Senior Mechanical Reliability Engineer – Mining Ops

Valterra Platinum Limited; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,700,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meaningful work in a high-performance,

Market-aligned reward and recognition.

Opportunities for learning, развитие?,

Diversity and inclusion

Job summary

Valterra Platinum Limited in Rosebank, South Africa, seeks a technical leader in reliability engineering to govern asset performance across platinum operations, ensuring safe, reliable and cost-effective outcomes.

You will set guidelines for excellence, drive root cause analysis, work with OEMs, and guide the business toward a high-reliability organisation, leveraging ERP and data management, with a focus on defect elimination and safety.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering is required.
• Postgraduate degree in Failure Mechanisms or Reliability Systems is desirable.
• Registered Professional Engineer is desirable.
• Government certificate of Competence (Mining and Factories) desirable.

Responsibilities

• Set the Guidelines and expectations for excellence in Reliability and Defect Elimination across platinum operations.
• Drive Technical best practices in Root Cause Analysis and Defect Elimination.
• Drive social and organisational best practices to move the organisation to a High Reliability Organisation.
• Oversee RCA/DE implementation across the Platinum organisation.
• Involvement with OEMs on common problems to ensure root causes are addressed.
• Build Reliability Block Diagrams and discuss opportunities and risks.
• Collaborate with project teams to ensure maintainability and reliability thinking in new designs.

Skills

Reliability engineering

Root Cause Analysis

Failure Mechanisms

Data analytics

ERP systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Postgraduate degree in Failure Mechanisms or Reliability Systems

Registered Professional Engineer

Government certificate of Competence (Mining and Factories)

Tools

ERP modules

Data warehousing

Costing & Materials Mgmt modules

Job description

Valterra Platinum Limited in Rosebank, South Africa, seeks a technical leader in reliability engineering to govern asset performance across platinum operations, ensuring safe, reliable and cost-effective outcomes.

You will set guidelines for excellence, drive root cause analysis, work with OEMs, and guide the business toward a high-reliability organisation, leveraging ERP and data management, with a focus on defect elimination and safety.