Westgold Resources is shaping the future of gold mining in Western Australia. We are looking for passionate and dedicated individuals to join our team who shares our vision of building a sustainable and profitable major Australian gold business.
Join Westgold Resources and play a key role in improving the reliability, availability and performance of our underground mobile mining fleet. Based in our Perth office on a Monday to Friday roster, this is an excellent opportunity to influence maintenance strategy and asset performance across multiple operations while enjoying a stable lifestyle roster.
Why Join Westgold?
Perth-based corporate position with a Monday to Friday roster
Opportunity to work across multiple underground mining operations
Competitive salary and benefits package
Influence fleet reliability strategy at a growing WA gold producer
Collaborate with experienced maintenance and operational leaders
Long-term career development opportunities
About the Role
Reporting to the Group Manager Mobile Maintenance, the Reliability Engineer will be responsible for driving reliability improvements across Westgold's underground mobile equipment fleet. You will utilise engineering principles, data analysis and continuous improvement methodologies to improve asset performance, reduce downtime and optimise maintenance outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
Develop and optimise maintenance strategies to improve equipment reliability and fleet performance.
Lead Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) activities.
Analyse maintenance and asset performance data to identify improvement opportunities.
Drive defect elimination and continuous improvement initiatives.
Monitor equipment performance and provide technical recommendations to maintenance teams.
Support equipment trials, investigations and reliability improvement projects.
Develop reports, dashboards and business cases to support asset management decisions.
Partner with site maintenance teams and key stakeholders to deliver measurable reliability improvements.
About You
Engineering degree and/or relevant trade qualification with reliability engineering experience.
Previous experience within mining, heavy industry or mobile maintenance environments.
Strong understanding of reliability principles, RCA, FMEA and asset management practices.
Experience analysing maintenance data and delivering practical reliability solutions.
Well-developed communication and stakeholder management skills.
Ability to influence and collaborate across operational and corporate teams.
Current C-Class Driver's Licence.
The Westgold Offer:
A permanent full-time position at a successful gold producer
A range of benefits including:
Performance based bonus
Group salary continuous insurance
A health and wellness allowance Health insurance discount
A range of Family and Medical leave policies that includes IVF, surrogacy and adoption.
Referral Bonus - bring your mates along!
5 years' pro rata long service leave
Salary sacrifice options
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) that include free confidential counselling, wellbeing services that includes financial advice.
Our full list of benefits and why we are recognised as an Endorsed Employer for Women by Work 180 can be seen on the Work180 website.
Westgold is driven by our core values of Show Respect, Choose Safety and Deliver Value. We believe that these values define our culture, behaviours and actions. We appreciate that not everybody will tick every box for their next dream role, but if you believe that you can bring the passion and drive to contribute to our operations and our values resonate with you then apply now!
Candidates must meet our pre-employment criteria’s which includes medical and drug and alcohol screening, relevant right to work checks and be able to provide a valid Australian national police clearance and an Australian driver’s licence (or be able to obtain).
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