Reliability Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• 1. Asset Performance and Reliability Analysis:
• Analyze asset performance data to identify trends, potential failures, and areas for improvement in the life cycle of critical equipment.
• Develop and execute strategies to optimize asset reliability, availability, and maintainability (RAM) across the organization.
• 2. Failure Mode and Root Cause Analysis
• Perform Failure Mode Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) and Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) to identify underlying issues causing equipment failure.
• Develop and implement corrective and preventive actions to address recurring failures and improve overall equipment performance.
• 3. Data Analysis & Risk Assessment
• Develop and track reliability performance metrics such as Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF), Mean Time to Repair (MTTR), Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), and others.
• Provide regular reports to senior management, highlighting reliability performance, asset health, and areas for improvement.
• Ensure that reliability strategies and asset management practices adhere to industry standards, regulations, and safety guidelines (e.g., ISO 55000, PAS 55).
• Assess and mitigate risks related to equipment failure, safety hazards, and operational impact on asset performance.
• 4. Maintenance Optimization
• Apply RCM principles to prioritize and optimize maintenance tasks based on asset criticality and failure consequences.
• Identify and implement improvements to maintenance strategies that maximize asset life and performance while reducing costs.
• 5. Asset Management Strategy Development
• As a key member of asset management team develop and implement a comprehensive asset management strategy that aligns with organizational goals.
• Ensure asset management policies are integrated with reliability engineering practices to optimize the lifecycle of key assets.
• Conduct life cycle cost analysis (LCCA) for major assets to assess their total cost of ownership and identify cost-saving opportunities.
• Ensure that asset management decisions are based on long-term value rather than short-term costs.

6. Project Management

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Mining, or related fields).
• 8-10 years of experience in reliability, availability, and maintainability engineering, with a focus on mining equipment and systems.
• Experience with large-scale mining operations and understanding the challenges related to heavy-duty mining equipment (e.g., trucks, drills, conveyors).
• Experience with predictive maintenance, failure modes analysis (FMEA, FMECA), and reliability optimization in mining operations.
• Familiarity with mining asset management standards and regulations for safety and environmental compliance (e.g., ISO 55000, PAS 55, ISO 31000, API, CSA, IEC).
• Experience in managing the reliability of critical mining assets such as haul trucks, shovels, drills, and conveyors.

Skills

• Failure data analysis using statistical techniques specific to mining equipment.
• Experience in condition monitoring technologies for mining equipment (vibration analysis, thermography, oil analysis, etc.).
• Strong understanding of maintenance optimization strategies, particularly Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM), Condition-Based Monitoring (CBM), and Predictive Maintenance (PdM).
• Knowledge of life cycle cost analysis (LCCA) for mining assets and equipment.
• Experience with root cause failure analysis (RCFA) to diagnose and prevent/manage recurring failures in mining operations.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills to identify reliability issues and implement corrective actions.
• Good communication skills, including the ability to prepare technical reports, presentations, and explain findings to stakeholders.
• Ability to collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams (maintenance, operations, safety) to improve equipment uptime and reliability.
• Attention to detail to ensure accuracy in data analysis and reporting.
• Strong organizational skills to manage multiple projects, deadlines, and maintenance schedules in a mining operation.
• Ability to work in a challenging and sometimes remote environment, given the nature of the mining industry.
• Knowledge of Portuguese/Spanish/Arabic/French an asset.

Industry-Specific Knowledge

Compensation and Total Rewards

• The base salary range for this role is $115,000 to $125,000 CAD plus a target Short-Term Incentive bonus of 20% and group benefit coverage. The hiring range reflects our targeted compensation framework for the role. The actual offer will be determined through a comprehensive evaluation of each candidate’s experience, capabilities, and potential impact, along with consideration of internal equity, team structure, and benchmark market data for similar positions. In addition to base salary, Kinross offers a comprehensive total rewards package designed to support employee well-being, performance, and long-term development.

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