Fixed Plant Reliability Engineer – Mining Assets

Alcoa of Australia Ltd; Shire Of Waroona, Cookernup; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remuneration & bonus

Parental leave 18 weeks

Flexi day

Benefits program (My Alcoa)

Generous leave incl leisure day every

Salary packaging & share plan

Job summary

Alcoa of Australia Ltd invites applications for a Fixed Plant Reliability Engineer based at Willowdale Mining, WA. You will provide technical reliability expertise to optimise performance and asset health across the fixed plant—conveyors, crushers, stackers and pumps—through lifecycle collaboration.

Reporting to the Senior Reliability Engineer, this role is a Monday–Friday on-site position offering a strong merit-based remuneration package, bonus plans, and flexible work arrangements within a

Qualifications

• Degree-qualified Engineer with reliability and asset management background.
• Several years of proven reliability improvement experience in heavy industrial environments.
• Solid knowledge of reliability methodologies including FMECA, defect elimination, and root cause analysis.
• Experience leading plant MOC and risk management processes.
• Technical knowledge of fixed plant equipment (conveyors, crushers, stackers, reclaimers, hydraulics, pumping).
• Proficient in data analysis and reliability tools; Power BI/REX exposure advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance to Willowdale Fixed Plant team and stakeholders.
• Improve equipment reliability using reliability processes, RCAs, and best practices.
• Conduct downtime analyses and eliminate defects across the Willowdale site.
• Run reliability studies to improve asset health, production, safety and cost-efficiency.
• Create and review equipment and spares management strategies for the fixed plant system.
• Support capital and maintenance projects for conveyors, crushers, stackers, reclaimers, hydraulics and pumping systems.

Skills

Reliability engineering

Root cause analysis

FMECA

Data analysis

Asset management

Plant MOC leadership

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

Power BI

Availability Workbench

RealityCharting

Job description

Alcoa of Australia Ltd invites applications for a Fixed Plant Reliability Engineer based at Willowdale Mining, WA. You will provide technical reliability expertise to optimise performance and asset health across the fixed plant—conveyors, crushers, stackers and pumps—through lifecycle collaboration.

Reporting to the Senior Reliability Engineer, this role is a Monday–Friday on-site position offering a strong merit-based remuneration package, bonus plans, and flexible work arrangements within a