George Fisher Mine - Engineering
Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
Ref. No. 29927
Mount Isa Mines are currently advertising Senior – Asset Management and Reliability position that exists in the engineering team. This is a residential based position within the Mount Isa community, working a 5/2, 4/3 roster. We encourage suitably qualified and experienced local candidates to apply. For those candidates located outside of Mount Isa, relocation support is available for this position to enable you and your family to live and work in Mount Isa.
Mount Isa
For 100 years, Mount Isa has been a thriving city, acting as the hub for regional business, transport, services and government in North West Queensland. The city offers an array of leisure activities, from dining and cinema to outdoor adventures like fishing and camping. With Mount Isa Mines, you get the best of both worlds – a thriving career and a fulfilling lifestyle.
Mount Isa Mines
Now’s the time to make your move to Mount Isa Mines. With major transformation initiatives shaping the future of our operations, we’re looking for key talent, especially local professionals and trades, to make an impact. This is more than a job; it’s long-term security, meaningful work and the opportunity to help build a stronger future for our region.
At Mount Isa Mines, we believe in our people. We cultivate an environment of professionalism, ownership, and innovation while prioritising safety and well-being. Our employee rewards program, market-leading superannuation, and commitment to professional development set us apart. Learn more about Mount Isa
The Role
We are seeking an experienced and capable Senior Asset Management and Reliability Engineer to provide leadership across asset management, maintenance strategy, and reliability improvement for our operation. This is a senior leadership role requiring a strong mining industry background, sound engineering judgement, and the ability to lead teams, influence stakeholders, and drive measurable improvement in asset performance, safety, and cost.
The successful candidate will bring substantial experience in mining and infrastructure asset management, maintenance strategy development, and reliability engineering, together with demonstrated capability to lead technical teams and embed disciplined asset management practices across the operation.
Your key responsibilities include:
Lead the Reliability function and foster a strong team culture through visible leadership, mentoring, coaching, and capability development.Lead the development, review, and optimisation of maintenance strategies for fixed assets using RCM and FMEA principles, ensuring alignment with required asset performance, reliability, risk, and lifecycle objectives.Drive reliability improvement through RCFA, Defect Elimination, condition monitoring, asset performance analysis, replacement planning, and spare parts strategy for critical assets.Lead continuous improvement initiatives focused on enhancing asset performance, reducing waste, and lowering cost.Promote a strong safety culture through visible leadership in the field, regular engagement with teams, and reinforcement of compliance with company standards and procedures, including support for incident investigations and quality assurance of mechanical equipment to maintenance budgeting and maintain accountability for expenditure and the effective use of resources within the Reliability area.
The successful applicants will have:
A degree qualification in Engineering, together with substantial experience in reliability, asset management, or maintenance engineering within mining or heavy industry.At least 8 years’ experience in mining or heavy industry, including a minimum of 5 years in reliability, asset management, or maintenance engineering roles.Demonstrated leadership capability, with experience supervising, mentoring, and developing teams to deliver business outcomes.Strong understanding of asset management, maintenance strategy, and reliability improvement.Demonstrated experience in the application of RCM, FMEA, RCFA, and Defect Elimination principles.Sound knowledge of mineral processing systems, plant equipment, and the interrelationship between operational and maintenance processes.Strong working knowledge of computerised maintenance management systems, with SAP experience essential.Familiarity with Isograph Availability Workbench or similar reliability and maintenance strategy software will be highly regarded.Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively and influence stakeholders at all levels of the in budgeting, cost management, and resource planning within a maintenance or reliability function.Sound understanding of risk management, safety systems, and legislative requirements relevant to the mining industry.Demonstrated ability to identify, lead, and implement continuous improvement document management and technical reporting capability.
Benefits:
Benefits program including discounts with Health Insurance providers, online and in-store discounts through Glencore Rewards, salary sacrificing vehicles, Employee Referral Program and Recognition and Reward programs.Comprehensive professional development opportunities with Professional External Education Assistance, leadership development programs, and ambassador programs. Base + allowances + discretionary bonus with 13% superannuation
For any further questions please contact: Bec McManus on 0427 559 840
Applications Close: 8:00am Thursday 30th April 2026