Darren Slade currently serves as a Maintenance Planner at Mader Group, where responsibilities include planning maintenance activities for a fleet of Komatsu 830E's and Hitachi EH4000 Haul Trucks at New Hope Bengalla Operations. Previously, Darren held positions including Lifecycle Support Planner at Sandvik and Coordinator - Maintenance Planning at Orica, alongside a role as Maintenance Specialist at Maintenance Systems Solutions Pty Ltd. Experience also includes serving as Long Term Maintenance Planner at Peabody Energy, Maintenance Planner - Long Term Mobile at Moolarben Coal, and various planning roles at Fortescue Metals Group. Early career experience includes a position as Maintenance Planner MARC at WesTrac. Education was completed at CQUniversity from 2010 to 2012.