Reliability Engineer CWS & Services

De Beers Group of Companies • Other • Kathu, Northern Cape, South Africa • $400 - $500 / year • 4h ago

Company Description
Kumba Iron Ore
We produce high-grade iron ore, the key component in steel widely used in construction and manufacturing across the world. Our activities include all aspects – exploration; mining; processing and blending; shipping; marketing and selling. In South Africa, we have mining operations in the Northern Cape province, as well as a head office in Gauteng, and a port operation in Saldanha Bay, Western Cape. Guided by our purpose and our values, we enable both high performance and purposeful action as we aim to “re-imagine mining to improve people’s lives”, delivering the metals and minerals that make modern life possible.

Job Description
-Purpose
Advise on equipment reliability and improvement programs, ensuring safe operation and effective maintenance of allocated assets through expertise in reliability engineering.

Your duties will include:

Performance and Delivery
Reliability Modelling:
- Implement and maintain reliability block models of plant and equipment.
- Conduct Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Supportability (RAMS) analysis.
- Refine and recommend reliability improvement opportunities with RAMS analysis.
Asset Tactics Development:
- Review the asset register and assess asset criticality to determine critical assets.
- Review the effectiveness of asset tactics and identify improvement opportunities.
- Ensure the implementation of asset tactics as maintenance plans in SAP.
- Recommend updates to asset tactics as maintenance plans in SAP.
Equipment Lifecycle Cost Modelling:
- Refine, review and update equipment life cycle cost model.
- Identify reliability improvement opportunities from life cycle cost modelling.
- Implement asset management plans for critical assets.
Operational Readiness:
- Provide operational readiness inputs and support for new assets.
- Maintain the maintenance readiness for new assets.
Set Shutdown Service Strategy:
- Refine, review, and update the shut-down scope of work - 12-month forecast.
- Provide input and review the CAPEX budget – 12 months forecast (shutdown input).
- Provide input and review the OPEX budget – 12 months forecast (shutdown input).
Goods and Services Management:
- Goods preservation, storage, transportation, handling, and maintenance (PSTH&M)
- Implement equipment spare preservation and maintenance plans.
- Verify that equipment spare preservation and maintenance are performed through equipment auditing.
Configuration Management:
- Implement and maintain the Configuration management plan.
- Verify configuration auditing for allocated assets.
Management of Engineering Change:
- Adhere to the Anglo American maintenance and engineering management of the change process.
- Analyse the proposed change and provide recommendations.
- Update master data associated with the engineering changes.
Asset Health Management:
- Refine asset health monitoring system requirements.
- Implement automated asset health monitoring logic based on engineering science.
Asset Integrity Management (Mobile plant):
- Implement Asset Integrity Management requirements.
- Provide inputs to CAPEX to execute an asset integrity improvement project for a moveable plant.
Analyse Reliability Performance:

Qualifications

National Diploma in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering (NQF6).
B-Degree in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering (NQF7) Preferred

Experience

5 Years of operational experience in Mechanical Maintenance, Reliability and Diagnostics.
Experience in Plant and HME operations.
Knowledgeable with Heavy Mobile Equipment developments in Engineering, Maintenance and Condition Monitoring techniques.
Provides technical input into Maintenance Practices (Planning, Execution and Reliability).
Understands the selection and application of equipment to suit operational requirements and provides technical support to solve issues.

Additional Information
-Who we are
We aim to lead the industry by pursuing ever safer and more responsible ways of working, demonstrating integrity and showing care and respect for people and the planet. That means we are constantly seeking new opportunities to mine and process our products sustainably, using less water, less energy and more precise extraction technologies. As the custodians of coal and other precious natural resources – diamonds (through De Beers), copper, platinum and other precious metals, iron ore and nickel – our extraordinary teams work safely and collaboratively, with the utmost consideration for local communities, our customers and the world at large.

How we are committed to your safety
Nothing is more important to us than ensuring you return home safely after a day’s work. To make that happen, we have the most rigorous safety standards in the industry. Not only that, we’re also continually investing in new technologies – from drones to data analytics – that are helping to make mining safer.

Inclusion and Diversity
Anglo American is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to promoting an inclusive and diverse workplace where we value and respect every colleague for who they are and provide equality of opportunity so that everyone can fulfil their potential.

How to apply
To apply for this role, please complete our online application form. You will have the opportunity to upload your CV and other relevant documentation as part of the process.

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