Mechanical Engineer | Fixed Plant Reliability

Telfer Operation, Australia
Competitive
Aug 09, 2022
Sep 06, 2022
981109
Permanent
Full Time
English
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 Reliability Engineer to join our site-based Engineering Team (FIFO 8-6 roster) 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.

Your Fixed Plant Maintenance experience will empower you to deliver highly effective reliability centred maintenance strategies, based on condition monitoring programs and develop asset management plans for mechanical assets

With your experience in surface mining operations and technical knowledge, you have the ability to quickly identify and mitigate potential hazards and lead mechanical fault finding and failure analysis procedures, including L1 and L2 Root Cause Analysis

You will also assist in breakdown investigations and be accountable to improve asset reliability and availability.

Other key deliverables of the role include:

You will assume overall responsibility for ensuring statutory compliance of all assets and activities and for safety of contractors under your control, therefore will complete visible felt safety leadership to constantly drive a positive change in safety culture.

You will also be responsible for developing scope of works and repair methodologies, ensuring cost optimisation through project budget control.

In addition to the above key skills, the below skillset will set you up for success:
  • Bachelor or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering
  • 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.

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