Reliability Engineer - Mechanical

Reliability Engineer - Mechanical

About our role

• Would you like to work less than 10 minutes from your home?
• Would you like an employer that promotes work/life balance?
• How about a family friendly roster, where you are home every night and can spend every weekend with your family?
• What about an employer that encourages personal development and provides study assistance packages?
• Would you like to know you have the opportunity to remain in a role long term, with KCGM’s “Life Of Mine” being extended to 2034, and the possibility of further extensions in the future?

If you’ve answered yes to any of the above questions, then you should absolutely check out employment opportunities available at NSR’s KCGM Operations.

Reliability Engineer – Mechanical position is based at our KCGM Operations, reporting to the Senior Reliability Engineer, the purpose of this position is to provide technical support for the Technical Services and Projects department, as well as conducting analytical work which will be used to identify, quantify, and implement trials or facilitate activities to improve the overall performance KCGM’s processing plants.

** This is a Kalgoorlie residential role on a 5:2/4:3 roster, working 9 hour shifts. The successful applicant will reside in the Kalgoorlie Boulder Region. **

Key accountabilities may include:

• Ensure that all incidents and accidents are reported and are followed up correctly to minimise and manage risk and attend investigations where required, ensuring that the Occupational Health and Safety Act is always complied with.
• Complete the daily investigation and weekly reporting of downtime events and the diagnosis of root causes, to assist in providing permanent rectification of defects within the plants and identify key business risks.
• Coordinate plant equipment improvement trials, including technical input, tracking and reporting to ensure alignment of all trial work using the KCGM Management of Change procedure.
• Review criticality analysis to ensure plant events are documented and tracked and are prioritised through risk review.
• Identify the plant bottlenecks and facilitate improvements for reducing unit costs.
• Prepare engineering reports to meet KCGM requirements. In addition, review KCGM engineering specifications and update as required.
• Review PM strategies associated with equipment/circuits.

Required skills and experience:

• Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) with three (3) years of experience in the reliability sector - mineral processing environment or similar.
• Advanced computer literacy, in particular all aspects of Microsoft Office Suite and Visual Basic tools for data analysis.
• Sound analytical skills and the ability to think laterally.
• Highly developed interpersonal skills enabling liaison at all levels of the organisation.
• Ability to diagnose problems and identify potential solutions by thinking outside of the box and delivering alternative outcomes.
• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels with excellent presentation skills.
• Ability to work well under pressure.
• Proficiency in reading mechanical drawings
• Must reside within the Goldfields region or be ready to relocate.
• Current Unencumbered Western Australian “C” Class Drivers Licence.

About Northern Star Resources

Northern Star offers unparalleled opportunities for you to forge a career in the resource industry at their underground and open pit operations across Western Australia and Alaska. You can choose residential or FIFO opportunities throughout your career with us.

Gold in Ounces. Opportunities in Tonnes...

Why join us?

Be part of the next exciting growth stage of Northern Star. You will be engaged in a dynamic work environment where you will be valued as an integral part of the team, and where you can develop and grow with our business long term.

Northern Star encourages a diverse and inclusive culture where all people can achieve and contribute to their greatest potential. Joining the Northern Star team also means you are eligible for our industry leading Parental Leave entitlements, and bonus programs.

Benefits when you join Northern Star

• Company subsidised GU Health Insurance
• Gold Price Variable bonus incentive
• Short-term incentive bonus program
• Employee Share Plan programs 
• Industry leading Parental leave policy – with up to 20 weeks primary carers leave and up to 4 weeks secondary carers leave. Primary carers return to work benefits including up to 6 weeks bonus payment, top up of superannuation and long service leave service recognition
• GoldSTARR program - cash savings for everyday expenses 
• Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) that includes free, confidential counselling and wellbeing services
• Salary Continuance (Income protection) insurance from commencement
• Salary Sacrificing benefits, including Novated Leasing and Remote Area Living benefit options
• Paid Family Domestic Violence leave

About Kalgoorlie - The Heart of the Goldfields 

With a strong connection to the Kalgoorlie-Boulder community, Northern Star offers unparalleled opportunities for you to forge a career in the resource industry while residing in a thriving regional city.     

Our Kalgoorlie Production Centre Operations are the best residential mining opportunities in the region, providing excellent work-home life balance in a community that will become your family. 

Discover what the Goldfields has to offer you by going BOLD! The City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder has first-class information regarding the region on their Go Bold website - GO BOLD.  

Diversity & Inclusion

Northern Star actively supports and contributes to local communities in which we operate. We recognise the advantage of a diversified workplace including diversity of gender, thought, experience, and ethnicity. We encourage applications from diverse backgrounds and strive for workplace excellence.

Recruitment Process

Our recruitment process considers your alignment to our company values and the requirements of the role. We also have several checks which may be conducted to demonstrate your suitability for the role including police checks, medical, drug and alcohol testing, right to work checks, qualifications, due diligence and/or reference checks.

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