Maintenance Planner
Salary £ 42,000
South Crofty Mine
Vacancy listed 02/02/2026
Application deadline 02/03/2026
Details
The Company

Cornish Metals is an AIM listed Company working towards re-opening the 100% owned and fully permitted South Crofty underground tin mine in Pool, Cornwall.  

In March 2025, we raised £57.4 million, anchored by the UK’s National Wealth Fund and Vision Blue Resources to advance South Crofty towards tin production once again.  Tin is essential for electronics, renewable energy, and modern technology and demand is projected to increase by 30% in the next decade.

We are committed to ethical, responsible and domestic tin production and are proud to have strong local and national support.

Role purpose

As the backbone of our operations, you will play a vital role in developing preventive maintenance plans, managing and updating systems such as the Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS), analysing asset data, conducting audits, and ensuring compliance with regulations and safety standards.

You will collaborate closely with external service providers, contractors, and internal teams to identify, and plan work requirements, while liaising with departments including, SHE, Procurement, and Finance to integrate their processes into the overall maintenance strategy and asset lifecycle. 

Working with the Engineers, you will oversee the CMMS, maintaining master asset data, task lists, and condition monitoring points, and act as custodian of the Work Management Process to ensure effective work identification, planning, scheduling, and feedback processing. Ultimately, your contribution will be instrumental in growing and sustaining our mine’s asset management strategies.

Cornish Metals is proud to be an equal opportunities employer, committed to diversity, equality, and inclusion in the workplace, with a copy of our Diversity, Equality and Inclusion Policy available on request.

Principle responsibilities/role tasks

Specific duties as part of the role include, but are not limited to, the following:

Health & Safety
  • Ensure work is carried out in a safe manner and complies with all the relevant health and safety legislation.
  • Identifying and planning maintenance which impacts upon safety, environmental and quality performance of assigned equipment.
  • Reviewing, monitoring and reporting of all Safety, Statutory and Environmental maintenance activities, whether planned or arising, that they are completed within the agreed timescales (LOLER, PUWER, Legionella, Safety critical, COSHH, Pressure systems)
 
CMMS Administration
  • Act as custodian of the Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS), ensuring master data is accurately captured and configured to Cornish Metals standards (assets, sub-assets, maintenance tasks, monitoring points).
  • Support engineers, foremen, and project teams in developing maintenance strategies and task lists, ensuring these are properly integrated into CMMS.
 
Asset & Inventory Management
  • Maintain a detailed inventory of all physical assets, recording location, condition, and acquisition data.
  • Identify spares required for planned and unplanned maintenance. Liaise with stores to ensure cataloguing, min–max levels, and availability for scheduled jobs.
  • Implement and manage rotable/repairable spares processes.
 
Work Management & Planning
  • Implement the full work management process: work identification, planning, scheduling, and close-out.
  • Develop maintenance plans and lead weekly planning meetings.
  • Manage pre-start checklist systems, ensuring reported defects are converted into work orders and scheduled appropriately.
  • Assist foremen in organizing external services, labour, tools, and equipment, ensuring compliance with company procurement and contract management procedures.
  • Prepare work plans and lead integrated Planning meetings 
 
 Performance Monitoring & Reporting
  • Analyse asset data, develop reports, and track trends on equipment performance and work management KPIs.
  • Contribute to the development of maintenance budgets, monitor actual spend versus budget, and report variances.
 
Compliance & Documentation
  • Assist in the development of engineering and mining SOPs, manager’s rules, risk assessments, and method statements (RAMS).
  • Maintain electronic document management systems for storing, tracking, and retrieving technical documents.
  • Ensure all asset management activities comply with company policies and industry regulations, conducting regular audits and reporting findings.

Working Environment 

This is an on-site role based at South Crofty mine.   While mainly desk based, it will involve some/regular movement around the site, including underground, for meetings, training and project related activities as well as occasional external meetings across the UK.

Key relationships

The role will report to the Engineering & Maintenance Manager, but there will be frequent interaction with a variety of other members of the management team, such as the 

  • Project Team 
  • Underground Mining Department 
  • Health & Safety Team
  • Processing Department 
  • Shift Bosses
  • Engineering 
  • Procurement Team
  • Asset Management Team
 

Skills and experience

The key skills and experience which are expected for this role are:

Essential

  • Relevant HNC, HND or Degree in Engineering, or equivalent
  • Extensive knowledge of engineering maintenance techniques and Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS)
  • At least 5 years’ experience working in a similar role in a heavy engineering environment, preferably within mining, tunnelling, or processing plants
  • Knowledge in Asset Management and Reliability techniques 
  • Use of engineering databases, control systems and planning systems for controlling machinery and equipment (e.g. SCADA, PROSCON).
  • Excellent Communication, presentation and people management skills 
  • Knowledge of Mechanical and Electrical maintenance tasks
  • Demonstrate a positive, proactive approach and show high levels of initiative and a focus on safety. 
  • Excellent organisational skills with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
  • Experience in managing Risk Assessments and Major Hazards in a similar environment
  • Familiarity with relevant industry regulations, standards, and legislation
 
Desirable

  • Asset Management Experience and ISO 55001
  • Use of reliability tools including (FMCA, RCA, RCM)
  • Working knowledge of the Mines Regs 201, SIMMS, ACOP’s 
  • NEBOSH General Certificate or IOSH Managing Safely (Or equivalent Industrial Safety Course)
  • Knowledge of mining equipment, particularly (Shafts and Hoists, Pumps, Ventilation Fans, Underground Heavy Mobile Equipment (UGHME), Crushing, Milling, Floatation and Water Treatment Plants)
  • Project Management Experience 

Hours of work and work location

Full Time 37.5 hours a week, Monday to Friday between 8:00am and 4:00pm, based at the South Crofty Mine site in Pool, Redruth.  The role may occasionally require availability outside standard working hours to support operational activities and other events.  

Benefits

• Health & Dental Cashback
• Life Insurance
• Enhanced parental leave and sick pay
• Income protection insurance
• Enhanced pension contributions
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Personal days

This vacancy has now been closed