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Be part of something big. Fortescue is leading the world with our plan to decarbonise our iron ore operations, projects that harness renewable energy and the development of technology that will change our planet forever.

OUR OPPORTUNITY

Work Location: Eliwana- Fortescue’s Eliwana mine is located on the traditional lands of the Puutu Kunti Kurrama people.
Roster: 4D/3R, 4D/3R, 8D/6R – FIFO ex Perth
Currently seeking a Reliability Engineer to provide direct technical and maintenance engineering support for site-based Heavy Mobile Equipment (HME) maintenance activities. Assist HME maintenance department to make well-informed maintenance decisions to reach cost-effective solutions with minimal impact to production requirements. Analyse failures to determine root cause and proactively implement maintenance regimes to prevent reoccurrences. Identifying and implementing continuous improvement initiatives to improve and maintain the overall HME fleet performance.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Experience in a heavy mobile maintenance environment desired
• Experience in mineral processing environment or similar desired
• Degree in Mechanical Engineering/related field or Trade certification in a Mechanical Discipline
• Strong communication with a self-starter attitude
• Knowledge of computerised maintenance management systems (e.g. SAP) desired

• Daily interaction with supervisors and workshop personnel for “hands on” input into strategies and improvement ideas.
• Review and further interrogate daily, weekly, monthly reports and KPI’s to identify common faults and trends to apply problem solving and root cause analysis, with a continual improvement focus.
• Provide reliability support to all sites to ensure that equipment is being maintained in accordance with our maintenance strategies and WOL plans.
• Conduct RCA to identify root causes of major or chronic failures preventing or eliminating failures.
• Actively participate in the planning process to ensure that assumptions & targets are technically feasible (as applicable).
• Propose improvement ideas based on detailed examination of anticipated or recurring issues of a technical or specialist nature.
• Identify and recommend critical spares that are required to ensure optimal performance of HME assets and their forecast maintenance plans.