Reliability Engineer

Wilmar Sugar Pty Ltd; Townsville City; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Wilmar Sugar Australia is seeking a Reliability Engineer to join the Electrical Instrumentation Control (EIC) team across eight North Queensland factories and a Bioethanol Distillery. The role focuses on formulating site strategies to optimise asset reliability and sugar recovery.

The position offers full-time work with flexible site placement or Townsville office options, plus occasional travel to other sites as needed.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in a senior technical role in heavy industry.
• Experience in sugar industry or similar process industries is highly regarded.
• Familiarity with SAP and reliability methodologies (RCM/PPM/FMEA/RCA RAM/FMECA) is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage strategic aspects of the EIC strategy area including production, engineering, productivity, quality control, HR and safety.
• Support maintenance planning and budget determination for CAPEX and OPEX.
• Define long-term asset goals and asset maintenance/replacement strategies for value and cost control.
• Collaborate with Engineering and Operations to implement business plans and objectives.
• Review data to identify improvements and implement control methods for business benefits.
• Identify risks and develop focused risk management actions.
• Coordinate with Group and site managers to align factory and capital plans.
• Assist with root-cause investigations of equipment failures.
• Investigate new technologies to reduce costs and address reliability concerns.
• Ensure compliance with reliability processes and continuous improvement standards.

Skills

Reliability engineering

RCM

RCA

FMEA

FMECA

PPM

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

SAP

Job description

Wilmar Sugar Australia is part of Wilmar International, a leading global agribusiness with around 100,000 employees working across more than 30 countries and regions.

Across Australia and New Zealand, we operate two major business units, Sugar & Renewables and Sweeteners, employing 2,400+ people during peak/ seasonal operations with corporate offices in Melbourne, Brisbane, Townsville and Auckland.

As Australia’s largest raw sugar manufacturer and a top 10 global producer, Wilmar Sugar & Renewables runs eight sugar mills across North Queensland. We are also one of the nation’s largest generators of renewable electricity from biomass, a major producer of bioethanol, the largest sugarcane grower, and a key supplier of sustainable fertiliser and stockfeed.

About the Role

As a Reliability Engineer within our Electrical Instrumentation Control (EIC) Team, your primary role will involve formulating site strategies, plans, and objectives aimed at optimising assets to enhance sugar cane crushing and sugar recovery operations across our eight North Queensland factories and Bioethanol Distillery.

This is a full-time position offering flexibility in location, with the possibility of being stationed at any of our milling sites or in our Townsville office supplemented by occasional travel to other locations as needed.

Role Responsibilities

• Assisting in the development and management of all strategic aspects of the EIC strategy area including production, engineering, productivity, quality control, human resources and safety.
• Assisting with the preventative maintenance and capital program budget determination including contribution to cost management.
• Development of long-term asset goals, establishing and executing asset maintenance and replacement strategies, to ensure achievement of revenue generation and cost control objectives
• Assisting in consultation with the Engineering and Operational management teams to develop and implement business plans and objectives.
• Reviewing operational and financial data to identify areas for improvement and implement control methods to ensure best practice leads to business benefits.
• Identification of risks and development and execution of focused risk management strategies.
• Working closely with the Group Managers and Managers for Reliability, Engineering and Production and Technology to develop long term factory and capital plans, goals and strategies
• Assisting with the investigation process for root cause of equipment failures.
• Investigate new and alternative technologies to reduce costs and to solve known reliability concerns.
• Ensuring compliance with reliability processes, work management practices, procedures and technical standards related to Continuous Improvement

Requirements

Our ideal candidate will hold qualifications in Engineering or be able to demonstrate equivalent practical experience with at least 5 years in a senior technical role in heavy industry. Previous experience within the sugar industry and familiarity with systems such as SAP and demonstrated competency with Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM), Predictive Preventive Maintenance (PPM), Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA), Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Reliability Availability Maintainability Analysis (RAM), and Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA), would be highly regarded.

About Us

Wilmar Sugar Australia is part of Wilmar International, a leading global agribusiness with around 100,000 employees working across more than 30 countries and regions.

Across Australia and New Zealand, we operate two major business units, Sugar & Renewables and Sweeteners, employing 2,400+ people during peak/ seasonal operations with corporate offices in Melbourne, Brisbane, Townsville and Auckland.

As Australia’s largest raw sugar manufacturer and a top 10 global producer, Wilmar Sugar & Renewables runs eight sugar mills across North Queensland. We are also one of the nation’s largest generators of renewable electricity from biomass, a major producer of bioethanol, the largest sugarcane grower, and a key supplier of sustainable fertiliser and stockfeed.

About the Role

As a Reliability Engineer within our Electrical Instrumentation Control (EIC) Team, your primary role will involve formulating site strategies, plans, and objectives aimed at optimising assets to enhance sugar cane crushing and sugar recovery operations across our eight North Queensland factories and Bioethanol Distillery.

This is a full-time position offering flexibility in location, with the possibility of being stationed at any of our milling sites or in our Townsville office supplemented by occasional travel to other locations as needed.

Role Responsibilities

• Assisting in the development and management of all strategic aspects of the EIC strategy area including production, engineering, productivity, quality control, human resources and safety.
• Assisting with the preventative maintenance and capital program budget determination including contribution to cost management.
• Development of long-term asset goals, establishing and executing asset maintenance and replacement strategies, to ensure achievement of revenue generation and cost control objectives
• Assisting in consultation with the Engineering and Operational management teams to develop and implement business plans and objectives.
• Reviewing operational and financial data to identify areas for improvement and implement control methods to ensure best practice leads to business benefits.
• Identification of risks and development and execution of focused risk management strategies.
• Working closely with the Group Managers and Managers for Reliability, Engineering and Production and Technology to develop long term factory and capital plans, goals and strategies
• Assisting with the investigation process for root cause of equipment failures.
• Investigate new and alternative technologies to reduce costs and to solve known reliability concerns.
• Ensuring compliance with reliability processes, work management practices, procedures and technical standards related to Continuous Improvement

Requirements

Our ideal candidate will hold qualifications in Engineering or be able to demonstrate equivalent practical experience with at least 5 years in a senior technical role in heavy industry. Previous experience within the sugar industry and familiarity with systems such as SAP and demonstrated competency with Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM), Predictive Preventive Maintenance (PPM), Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA), Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Reliability Availability Maintainability Analysis (RAM), and Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA), would be highly regarded.

Recruitment Process

Applications are assessed independently and on their individual merits against the requirements of the advertised role.

As part of our recruitment process, shortlisted candidates may be required to –

• Complete interviews, assessments, reference checks and verification of qualifications, licences and work rights.
• Successful candidates will be required to satisfactorily complete any role-specific pre-employment checks, which may include a pre-employment medical assessment (including drug and alcohol screening).
• A National Police Check and other compliance requirements.

Due to the volume of applications received, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you have not heard from us within four weeks of the job ads expiry, please consider your application unsuccessful.

We encourage you to apply for future opportunities with Wilmar that align with your skills and experience.

Wilmar Sugar & Renewables is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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