Engineer Reliability

Reliability Engineer – Fixed Plant- Mesa A

• Deliver real business impact in an influential site-based reliability role
• Challenge, identify and develop strategies to improve asset reliability 
• Opportunity to work on high value initiatives to improve Fixed Plant Operations reliability

About the role

All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.

The Team at Rio Tinto’s Mesa A fixed plant operations, seek an enthusiastic and motivated Reliability Engineer to join our Asset Management & Engineering Services (AMES) team.

You will champion defect elimination and reliability engineering processes to improve fixed plant asset reliability and integrity.

This role will provide you with the chance to excel in your career and extend your technical expertise and make your mark, influencing reliability improvement across a broad asset base.

Reporting to the Asset Management and Engineering Services Senior Engineer, you will:

• Lead the Defect Elimination process on site, including high level root cause analysis (RCA) for asset failures
• Analyse plant performance data to successfully identify, prioritise and implement reliability improvement initiatives
• Recommend and implement tactics designed to maintain asset health and improve asset safety, reliability and integrity
• Provide technical engineering support to the site maintenance execution teams
• Champion reliability practices on site including FMECA, RCM/PMO, criticality and spares assessments, constraint optimisation and identify opportunities for reliability-focussed investment

This position is based at our Pannawonica mining operations, offered on a FIFO 8/6 roster from Perth. (8 days on, 6 days off)

Where you’ll be working

Located in the scenic Pilbara region and close to the major centre of Karratha, the vibrant town offers a sought-after lifestyle and affordable living in comfortable subsidised housing.

This is a great opportunity for you and your family to contribute to a unique community and enjoy a wide range of seasonal outdoor activities; allowing you to find the perfect balance between leisure and work. From the popular annual rodeo event to other regular social and cultural activities, local residents can make the most of modern amenities.

The town of Pannawonica is supported by a resident doctor, an excellent primary school with options to undertake secondary school studies in a supervised distance education program, supermarket, and a local community gym and youth centre.

What you will bring 

• The ability to work collaboratively across a diverse range of stakeholders and operational teams
• Experience leading continuous improvement activities
• Practical experience and an understanding of reliability modelling and concepts – FMECA, RCM, etc.
• Tertiary qualifications in Engineering or related discipline and previous maintenance or reliability experience within a mining environment
• Experience in SAP, Downtime Systems and GE APM will be advantageous
• A current and valid manual ‘C Class’ driver's licence
• An understanding of Iron Ore fixed plant processing equipment such as conveyors, screens, crushers and balance machines will be beneficial

What we offer

Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress.

• A supportive and inclusive community environment
• Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions
• A competitive salary package reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program
• Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for employees and immediate family
• Attractive employee share scheme, extensive salary sacrifice and salary packaging options, and exclusive employee discount schemes
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)

Every voice matters

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, the LGBTI+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds. 

We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard, all cultures respected and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome – they are essential to our success. We treat each other fairly and with dignity regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation or anything else that makes us different.

Apply today if you want to work with the latest technology and innovation, in an environment where we challenge you to drive positive change. Please note, to be successfully considered for this role you must complete all pre-screening questions. This role is for applicants residing in or willing to permanently relocate to Western Australia. Rio Tinto offers Fly in and fly out options from Perth, our regional FIFO hubs, and the opportunity to live in our residential towns where applicable.

Please note, in order to be successfully considered for this role you must complete all pre-screening questions. 

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Applications close on 13 October (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)