Reliability Engineer – Mining Asset Health & Sustainability

Alcoa Australia; Western Australia; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Attractive remuneration and bonus

18 weeks Parental leave

Alcoa Flexi Day

My Alcoa Benefits discounts

Leisure day off every 4 weeks

Novated car lease options and share/po

Job summary

Alcoa Australia’s Willowdale Mining operations in Western Australia seek a Fixed Plant Reliability Engineer. You will be a key contributor, applying reliability techniques to optimise equipment performance and asset health across conveyors, crushers, stackers, reclaimers, hydraulics and pumps.

Reporting to the Senior Reliability Engineer, you will work with cross‑functional teams, lead MOC and risk processes, perform reliability studies, and support capital and maintenance projects.

Qualifications

• Degree-qualified Engineer with a strong background in reliability and asset management.
• Several years of proven experience delivering reliability improvement initiatives in heavy industrial or materials handling environments.
• Strong understanding of reliability engineering methodologies, including FMECA, defect elimination and root cause analysis.
• Experience leading plant management of change (MOC) and risk management processes.
• Technical knowledge of fixed plant equipment such as conveyors, crushers, stackers, reclaimers, hydraulic and pumping systems.
• Proficient in data analysis and reliability tools, with exposure to software such as Power BI, Availability Workbench or RealityCharting considered advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance and problem-solving solutions to the Willowdale Fixed Plant team.
• Enhance equipment reliability through RE(X) processes, data analysis, root cause analysis and best-practice implementation.
• Downtime analysis and defect elimination across the Willowdale site.
• Conduct reliability studies to improve reliability, asset health, production, cost-efficiency and safety.
• Create and review equipment management and spares strategies to support asset health.

Skills

Reliability engineering

Asset management

Data analysis

MOC

Root cause analysis

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

Power BI

Availability Workbench

RealityCharting

Job description

Alcoa Australia’s Willowdale Mining operations in Western Australia seek a Fixed Plant Reliability Engineer. You will be a key contributor, applying reliability techniques to optimise equipment performance and asset health across conveyors, crushers, stackers, reclaimers, hydraulics and pumps.

Reporting to the Senior Reliability Engineer, you will work with cross‑functional teams, lead MOC and risk processes, perform reliability studies, and support capital and maintenance projects.