Queensland Metallurgical Operations, Maintenance, Planning & Reliability
Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
Ref. No. 40862
The Operation
The Mount Isa Copper and Zinc streams are integrated across the entire supply chain, from resource identification and development to production and distribution of copper, zinc and lead to customers across the world.
Mount Isa Mines
There's never been a better time to join Mount Isa Mines. As we deliver significant transformation projects on site, we're creating stable, long-term opportunities for people who want to build their careers where they live. We're committed to attracting and developing local talent, backing our workforce and investing in a future that supports our people and our community. We also provide an excellent remuneration package and benefits including above market superannuation, rental assistance, and retailing discounts. This role is also eligible for relocation to Mount Isa and works a roster of 5/2/4/3.
The Role
We are looking for a Senior Reliability Engineer to lead our smelter reliability engineering department.
We are looking for a qualified reliability professional for this position, experience in the mining industry and strong management skills would be essential. You would also possess the creativity required for innovative projects that will improve efficiency in our mining operation. With your years of experience in the management of infrastructure, evaluation of mining assets and their performance and your demonstrated ability to provide engineering advice on policy, standards and strategies in relation to asset management and maintenance, you will find this opportunity both challenging and rewarding.
Your key responsibilities include:
Responsible for measuring, monitoring and managing equipment health including maximizing equipment availability and reliability (MTBF and MTTR). This included daily downtime review and month end reportingUsing the above to make data-driven decisions to improve equipment performance and reduce unplanned costManaging statutory maintenance and work management of prescribed equipmentShutdown optimization: ensure the right work is included and executed, equipment inspections to inform urgent and future work to support defect elimination and improve equipment availability and reliabilityResponsible for equipment criticality analysis and maintenance strategy development both short and long termOverseeing equipment condition monitoring and lubrication programsLeading failure investigation for failures resulting in equipment downtime and unplanned costLeading effective defect and risk elimination programsCost saving initiativesResponsible for maintenance and operational reliability culture development to facilitate equipment being operated and maintained for reliability and continually driving the improvement of the reliability programsLeading equipment integrity assessments and condition risk assessmentsEnsure equipment is fit for purpose, maintainability and reliability studiesDigital and technology initiatives such as equipment health reports, downtime reporting and management, reliability dashboards and predictive maintenance analyticsOptimization of assigned resources and continuous improvement to minimize cost and wasteResponsible for developing a positive team culture in line with Glencore values including mentoring and coaching to build employee role competency (including ensuring the team is competent and qualified to complete assigned tasks)Providing visible leadership and ensuring compliance to Processing policies, standards and procedures for the Reliability team
Responsible for safety leadership across the reliability department and for the health and safety of the reliability team including:
physical observations of the work environment and people,ensuring compliance with standards and proceduresrole modelling of safety behaviours, andthe management of incidents and investigations
The successful applicants will have:
7+ years engineering and project delivery experience and or maintenance engineering experienceMechanical engineering degreePrevious leadership experiencePrevious reliability engineering experience in mining fixed plant maintenance8 years Mining / Heavy industry experienceDemonstrated understanding of mineral processing systems, processes, and their interrelationships (including maintenance systems, e.g. SAP)Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively at all levelsExperience supervising and developing large work teams to deliver business outcomesKnowledge of and experience in budgeting processesBasic level Microsoft Office SuiteDemonstrated knowledge of risk management, safety systems and legislative requirements for MiningDemonstrated ability to identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities
Applications Close: 8.00am Friday 24 April 2026.