Open To Work
James Ezer
Maintenance Planner
Morayfield,QLD
Summary
Innovative Maintenance Planner and Asset Manager with extensive experience in optimizing equipment reliability and performance through strategic maintenance initiatives. Specializes in technical troubleshooting and effective communication, reducing equipment downtime and enhancing operational efficiency while ensuring compliance with safety standards and maintaining strong vendor relationships.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Maintenance Planner/Asset Manager
Master Drilling Australia
01.2025 - Current
- Managed maintenance of 32 equipment fleet assets, including drilling rigs, light vehicles, service trucks, IT carriers, and generators by planning and executing preventative and corrective maintenance strategies to enhance reliability, safety, and performance.
- Oversee the full equipment lifecycle planning process, including the coordination and implementation of strategic rolling replacement programs, assessment of asset performance and utilization, and the development of whole-of-life asset management strategies
- Reduced equipment downtime and maintenance-related disruptions by developing and implementing maintenance strategies using technical data and performance analysis.
- Coordinated day-to-day workshop operations, allocating resources, assigning tasks, and developing detailed schedules to complete all projects on time, within scope, and budget.
- Resolved electrical, mechanical, and hydraulic breakdowns by providing effective short-term fixes and developing long-term solutions.
- Liaise closely with teams and suppliers to organise support for equipment requiring advanced diagnostics or repairs, ensuring timely repairs, effective service delivery, and strong business relationships
- Coordinated timely delivery of parts and services from third-party vendors, proactively resolving supply issues to maintain uninterrupted operations across workshop functions.
- Safely operate Volvo Integrated Tool Carriers to lift, transport, relocate, load and unload materials around the yard, driving to conditions as per traffic management plans and ensuring to utilize effective two-way radio communication with other operators within the yard
Drillers Offsider
Core Drilling Fortescue
04.2024 - 12.2024
- Responsible for assisting the drillers in performing all aspects of diamond drilling, including changing the drill bits with the crane, marking up drill patterns as per engineered blast designs and drilling holes accurately to the correct depth and angles
- Safely operate 8-wheeler MAN Service Trucks and 4x4 light vehicles for collecting and transporting fuel, water, drill rods, parts, and equipment to and from store areas and drill sites, abiding by all Western Australian Road rules, regulations, speed restrictions and displayed signage when driving on main roads, highways, haul roads and on mine sites
- Effectively working long day shifts performing physical manual labour-intensive tasks within extreme and changing conditions, repetitively lifting 40+KG ensuring correct manual handling techniques when loading, replacing and pulling rods using rod holders, winches/hoists and emptying tubes while conducting core measurements to accurately show meters drilled
- Complied with safety procedures, applying two-way radio communication, securing loads, implementing fatigue management strategies, and completing logbook checks and pre-start inspections before truck operation.
- Utilised service truck for machinery maintenance tasks, including fueling, greasing, and checking fluid levels, ensuring optimal operation of mobile plant and equipment.
- Conducting detailed daily pre-start inspections and carrying out basic repairs and maintenance on trucks, light vehicles and drill rigs, checking fluid levels, truck tyres, refuelling and replenishing water, oils and lubricants, reporting any maintenance issues and tagging out if unsafe to use
- Executed mobilisation, demobilisation, and relocation of drill rigs across various sites, facilitating seamless transitions between project locations.
- Maintain strict compliance with OH&S rules and regulations including acting in accordance with JHA's, SOP's, Take 5's, MSDS's, contributing to daily prestart and monthly toolbox meetings and hazard identification and reporting to promote a safe working environment that is LTI and incident-free
Workshop Manager
Autosports Group
04.2022 - 02.2024
Workshop Manager
Sunco Motors
01.2021 - 04.2022
Team Leader / Diagnostic Technician
McCarroll's Volkswagen
01.2016 - 01.2021
Diagnostic Technician
Audi South
02.2010 - 12.2015
Education
High School Diploma -
Automotive Mechanic Trade School
Budapest HungarySkills
- Asset management
- Equipment maintenance
- Preventative maintenance
- Technical troubleshooting
- Asset performance monitoring
- Work order preparation
- Maintenance compliance
- Safety compliance
- Safety monitoring
- Compliance verification
- Risk assessment
- Project scheduling
- Time management
- Team collaboration
- Problem solving
- Effective communication
Certification
- HR-B Driver's Licence
- White Card
- Police Clearance
- First Aid Certificate
- International Tool Carrier Licence
- Automotive Mechanics Degree
- 4WD Operate and Maintenance Ticket
- Tradesperson Certificate - Motor Mechanic
- Automotive Air-Conditioner Technician Licence
- Volkswagen Diagnostic Technician Licence
- Volkswagen Master Technician Diploma
- Site Induction: FMG
- Site induction:Granny Smith
References
- Ryno Welding, Superintendent for Operation, Master Drilling Australia, 0477 044 179
- Joel Playford, Heavy Diesel Technician, Timco, 0448 576 553
Languages
Hungarian
Native/ Bilingual
Work Preference
Job Search Status
Open to workWork Type
Full TimeLocation Preference
On-SiteRemoteSalary Range
$45000/yr - $170000/yrTimeline
Maintenance Planner/Asset Manager
Master Drilling Australia
01.2025 - Current
Drillers Offsider
Core Drilling Fortescue
04.2024 - 12.2024
Workshop Manager
Autosports Group
04.2022 - 02.2024
Workshop Manager
Sunco Motors
01.2021 - 04.2022
Team Leader / Diagnostic Technician
McCarroll's Volkswagen
01.2016 - 01.2021
Diagnostic Technician
Audi South
02.2010 - 12.2015
High School Diploma -
Automotive Mechanic Trade School