Reliability Engineer: Elevate Plant Performance & Maintenance

IXOM Pty Ltd; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

IXOM Pty Ltd's ABP business in Hallam, Victoria, is seeking a Reliability Engineer to own asset reliability, maintenance strategy and continuous improvement, driving equipment performance and reducing downtime across the site.

Reporting to Operations, you will lead root cause investigations, develop preventive and predictive maintenance programs, and mentor a small team, collaborating with Production, Quality and Engineering to lift site capability and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline.
• 5+ years' experience in reliability engineering, maintenance or asset management within FMCG, pharmaceutical, food, chemical or other regulated manufacturing environments.
• Exposure to automated filling, packaging or high-speed production lines.
• Strong understanding of preventative and predictive maintenance, reliability engineering and asset management principles.
• Experience with root cause analysis, failure mode analysis and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Experience using CMMS platforms such as MEX, SAP or similar maintenance systems.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to influence operators, tradespeople and leaders alike.
• Previous people leadership experience would be great, however is not essential
• Someone who takes initiative, enjoys coaching others and is confident bringing new ideas forward.
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement reliability, preventative and predictive maintenance strategies.
• Analyse downtime, failures and equipment performance to identify improvement opportunities.
• Lead root cause investigations and defect elimination activities.
• Improve maintenance planning, shutdown scheduling and work execution processes.
• Manage reliability and maintenance master data within CMMS systems including MEX.
• Develop long-term asset replacement and reliability roadmaps.
• Support automation, operational improvement and capital project activities.
• Management of a small team of 2 to provide coaching and technical leadership.

Skills

Reliability engineering

Maintenance planning

Root cause analysis

CMMS (MEX/SAP)

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Education

Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

MEX CMMS

SAP

Job description

IXOM Pty Ltd's ABP business in Hallam, Victoria, is seeking a Reliability Engineer to own asset reliability, maintenance strategy and continuous improvement, driving equipment performance and reducing downtime across the site.

Reporting to Operations, you will lead root cause investigations, develop preventive and predictive maintenance programs, and mentor a small team, collaborating with Production, Quality and Engineering to lift site capability and operational excellence.