Electrical Reliability Engineer – Plant Asset Optimization

Orica Limited; Newcastle City Council; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Orica invites applications for an Electrical Reliability Engineer at its Kooragang Island manufacturing site. You will join a collaborative engineering team to drive continuous improvement, and enhance the reliability, safety and performance of critical plant assets.

Reporting to the Senior Electrical Engineer, you’ll develop maintenance strategies, investigate failures and deliver practical improvements that boost plant availability and asset longevity.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent is required.
• Around five years of relevant electrical engineering or reliability experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop and improve preventive maintenance plans and asset management strategies for electrical plant equipment.
• Investigate equipment failures and lead root cause analysis, reliability-centred maintenance and failure mode assessments.
• Provide technical support to maintenance and operations teams during planned and reactive work.
• Analyse equipment history and operational data to improve availability, reliability and maintenance performance.
• Recommend repair methods, materials, tools and critical spare parts for electrical assets.
• Deliver improvement projects that address reliability, maintenance and safety concerns.
• Work with cross-functional teams to improve plant safety, cost effectiveness, operability and maintainability.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Reliability engineering

Root cause analysis

Maintenance planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Orica invites applications for an Electrical Reliability Engineer at its Kooragang Island manufacturing site. You will join a collaborative engineering team to drive continuous improvement, and enhance the reliability, safety and performance of critical plant assets.

Reporting to the Senior Electrical Engineer, you’ll develop maintenance strategies, investigate failures and deliver practical improvements that boost plant availability and asset longevity.