About the role
Reporting to the Senior Reliability Engineer, the Reliability Engineer – Mechanical works closely with maintenance and operations teams to improve the reliability, availability, and performance of mechanical plant and equipment across site. The role focuses on developing and implementing preventative and predictive maintenance strategies, supporting breakdown and scheduled maintenance activities, and delivering reliability-based improvement initiatives across fixed plant and infrastructure assets.
This position provides engineering input across crushing, conveying, dewatering, hoisting, ventilation, and concentrator assets, with a strong focus on safety, compliance and continuous improvement.
Key responsibilities
* Developing and maintaining reliability strategies and programs for mechanical assets
* Implementing preventive and predictive maintenance tactics to improve equipment performance
* Supporting maintenance teams with engineering input for planned and breakdown maintenance
* Delivering reliability-based improvement projects from scoping through execution
* Analysing asset performance data, trends, and condition monitoring results
* Managing technical documentation, drawings, and work pack quality
* Preparing asset reports, including end‐of‐month reliability reporting
* Ensuring compliance with relevant Australian standards and regulatory requirements
About you
You are a mechanical engineer with experience in mining or heavy industry environments and a strong interest in asset reliability and continuous improvement. You bring sound technical capability, analytical thinking and the ability to work collaboratively across maintenance and operations teams.
* You hold an engineering degree or equivalent qualification
* Experience with mechanical systems such as crushing, conveying, dewatering, hoisting, ventilation or concentrator plant
* Exposure to condition monitoring techniques (vibration analysis, thermography, oil analysis)
* Strong problem‐solving, planning and communication skills
* A safety‐focused mindset and commitment to compliance and best practice
Job details
The roster for this position is 8/6/7/7.
At Ernest Henry you can choose FIFO, DIDO or local living in the close‐knit community of Cloncurry. We understand flexible work means something different to everyone and encourage conversations about available options.
Your Benefits
At Evolution we support, develop and reward everyone who chooses to be part of our bright future. Benefits include relocation assistance, salary packaging (novated leasing and remote area housing), quarterly bonuses, employee share scheme, referral bonuses, recognition programmes, study assistance, discounted health insurance and allowances for DIDO and local employees.
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