Reliability Engineer – Sandfire Motheo

• Providing technical support to other teams such as process and maintenance.
• The Reliability Engineer is responsible for adhering to the Life Cycle Asset Management (LCAM) process throughout the entire life cycle of new assets
• Participates in the development of design and installation specifications along with commissioning plans.
• Participates in the development of criteria for and evaluation of equipment and technical suppliers and technical maintenance service providers.
• Develops acceptance tests and inspection criteria, participates in the final check out of new installations.
• Guides efforts to ensure reliability and maintainability of equipment, processes, utilities, facilities, controls, and safety/security systems.
• Professionally and systematically defines, designs, develops, monitors, and refines an Asset Maintenance Plan that includes:
  • Value-added preventive maintenance tasks
  • Effective utilization of predictive and other non-destructive testing methodologies designed to identify and isolate inherent reliability problem.
• Provides input to a Risk Management Plan that will anticipate reliability-related, and non-reliability-related risks that could adversely impact plant operation.
• Develops engineering solutions to repetitive failures and all other problems that adversely affect plant operations. These problems include capacity, quality, cost or regulatory compliance issues.
• Provides technical support to production, maintenance management and technical personnel.
• Analyse equipment conditions and ensure corrective action are completed.
• Applies value analysis to repair/replace, repair/redesign, and make/buy decisions.

Qualifications: 

• A degree in engineering, industrial arts, equivalent trade school associate degree, or former maintenance craft background training, or equivalent.
• Good standing registration with the Engineers Registration Board (ERB)
• Previous appointment as 13.1 pursuant to Mines, Quarries, Works and Machinery Act (MQWM).

Experience:

• five (5) to ten 10 years’ experience in mining or related industries.
• Demonstrated knowledge of statistical, mathematical, and engineering concepts.
• Experience using statistical and probability methods and tools.

Competencies: 

• Critical and problem-solving skills
• Logical thinking
• Exceptional organizational and communication skills
• Proven leadership skills
• Ability to multitask and prioritize workloads
• Knowledge of engineering concepts such as lifecycle asset management, risk management, configuration management, and loss elimination
• Task-oriented and outcome-focused
• Have excellent report writing and communication and demonstrated experience delivering on time and on budget.

OHSE Commitment: 

• Zero critical incidents
• 100% compliance with Sandfire’s OHS management system.
• 100% compliance with the Company’s Environmental policies and procedures.

Other:

Satisfactory results from the prescribed medical examination and which indicates fitness and ability to carry out prescribed tasks to required performance and safety standards.