Senior Engineer

 Senior Reliability Engineer

• Showcase your passion for leading others in this dynamic role developing and supporting a multi-disciplined technical team
• Use your analytical skills to successfully lead and implement continuous improvement initiatives
• Work for a leader who is passionate about developing and supporting their team

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a suitably qualified and experienced Senior Reliability Engineer to join our Maintenance Planning and Engineering team at our Hope Downs 1 site.

As the Senior Reliability Engineer you will lead a team of Reliability and Electrical and Control Engineers and be responsible for championing defect elimination and reliability engineering processes to improve the asset performance across both the fixed plant and mobile equipment.

Reporting to the Superintendent, Maintenance Planning and Engineering, this vital leadership role will be responsible for a small team of Electrical and Controls, Reliability and Project Engineers across both Fixed Plant and Mobile Equipment Maintenance. Key deliverables for the Senior Engineer will be to support the Safe Production System rollout, revamping the shut strategy of the plant and improve the Plant Reliability.

• Support and develop a team of multi-disciplined Engineers in the delivery of reliability engineering processes
• Provide expert technical advice to operations and maintenance teams
• Poses strong interpersonal skills to allow for productive interfaces with the site maintenance teams
• Lead and support investigations into asset failures and performance, including root cause analysis (RCA)
• Utilise performance data to identify high value defect elimination opportunities and implement improvements in reliability, productivity and cost
• Recommend and implement tactics designed to support high levels of asset safety, reliability and integrity
• Monitor and analyse the performance of our assets and analyse primary/ secondary maintenance tasks to improve asset reliability and cost 
• Demonstrate the Rio Tinto values of Care, Courage, and Curiosity
• Support and develop a team of asset health professionals to monitor and improve the health of the assets

What you’ll bring

You will have tertiary qualifications in engineering or a related discipline, coupled with previous maintenance or reliability experience within a mining environment. You will be committed to demonstrating and promoting a positive safety culture and most importantly, you are someone who thrives on a challenge and is willing to be creative when solving technical problems.

With an ability to relate to a diverse range of stakeholders and operational teams, you will have experience effectively collaborating with others in order to drive successful outcomes. You will have previous experience leading an engineering team to accurately identify the root cause of issues, provide recommendations and implement change to support continuous improvement.

Practical experience and an understanding of asset management and reliability-based principles and processes such as RCA, FMECA and tactics development will be required. A working knowledge of statutory, Australian and Rio Tinto engineering standards will be advantageous, and a full ‘C’ class driver’s licence is essential. Prior experience with SAP and other maintenance and reliability software will be advantageous.

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 work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• 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)
• Relocation and housing benefits for those candidates seeking a re-location arrangement

Where you will be working

This position is based at our Hope Downs 1 operations working a FIFO 5/2; 4/3 roster.

Applications close 6th April 2023 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).

This role is for applicants residing in or willing to permanently relocate to Western Australia.

About Rio Tinto

Every idea, every innovation, every little thing the world calls ‘progress’ begins with a first step, and someone willing to take it: explorers, inventors, entrepreneurs. Pioneers.

For nearly 150 years, Rio Tinto has been a company of pioneers – generations of people spanning the globe, all with the grit and vision to produce materials essential to human progress. Our iron ore has shaped skylines from Shanghai to Sydney. Our aluminium – the world’s first to be certified “responsible” – helps planes fly and makes cars lighter. Our copper helps wind turbines power cities and our boron helps feed the world and explore the universe. Our diamonds help us celebrate the best parts of life.

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.

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.