Senior Reliability Engineer - Mill Maintenance

Northern Star Pogo Mine; Delta Junction (AK); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses

Insurance benefits

401(k)

Paid leave

Professional development

Camp accommodation

Transportation from Fairbanks

Job summary

Northern Star Resources Limited is seeking an experienced Senior Reliability Engineer for the Pogo Mine in Alaska. You will drive reliability and maintenance programs across processing and surface operations, reporting to the Maintenance Superintendent.

The role emphasizes RCFA/RCFA, PdM/PM, and continuous improvement to maximize equipment availability, uptime, and cost efficiency while ensuring safety and regulatory compliance at a remote mining site.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years in Maintenance/ Reliability roles or related.
• Experience with vibration analysis, thermography, oil analysis, and UT.
• Proven project management, planning, scheduling, budgeting skills.
• Knowledge of MSHA regs is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead reliability, projects, and condition monitoring per MSHA and safety standards.
• Develop and oversee Reliability Engineering and Continuous Improvement programs.
• Manage PdM/PM, vibration, thermography, oil analysis, UT, and condition monitoring.
• Lead RCFA/RCA efforts and defect elimination for asset reliability.
• Analyze performance metrics to identify improvement opportunities and cost reductions.
• Oversee scope, design, budgeting, procurement, and construction of projects.
• Prepare equipment specs, requisitions, bid packages, and progress reports.
• Manage contractors and site access requirements.

Skills

Reliability Eng

Maintenance Planning

Project Mgmt

RCA/RCFA

Pronto CMMS

Vibration Analysis

Thermography

Ultrasonic Testing

Budgeting

Leadership

Tools

Pronto CMMS

Microsoft Office

Job description

Northern Star Resources Limited (ASX: NST) is an Australian ASX 100 gold producer with three Tier-1 world-class projects located in highly prospective and low sovereign risk regions of Australia and North America. Northern Star is the largest Australian gold producer and among the top 10 gold miners globally. Northern Star continues to invest in building a strong asset base through strategic acquisitions and aggressive exploration to extend the mine lives across its world-class operations and generate earning accretive value for its Shareholders through operational effectiveness.

Northern Star Resources is seeking an experienced Senior Reliability Engineer to join our team at the Pogo Mine in Alaska. Reporting to the Maintenance Superintendent, this role leads reliability engineering, project management, condition monitoring, predictive maintenance, and continuous improvement initiatives across the processing plant, site infrastructure, and surface operations.

The primary focus is tomaximize equipment availability and plant uptime, improve asset reliability, reduce maintenance costs, and safely deliver capital and reliability improvement projects.

Northern Star Resources Limited (ASX: NST) is an Australian ASX 100 gold producer with three Tier-1 world-class projects located in highly prospective and low sovereign risk regions of Australia and North America. Northern Star is the largest Australian gold producer and among the top 10 gold miners globally. Northern Star continues to invest in building a strong asset base through strategic acquisitions and aggressive exploration to extend the mine lives across its world-class operations and generate earning accretive value for its Shareholders through operational effectiveness.

Northern Star Resources is seeking an experienced Senior Reliability Engineer to join our team at the Pogo Mine in Alaska. Reporting to the Maintenance Superintendent, this role leads reliability engineering, project management, condition monitoring, predictive maintenance, and continuous improvement initiatives across the processing plant, site infrastructure, and surface operations.

The primary focus is tomaximize equipment availability and plant uptime, improve asset reliability, reduce maintenance costs, and safely deliver capital and reliability improvement projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead Projects, Reliability, and Condition Monitoring activities in compliance withMSHA regulations and site safety standards.
• Develop and overseeReliability Engineering and Continuous Improvement programs.
• ManagePredictive and Preventive Maintenance (PdM/PM) programs, including vibration analysis, thermography, oil analysis, ultrasonic testing (UT), and condition monitoring.
• LeadRoot Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA/RCA), defect elimination, and equipment reliability initiatives.
• Analyze equipment performance, reliability, maintainability, availability, downtime, and maintenance data to identify improvement opportunities.
• Scope, evaluate, develop, and deliverreliability improvement and capital projects.
• Lead engineering projects throughscoping, design, planning, scheduling, budgeting, procurement, construction, commissioning, and closeout.
• Prepare equipment specifications, requisitions, bid packages, contractor evaluations, cost estimates, schedules, and progress reports.
• Manage contractors, vendors, bidding processes, and site entry requirements.
• Supportmaintenance planning and scheduling and provide technical solutions to maintenance and operational issues.
• Monitor project budgets, costs, schedules, KPIs, and variances.
• Lead, mentor, and develop Project Engineers, Coordinators, Supervisors, and Reliability/Condition Monitoring personnel.
• Drive a high-performance culture focused onSafety, Reliability, Operational Excellence, Asset Management, and Continuous Improvement.

Qualifications & Experience

• 5–10 years' experience in Maintenance Management, Reliability Engineering, Project Engineering, Project Management, or Project Supervision.
• 3–5 years' hands-on industrial maintenance and/or engineering project experience.
• Strong knowledge ofReliability Engineering, Asset Management, Preventive Maintenance, Predictive Maintenance, Condition Monitoring, Root Cause Analysis (RCA/RCFA), Defect Elimination, and Maintenance Strategy.
• Experience with vibration analysis, thermography, oil analysis, ultrasonic testing, reliability metrics, and equipment performance analytics.
• Strongproject management, maintenance planning, scheduling, budgeting, and cost-control skills.
• Experience inmining, mineral processing, fixed plant, processing plants, heavy industry, or industrial maintenance preferred.
• Demonstrated leadership, team development, mentoring, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Proficiency withCMMS systems such as Pronto and Microsoft Office.
• Knowledge and practical application ofMSHA regulations preferred.
• Current driver's license.
• Ability to successfully complete required background checks and post-offer physical requirements.

What We Offer

• Permanent position with an extended mine life and long-term career opportunities.
• Competitive remuneration package, bonuses, insurance benefits,401(k), and paid leave.
• Professional development and career growth within a global gold mining company.
• 15 days on / 13 days off rotational schedule at our remote Pogo Mine operation.
• Company-provided camp accommodation and transportation from Fairbanks, Delta Junction, and Tok, Alaska.

Candidates living in the Fairbanks North Star Borough, Delta Junction, and Tok regions will receive first consideration.

Shortlisting for this role will begin immediately.

Candidates living in the Fairbanks North Star Borough, Delta and Tok regions will be given first consideration.

Due to the large volume of applications, only applicants who are shortlisted will be contacted.

Recruitment Agencies: Northern Star Resources does not accept unsolicited resumes or candidate submissions from recruitment agencies. Recruitment agencies and search firms are requested not to contact or solicit Northern Star Resources regarding this position unless specifically invited or engaged to provide recruitment services. Any unsolicited resumes or submissions will not be considered agency-referred candidates and will not create an obligation for payment of any recruitment fees.