Engineer Reliability - Richards Bay

DISCOVER A BRIGHTER FUTURE:

At South32, we’re meeting the challenge of enabling a sustainable future through our focus on responsibly producing commodities critical for a low-carbon world.

As a collaborative, caring and inclusive company, there’s no better place to make a genuine difference. Together we’re making a positive, global impact that has the potential to change lives. 

Whatever career path you choose, we’ll support you every step of the way to learn, grow and succeed. So, join us, step towards a brighter future and leave your legacy. 

ABOUT HILLSIDE

Our Hillside Aluminium smelter in Richards Bay produces high-quality, primary aluminium for the domestic and export markets.

WHAT SOUTH32 OFFER:

Annual short-term incentive bonus that recognizes both your individual performance and the overall success of the business. Eligible employees will receive an employer contribution towards the company-elected retirement fund.  South 32 will support assistance for part-time studies aligned to role requirements and business needs at accredited institutions to eligible employees.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

This role is a permanent full-time position.  As an Engineer Reliability, the purpose of the role is to provide specialist advice and ensure asset integrity is managed and maintained over the life cycle of the assets; maintain a healthy asset integrity plan that actively addresses asset integrity, obsolescence, and end-of-life of assets; inform the capital plan for asset replacement strategy and asset improvement; and to ensure that changes to equipment and plant follows the set change management process.

Other key responsibilities include, but aren’t limited to:

• Establish and ensure adherence to systems, processes and standards for the maintenance of dynamic / life cycle data relating to assets and asset systems
• Establish and maintain systems and processes that ensure application of reliability, availability and maintainability (RAM) concepts and design requirements for new and existing assets.
• Establish and maintain systems and processes that manage asset and asset systems risk due to unreliability as related to health, safety, environment, operations, quality, regulatory compliance and cost.
• Create and maintain total cost of ownership models in order to identify low reliability, high maintainability assets / components / tasks, initiate improvement projects where required.
• Responsible for the development of all asset care plans, corrective task lists and work instructions for assets and assets systems prior to commissioning.
• Provide relevant and specialised technical support, where required, to peers and colleagues to ensure the achievement of objectives.
• Create and maintain total cost of ownership models in order to identify low reliability, high maintainability   assets / components / tasks, initiate improvement projects;
• Evaluate asset investment proposals, preliminary design concepts, system engineering block diagrams and  uses RAM Analysis to provide total cost of ownership models.
• Actively participate in the Hillside Safety Strategy by identifying workplace hazards, participating in risk assessment and conducting workplace safety engagement

ABOUT YOU:

You will have experience and demonstrate capability in the following:

• Must have a minimum of 4 – 6 years’ experience in a Heavy Industry/Mining within Maintenance of Mechanical Plant Equipment
• 2 Years and more experience in Analysis and Improvement is advantageous
• Experience   is essential
• Experience in Root Cause Analysis and various other Analytical Techniques is advantageous
• Experience working on SAP is advantageous.

Qualifications for this role are:

South32 is committed to building and maintaining an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects the communities in which we operate.  We provide a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible for all and we encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply. 

Please apply online by entering the preferred position reference number on our website http://careers.south32.net

This advertisement will close on 12 March 2025.