Mechanical Engineer - Telfer

Operations near and far:

Located in the Great Sandy Desert in Western Australia, Telfer is a fly in fly out operation from Perth which recognizes the importance of work-life balance. Our comfortable, well-furnished rooms include Foxtel, and our site offers quality food with healthy options, medical care, sports and recreation activities. Families are welcomed several times a year to open days to support our community feel at Telfer.

Who we’re looking for

We are seeking an ambitious Mechanical Engineer to join our site-based Maintenance Team at Telfer to provide technical support, guidance and coaching to site personnel on matters related to reliability, engineering, mechanical safety, statutory compliance, and engineering matters.

The Surface Maintenance Mechanical Engineer provides a key accountable link to Actively support safety improvement initiatives and demonstrate safety leadership across the site and Identification and delivery of mechanical asset improvement projects.

A few key responsibilities will include (but not be limited to):

• Assist in identifying and monitoring key mechanical reliability risks across the site and track the implementation of key risk mitigation strategies.
• Assist in breakdown investigations and be accountable for L1 and L2 Root Cause Analysis to improve asset reliability and availability.
• Provide technical support, guidance and coaching to site personnel on matters related to reliability, engineering, mechanical safety, statutory compliance, and engineering matters.
• Delivery of robust, cost-effective engineering solutions compliant with the site and Australian Standards
• Provide technical support in relation to equipment performance and maintenance activities, including inspections and engineering verification of shutdown tasks where applicable.
• Initiate and execute continuous improvement projects focused on plant improvement and defect elimination
• Maintaining the project tracker and escalating new work/issues to the Senior Mechanical Engineer.
• Utilize and support the Management of Change system.
• Optimise cost through the Edge process and project budget control.
• Technical fault finding and failure analysis.

You will be safety focused, team oriented, enable and drive continuous improvement and be willing to strive for results.  

Ideally you will also have the following:

• Tertiary Qualifications in Mechanical Engineering with reliability experience (Degree).
• Demonstrable understanding of reliability engineering and asset life planning strategies
• Execution experience in surface mining, fixed plant equipment maintenance.
• In-depth knowledge and experience with asset integrity management systems
• Comprehensive knowledge of statutory codes and standards relating to regulated fixed-plant equipment compliance.
• Effective interpersonal / networking skills to champion change and instigate and manage improvement projects.
• Experience in cost enhancement, statutory compliance, and audit.
• Strong stakeholder and communication skills
• Engineering and reliability experience with ore processing plant equipment such as SAG and Ball mills, slurry pumps, crushing, and conveying components.
• Good level of computer literacy (operating systems, Office products, engineering tools)
• SAP, experience desirable.
• Manual C Class Driver’s License (Essential) 

Please note: This is a permanent role, FIFO from Perth Telfer on an 8 days on/6 off

Our commitment to you  

Our people bring our organisation to life. With us, you’ll find experience all around you. Our leaders are visible and approachable, leading and supporting the organisation through transformation. We bring out the best in each other, inspiring performance and a belief in making an impact.  

Look around and you’ll discover opportunities to explore different pathways. Supported by development programs and guided by our leaders, you’ll learn and grow in your time with us. 

At this stage, we are not accepting any external agency CVs for the opportunity. 

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