About the roleBrilliant Boton Australia is seeking an experienced Reliability Engineer to join our GTSC Embedded Engineering Team, supporting a Tier-1 iron ore mining client across Perth and Pilbara operations.
This is a high-impact embedded engineering role focused on improving the reliability and performance of fixed plant, conveyor and bulk materials handling assets.
The position will be based between the client's Perth Airport office and Pilbara mine sites, with regular site travel required.
Key responsibilities
Provide embedded reliability engineering support to maintenance, engineering and operations teams
Lead and support root cause analysis and structured failure investigations
Identify recurring equipment issues and develop practical defect elimination and reliability improvement initiatives
Analyse maintenance, inspection, failure and condition monitoring data to identify trends and emerging risks
Support the development and optimisation of maintenance strategies and condition-based maintenance programs
Investigate equipment failures, abnormal wear, premature component failures and repeat operational issues
Support conveyor and bulk materials handling asset health and condition monitoring activities
Develop technical reports, RCA documentation, engineering recommendations and reliability improvement plans
Apply risk-based engineering principles to equipment condition and failure assessments
Participate in site inspections, major maintenance activities and failure investigations where engineering support is required
About you




Engineering qualification or equivalent relevant technical background, preferably in Reliability Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Maintenance Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Materials Engineering, or other relevant engineering disciplines supported by substantial reliability experience
Experience in reliability engineering within mining, mineral processing, fixed plant, bulk materials handling or heavy industry
Strong analytical skills with practical site experience
Root cause analysis and structured failure investigation experience
Defect elimination and repeat-failure reduction experience
Maintenance strategy development and optimisation experience
Reliability-centred maintenance principles knowledge
Condition monitoring and asset health assessment experience
Permanent working rights in Australia
Benefits
Market-competitive salary
Permanent full-time employment
Structured development in conveyor belt engineering and conveyor reliability
Direct access to BOTON's Australian and international engineering and manufacturing expertise
Exposure to advanced condition monitoring, digitalisation and asset health technologies
Long-term career opportunities within a global conveyor technology and engineering organisation
About usBoton Australia is part of the global BotonGroup of Companies and provides conveyor belting, engineering support, condition monitoring and bulk materials handling solutions to major mining clients.
Our Australian operations are supported by BotonGlobal Technical Service Centre, engineering specialists, manufacturing teams and field service personnel.

📌 Reliability Engineer – Bulk Materials Handling (Perth)
🏢 Boton
📍 Perth