Specialist Reliability Engineer

Specialist Reliability Engineer

• Join an organisation where the culture is inclusive, exciting and performance driven
• Build a rich and rewarding career with a global mining organisation
• Be an integral part of a small team with a rapidly expanding portfolio of work – based at our Central Park office, Perth

About the role

We are currently looking for a Perth based Specialist Reliability Engineer to join our Dampier Salt Limited (DSL) Engineering and Reliability team. As an integral member of the team, you will be responsible for providing technical expertise and governance to site, project, and central teams, as well as delivering our Defect Elimination process to ensure that any associated risk is being appropriately managed for mobile equipment and fixed plant assets.

This role is a great opportunity to improve the reliability and performance of mobile equipment and fixed plant assets throughout Dampier Salt Operations and, through advanced analysis skills and the development of maintenance tactics, ensure the safety of personnel is preserved and the production risk minimised. You will develop maintenance strategies and apply your specialised problem-solving skills and engineering expertise to ensure the safe and cost-effective performance of DSL assets.

As part of the wider Rio Tinto Iron Ore operations, Dampier Salt has three operations located at Dampier, Port Hedland and Lake MacLeod and is headquartered in Perth, Western Australia. Through a sustainable process of solar evaporation of sea water, we reliably deliver high quality salt essential for making thousands of products used in everyday life. At our Lake MacLeod operations, we also mine and export gypsum to customers in Australia and Southeast Asia. DSL is the world’s largest exporter of seaborne salt, with capacity to produce approximately 10.3 million tonnes every year.

Reporting to the Superintendent Engineering & Reliability, you will:

• Lead a team of two Reliability Engineers
• Regularly liaise with the three operations to ensure that the Reliability team are focused on the highest priority work and communicate progress
• Lead the Defect Elimination (DE) program for mobile and fixed plant assets across DSL Operations.
• Analyse asset performance and health data to identify and deliver asset performance and reliability improvement initiatives through the Asset Management Framework
• Drive cost and risk reduction while balancing asset life cycle strategies and performance in alignment with DSL Engineering standards.
• Analyse primary/secondary maintenance tasks (PM01/PM02) to improve asset reliability & cost
• Define asset management technical requirements for new assets
• Review new asset operational readiness tactics, maintenance plans and inventory requirements
• Provide technical expertise in the discipline of mechanical engineering to support site maintenance teams as well as the Project Delivery team throughout project cycles; and
• Review and maintain mechanical discipline Company Standard Specifications.

This is a permanent position working Monday to Friday out of the Rio Tinto Central Park building offices in the Perth CBD. This role will include regular site travel to our three Dampier Salt Operations, but with the flexibility to work around your own personal and family priorities.

About you To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:

• A tertiary qualification in Mechanical Engineering
• Minimum 5 years’ experience working in the field of Mechanical Engineering and Reliability
• Experience in the operation, maintenance and reliability of mobile equipment and/or fixed plant assets within a mining or industrial environment
• Expertise in reliability concepts
• Advanced RCA and problem-solving techniques
• Knowledge of data analysis tools
• Knowledge of work management process
• Excellent communication skills and effective stakeholder management
• A proactive approach with a commitment in driving a safe and inclusive team culture
• C Class driver’s licence

About Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and materials company. We operate in 35 countries where we produce iron ore, copper, aluminium, critical minerals and other materials needed for the global energy transition and for people, communities, and nations to thrive.

We have been mining for 150 years and operate with knowledge built up across generations and continents. Our purpose is finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs – striving for innovation and continuous improvement to produce materials with low emissions and to the right environmental, social and governance standards. But we can’t do it on our own, so we’re focused on creating partnerships to solve problems, create win-win and meet opportunities.

In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, we own a world-class, integrated network of 17 mines, four independent port terminals, a rail network spanning nearly 2,000 kilometres and related infrastructure – all designed to respond rapidly to changes in demand. We are one of the world’s leading producers and exporters of iron ore.

What we offer

Be recognised for your contribution, you’re 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
• Flexible working from home arrangements as per operational requirements
• 18 weeks of gender-neutral and equal paid parental leave, with continued superannuation contributions whilst employees are on unpaid, or half paid parental leave
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program
• Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for employees and immediate family
• Attractive share ownership plan
• Company provided insurance cover
• Extensive salary sacrifice & salary packaging options
• Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions
• Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical wellbeing support
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more); and
• Local relocation packages offered for Australian residents only

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.

Applications close on 11 Sept 2023 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).