Senior Reliability Engineer

Senior Reliability Engineer | Fixed Plant
FIFO | Processing Operations | 6-Month Contract | Immediate Start

A leading mining operation is seeking an experienced Senior Reliability Engineer to join its Fixed Plant Asset Management team. This is an opportunity to play a key role in improving the reliability, performance and maintenance strategies of critical processing assets within a large-scale mining environment.

Working closely with operations, maintenance and technical stakeholders, you'll drive reliability improvements across crushing, conveying and material handling equipment while supporting long-term asset performance objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, review and optimise fixed plant maintenance strategies
• Analyse asset performance data to identify reliability risks and improvement opportunities
• Lead defect elimination initiatives, root cause analyses (RCA) and corrective action programs
• Optimise preventative maintenance programs and asset health plans
• Provide technical guidance and coaching to maintenance and operational teams
• Work collaboratively with stakeholders to improve equipment performance and asset availability

About You

• Degree qualified in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline
• Strong background in reliability engineering within the mining or resources sector
• Extensive experience supporting crushing, conveying and material handling assets
• Proven capability delivering reliability, maintenance and asset performance improvements
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
• Solid understanding of maintenance strategy development and reliability best practice
• Experience with SAP PM, maintenance master data and asset management systems
• Exposure to fixed plant maintenance and condition monitoring programs

Desirable Experience

• Broad fixed plant processing experience
• SAP implementation or rollout project experience
• Formal condition monitoring qualifications
• Experience supporting large-scale asset management improvement initiatives

What's on Offer

• Immediate start
• Initial contract through to February 2027
• FIFO roster: 8/6, 4/3, 4/3
• 12-hour shifts
• Opportunity to work within a high-performing asset management team on a major processing operation
• Competitive market rates available

If you're an experienced Reliability Engineer with a strong fixed plant background and a passion for improving asset performance, we'd welcome a confidential discussion.