Reliability Engineer - HME
Our Opportunity
Location: Fortescue’s Cloudbreak mine is located on the traditional lands of the Palyku and Nyiyaparli peoples.
Roster: 8D/6R
The role of the Electrical Engineer is to provide technical support and recommendations on electrical systems and components to improve the reliability and predictive maintenance tactics of the HME (Heavy Mobile Equipment) fleet within Fortescue operations. This role also supports the broader business in the development and integration of HME electrification and automation technologies.
A key responsibility is to implement proactive initiatives to improve asset health, reduce expenditure and eliminate risk from operational tasks specific to electrical and autonomous equipment.
Key Responsibilities
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- 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 assets and their forecast maintenance plans
Qualifications and Experience
- Degree in Mechanical Engineering/related field
- Experience in a heavy mobile maintenance environment desired
- Experience in mineral processing environment or similar desired
- Strong communication with a self-starter attitude
- Knowledge of computerised maintenance management systems (e.g. SAP) desired
About Us
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 Commitment
Fortescue celebrates individual strengths and team members are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work. Our global workforce drives and promotes an inclusive culture, both within our organisation and throughout the communities we interact with. Diverse backgrounds include First Nations Peoples, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ community, gender, neurodiverse, cultural diversity, all age groups, and those with an intersectional or multiple diverse characteristics. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.
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