South 32 2017 Job Vacancy Senior Reliability and Maintenance Engineer

We are a globally diversified mining and metals company with operations in Australia, South Africa and South America. Headquartered in Perth, Western Australia, securities for South32 trade on three exchanges, the Australian Securities exchange (ASX), Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) and London Stock Exchange (LSE).

Our purpose is to make a difference by developing natural resources, improving people’s lives now and for generations to come.

Our people are central to our success and demonstrate our determination to be a best-in-class operator. We aspire to be an inclusive organisation, where our workforce reflects the broader demographic of the countries and communities where we operate.

Capabilities and Responsibilities:

In this GEMCO based role, you will be responsible for guiding the Maintenance Reliability team in data analysis, engineering and defect elimination to improve the availability and performance of the GEMCO assets. This will include:

• Lead, develop and support the Maintenance Reliability team in areas of safety, cost reduction and production improvement
• Develop the portfolio of maintenance improvement initiatives
• Lead investigations and analysis into equipment downtime and production loss events using techniques to identify root cause and contributing factors
• Ensure the defect elimination process is consistently applied across all equipment assets
• Develop strategies for equipment condition monitoring and analyse data to prevent unplanned failures
• Initiate engineering requests on behalf of the Maintenance function to improve equipment safety and reliability
• Build the yearly maintenance budgets and analyse variance throughout the year
• Provide expertise to other sub-functions in analysis of performance indicators and metrics

Competencies:

• Tertiary qualification in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering
• Extensive experience in a similar role within the mining industry
• Solid understanding of developing preventative maintenance strategies
• Excellent analytical and investigative skills focusing on fixed plant equipment
• Excellent communication skills for interacting at all levels in the organisation
• Proficiency in software such as MMS, Downtime Data Analysis, Microsoft Office, Autodesk Inventor, Conveyor Design and Apollo RCA will be highly regarded

What does South32 offer?

• Based on Groote Eylandt, on a 4 days on 3 days off FIFO roster out of Cairns
• 14 Weeks paid parental leave and a return to work lump payment
• Flexible work schemes
• Superannuation Matching Contributions
• Education and Career Development
• Employee Share Plan
• Competitive Salaries

We are always seeking people who share our values to join our team. Our people are fundamental to our success. We’re focused on creating an inclusive workplace, with the right people in the right roles, who are engaged, empowered and appropriately rewarded.

We look forward to receiving your application and exploring this opportunity with you very soon.