Reliability Engineer – Fixed Plant – Greater Brockman

• Join a dynamic multi-disciplined team of technical experts who are passionate about what they do

• Use your analytical skills to successfully lead and implement continuous improvement initiatives

• Great exposure working across three fixed plants at the biggest operation for Rio Tinto Iron Ore in WA

About the role

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

We are looking for a suitably qualified and experienced Reliability Engineerto join our Asset Management & Engineering Services (AMES) team at our Greater Brockman Operations.Working on a FIFO 5/2; 4/3 roster, you will champion defect elimination and reliability engineering processes in order to improve asset reliability and integrity for the fixed plant processing equipment.

Reporting to the Senior Engineer, you will:

• Lead and support investigations into asset failures and performance, including root cause analysis (RCA)
• Analyse 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
• Provide technical engineering support to the site maintenance execution teams
• Monitor and analyse the performance of our assets and analyse primary/secondary maintenance tasks to improve asset reliability and cost
• Actively contribute to asset strategy by developing asset lifecycle plans and zero-based budgets for fixed plant equipment

What you’ll bring

You will have tertiary qualifications in engineering or a related discipline, coupled with previous maintenance or reliability experience ideally within a mining environment. An understand of fixed plant mining equipment including conveyors, crushers, screens etc will be beneficial and you will be committed to demonstrating and promoting a positive safety culture. 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 and managing a diverse portfolio of improvement projects and an understanding of asset management and reliability-based principles and processes such as RCA, FMECA and tactics development will be beneficial. Experience with SAP and other maintenance and reliability software will be advantageous. A full ‘C’ class driver’s licence will be required.

Where you will be working

This position is based at our Greater Brockman Operations working a FIFO 5/2; 5/3 roster.

Located 60km north-west of Tom Price, Brockman is wholly owned and operated by Rio Tinto. Opened in 2010, this open pit operation offers a family friendly fly in fly out roster with state-of-the-art camp facilities. The Greater Brockman Operations consist of Brockman 2, Brockman 4, Nammuldi and Silvergrass. Driving the latest technological advancements, the open-pit mines offer an avenue for opportunity and career progression.

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)

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.

Applications close on Wednesday 19th May (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).