Self-Assessment

10 Questions Every Maintenance Manager Should Be Able to Answer

A self-assessment for Australian mining and heavy industry operations. Answer honestly — the gaps are where your real compliance risk lives.

Question

YesPartlyNo

1.Can you access the complete audit history for any critical asset in under 5 minutes?

2.If your most experienced audit engineer left tomorrow, would their knowledge be preserved?

3.Is every open audit finding linked to a named owner with a documented due date?

4.Do you have visibility of all overdue actions without asking anyone to compile a report?

5.Can you produce a defensible close-out evidence package for a specific finding within 24 hours?

6.Are your audit templates aligned to the current version of the relevant standard or regulation?

7.Do your audit findings feed directly into your maintenance or work management system?

8.Can you tell your board your current open high-risk finding count without assembling data manually?

9.When an action is marked closed, is there verified evidence of close-out — or is it self-reported?

10.Has your audit process produced measurable improvement in asset reliability or safety outcomes?

0 of 10 answered