Reliability Engineer | FIFO Perth | 8:6 Roster

ASAP Start | Contract until end March 2027 with potential for extension

An exciting opportunity is available for an experienced Reliability Engineer to join a major mining operation, supporting the Ore Processing Facility (OPF) and driving reliability improvement initiatives across critical plant assets.
Working on an 8:6 FIFO roster from Perth, you will play a key role in improving equipment reliability, reducing downtime, increasing throughput, and supporting secure, cost-effective operations.

Key Responsibilities

- Provide technical reliability engineering support to the Ore Processing Facility.
- Analyse asset performance, maintenance data and failure trends to identify improvement opportunities.
- Review, develop and optimise maintenance strategies to improve plant reliability and operational efficiency.
- Lead and facilitate targeted Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) activities to eliminate recurring failures and reduce unplanned downtime.
- Develop Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM) strategies and integrate findings into Whole of Life Critical Asset Plans.




- Support defect elimination initiatives and continuous improvement projects.
- Ensure asset management practices align with ISO 55000 Asset Management principles.

About You
To be successful, you will ideally have:

- Degree qualification in Engineering or a related discipline.
- Proven experience in reliability engineering within mining, minerals processing, heavy industry or manufacturing environments.
- Strong understanding of reliability methodologies including FMEA, RCM and defect elimination.
- Experience reviewing and developing maintenance strategies for fixed plant assets.
- Strong analytical and data interpretation skills.
- Knowledge of asset management principles and lifecycle planning.

What's on Offer

- FIFO from Perth on an 8:6 roster.
- Immediate start available.
- Opportunity to contribute to major reliability and asset improvement initiatives.
- Competitive market rates.

If you're passionate about improving asset performance and delivering measurable reliability outcomes within a large-scale processing environment, we'd love to hear from you.

📌 Reliability Engineer (Perth)
🏢 Chandler Macleod
📍 Perth