Reliability Engineer Urgently Needed at Port Hedland

Job Title: Reliability Engineer
Job Ref: 492968
Work type: Full Time Fortescue Employee
Location: Western Australia, Port, Port Hedland
About Us
Fortescue is the world's fourth largest iron ore producer.

The heart of our operations is in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, spanning from Port Hedland, across our heavy haul railway to our mines at Cloudbreak, Christmas Creek and Solomon.

In only a decade we've built one of Australia's leading resource companies.  We began shipping iron-ore to our customers in Asia in 2008 and since then we have exported more than 240 million tonnes.  In 2013, we'll open our fourth berth at Port Hedland and our 40 million tonnes per annum Kings Mine at Solomon, allowing us to reach our target of 155 million tonnes per annum.

This is an exciting time to join the Fortescue team as we consolidate our position as one of the world's largest iron-ore producers.

The Reliability Engineer position was designed to assist our Port Operations and Maintenance teams to extend the life of critical components and guarantee an efficient monitoring of the critical assets on site.

The main focus is to monitor methodically all plant systems and assure maximum availability and minimum maintenance costs.

As the Reliability Engineer, you will provide technical expertise and engineering support to the Maintenance and Operations teams. You will be at the forefront of the defect elimination process and drive an Overall Equipment Effectiveness improvement program with all of his/her projects and actions.

You will be also responsible for leading thorough investigations via Root Cause Analysis to prevent reoccurrence of chronic and acute plant performance issues.

Finally, the reliability engineer leads projects that will deploy increase plant availability, utilization and optimisation.

To be successful in this role you will have;
• A mechanical engineering degree.
• Material handling equipment design, fabrication and/or maintenance.
• Iron ore transfer system design, fabrication and/or maintenance.
• Computer design,
• Project management.

We reserve the right to commence recruitment proceedings immediately

The key to Fortescue's success is our strong vision, unique culture, and our people. If you're someone who is passionate, honest, enthusiastic, and willing to step up to the challenge of being part of an innovative and achievement driven organisation - we want to hear from you.

Deadline Date: 19/01/2014

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