  • Strategic and commercial decision-making authority remains with the Yellow Fleet Technical Manager (HOD).

• By design, the Yellow Fleet Reliability Manager absorbs operational complexity and frontline technical demand, ensuring:
  • Faster response to site issues
  • Reduced repeat failures
  • Clear, structured escalations
  • Protection of senior technical leadership capacity
  • Improved strategic focus at HOD level

• National Diploma in Mechanical Engineering or technical qualification
• Diesel Mechanic / Earthmoving Equipment Trade Qualification

• Minimum 8-10 years experience in open-cast mining or a comparable heavy earthmoving environment such as:
  • Contract mining
  • Open-pit mining
  • Large-scale quarrying operations
• Demonstrated hands‑on exposure to:
  • Large yellow‑fleet assets (haul trucks, loaders, excavators, support equipment)
  • High‑pressure production environments with continuous operations
  • On‑site breakdown support
• Proven experience engaging directly with:
  • OEMs
  • Technical service providers
  • Site engineering and maintenance teams

Duties, Responsibilities & Reasons for Leaving at each Company MUST be listed on CV.

No Criminal Record. Medically Fit. South African Citizen.

Please Note:

Only successful candidates will be contacted.

Thank you