Pilbara Minerals is the leading ASX top 100 listed pure-play lithium company, owning 100% of the world’s largest, independent hard-rock lithium operation. Located in Western Australia’s resource-rich Pilbara region, the Pilgangoora Project and Operation produces a spodumene and tantalite concentrate. The significant scale and quality of the operation has attracted a consortium of high quality, global partners.
Through execution of Pilbara Minerals growth and diversification strategy, it is positioned to become a major player in the rapidly growing lithium supply chain, underpinned by increasing demand for clean energy technologies such as electric vehicles and energy storage as the world pursues a sustainable energy future.
THE OPPORTUNITY:
Reporting to the Senior Reliability Engineer, the Reliability Engineer is responsible for providing technical engineering support focused on sustaining reliability and availability of the fixed plant, by ensuring the equipment is maintained to high standards and accurately predicting equipment failure to prevent unscheduled plant downtime, whilst ensuring compliance with all company and statutory regulations, guidelines, and procedures.
This is a permanent full-time position which operates on a FIFO 8:6 roster from Perth.
Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Ownership of plant downtime reporting system and management of data integrity.
- Oversee condition monitoring function, including contractor technicians collating and interpreting data, to provide best practice management of at-risk items via CMMS Work management system
- Initiate and execute continuous improvement projects focused on plant improvement and defect elimination.
- Develop weekly reliability meeting to review previous weeks plant performance, condition monitoring actions and develop corrective action plan
- Assist in development of maintenance strategies and tactics to ensure optimised plant performance and cost.
- Manage development and continuous review of maintenance strategy supporting documentation.
- Provide technical support in relation to equipment performance and maintenance activities including inspections and engineering verification of shutdown tasks where applicable
- Manage and facilitate Root Cause Analysis investigations.
- Analyse and report on plant equipment performance against forecasts.
- Provide recommendations on maximising the equipment life cycle and performance
- Provide inputs into budget forecasting and sustaining capital expenditure requests.
- SME and guidance to supply on master data improvements and operational stock adjustments to suit maintenance strategy and tactics
- Oversee engagement of 3rd Party engineering for annual audits and review of plant condition, including structural auditing.
ABOUT YOU:
- Bachelor Mechanical Engineering
- Demonstrated 3-5 years experience in the mining industry within maintenance and/or reliability engineering.
- Knowledge of statutory safety requirements relevant to the processes.
- Systematic planning skills.
- Ability to work effectively in a dynamic team environment.
- Strong commitment to safety and the environment.
WHAT WE OFFER
- Competitive Salary
- Monthly cash bonus based on lithium pricing, PLUS
- Annual incentive based on company performance, paid in cash or cash/share combination
- Career growth opportunities
- Great accommodation and recreational facilities
- Paid Parental Leave
- Paid Community Leave
- Take a front row seat in the sustainable energy transformation!
WHAT WE STAND FOR
- Great people
- Think, do, achieve
- Safety matters
- Quality products
- Valuing our partners
- Making a difference in the world
PROMOTING DIVERSITY
Pilbara Minerals recognises that talented people come from diverse backgrounds, who can contribute to our successes in different ways. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and strongly recommend women and Australian indigenous people to apply.
OUR RECRUITMENT PROCESS
As part of our recruitment process, we require a pre-employment medical, drug and alcohol screen and a National Police Clearance.
Short listing for this role will commence immediately.
We respectfully request agencies not to forward unsolicited resumes unless requested.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY
Pilbara Minerals respectfully acknowledges the Nyamal and Kariyarra People of the Pilbara, and the Whadjuk Noongar People of the Perth region who are the traditional owners and first people of these lands. We would like to pay respect to the Elders past, present and emerging for they hold the memories, the traditions, the culture and hopes of the Nyamal, Kariyarra and Whadjuk Noongar Peoples.
