Reliability Engineer

Reporting to the Maintenance Superintendent, the Reliability Engineer will be responsible for providing expertise focused on reliability, condition monitoring, improvement strategies and tactics that enable cost-effective, timely and safe maintenance to occur, and ensuring assets are consistently available to meet the operational plan requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Using data and reliability principles to focus improvement effort in obtaining optimal availability of the equipment
• Build reports and delver presentations to management
• Undertake reliability performance evaluations, predictions and standardised reporting
• Actively participate in various safety activities
• Actively participate in continuous improvement initiatives
• Clearly write reports detailing work performed and problems found
• Work with the Maintenance Superintendent to establish an operating budget
• Ensure all charges remain within budget, report on cost variances and identify cost savings opportunities
• Plan, approve and monitor any expenditure under your authority
• Promote and adhere to appropriate internal methodologies, policies, procedures and standards
• Consistently maintain a high quality of work within the maintenance team
• Provide input regarding improvement opportunities and areas of risk
• Ensure compliance with all statutory requirements (including Company Policy, Standards, and Procedures) through training and development of staff and promoting by example.

Requirements:

• Minimum Diploma, Certificate in Maintenance and Reliability
• Mechanical or Electrical Maintenance background
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in Reliability
• Minimum 3 years in Condition Based monitoring
• Highly skilled in Conducting Oil sampling, Vibration analysis, Thermography inspection and Thickness testing
• Non-destructive Testing
• Set up and implement monitoring and analysis of reporting systems and performance
• Experience in Asset Management Risk Reduction / Elimination programs such as RCA and FMEA systems
• French language skills desired and essential
• Experience within the mining sector in Africa preferred
• Working experience with Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook and PowerPoint
• Able to communicate effectively at all levels of the organisation and build effective relationships and networks
• Demonstrates strong conceptual skills, and be capable of developing lateral and practical solutions
• Ability to respond to a changing work environment
• The ability to manage multiple projects and tasks at the same time
• A Reputation for integrity and ethics.