Reliability Engineer - Musina at Sandvik

Main Responsibilities

• Reconcile actual equipment component performance vs total cost of ownership
• Develop equipment preventive maintenance plans with a focus on preventive maintenance and component replacement schedules
• Professionally and systematically define, design, develop and implement an Asset Maintenance Plan that includes value-added preventive maintenance tasks and predictive testing to identify and isolate inherent reliability problems
• Develop a risk management plan that will anticipate reliability-related risks
• Develop engineering solutions to repetitive failures and other problems that adversely affect plant operations
• Analyze root cause failure and provide corrective action recommendations
• Provide reliability reporting by site/model
• Review maintenance parts lists for accuracy of parts information and align with Global TCO team
• Collect and analyze information on the equipment reliability of parts and components
• Participate in defect elimination projects to identify inherent reliability of a part, component or system and develop the required maintenance strategies
• Develop a monthly business impact analysis report
• Assess and action condition-based information for critical equipment
• Perform equipment strategy reviews and failure analysis to ensure that all task lists, and work instructions remain accurate and relevant

Accountabilities

• Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF)
• Mean Time to Repair (MTTR)
• Percentage reactive maintenance vs planned maintenance
• Percentage Maintenance Cost/ Replacement Asset Value
• Overall Equipment Effectiveness (covering availability, performance and quality)
• Failure mode analysis

Competencies

• Process Management
• Forecasting and Planning
• Organising
• Control
• Good negotiation Skills
• Expert Communications
• Analytical
• Problem solving
• Customer Focus
• Delivering Professional Service
• Knowledge Sharing

Qualifications

• Relevant engineering/technical qualification (degree/diploma or trade qualification)
• Proficient with RCM processes
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to interact with all levels including internal and external stakeholders, middle management level, contractors and other specialists.
• Strong track record of implementing a globally designed strategic approach towards the application of technical expertise in Reliability Engineering Principles in a complex, matrix structured global resources organization.
• Strong stakeholder management
• Advanced understanding of the full mining value chain and its key drivers.
• Working knowledge of Mobile Maintenance operating, maintaining principles, reliability concepts (FMECA, RCM), work management processes and reporting.
• Strong analytical, planning, organizational and time management skills
• Extensive knowledge of Maintenance Management System
• Knowledge of Maintenance process and activities

Experience

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in reliability engineering
• Demonstrated experience in root cause analysis
• Demonstrated experience in equipment life cycle cost modelling.
• Project Management and Change Management experience in the resourcing industry
• Demonstrated experience in reliability engineering and/or asset management/asset integrity from mining or heavy industry