Senior Engineer Reliability Rollingstock (Port Hedland, WA, AU) chez Hancock Iron Ore

• 4/3 days only roster  | FIFO from Perth to Port Hedland
• Base + FIFO Allowances + Shift Allowances + Super + Bonuses

• Company contribution towards private health cover for employees and immediate family

• 18 Weeks paid Parental Leave for primary caregivers

About the role:

The Asset Management team is currently seeking a Senior Rollingstock Reliability Engineer to join them on a 4/3 FIFO Roster based at Port Hedland. Reporting to the Superintendent Reliability Engineering Rail, you will be responsible for identifying and managing asset reliability risks that could adversely affect the locomotive fleet, rolling stock fleet or rail operations.

This position shall encompass defect elimination, downtime review, creating/reviewing/optimising asset management plans, spares management, continuous improvement projects, condition monitoring, risk management, and other multidisciplinary activities as required.

The successful incumbent will also provide specialist, hands on technical locomotive support to the maintenance and operational teams.

Our current fleet consists of 28 GE ES44ACi Diesel Locomotives, approx. 1600 Ore Cars, and several Rollingstock Ancillary Fleet and Track Machines.

Duties:

• Track production losses, downtime, and abnormally high maintenance cost assets.
• Initiate and drive reliability and defect elimination activities/projects to increase asset availability.
• Ensure Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigations are completed for rollingstock delays and that actions are completed in a timely manner and of high quality with help of OEM.
• Develop engineering solutions to repetitive failures and other problems that adversely affect asset performance.
• Regularly review Key Performance Indicators for assets availability and performance and provide reports to business stakeholders.
• Review current maintenance practices and identify areas for improving costs, efficiencies, and productivity including running initiatives to extend component life
• Provide guidance/trouble shooting advice to maintainers to rectify locomotive issues
• Component overhaul forecasts – develop forecasts for components that have a condition-based replacement strategy, drive optimisation in component replacement forecasts, review vendor forecasts for parts
• Assist with tender evaluations, and multi-disciplinary work to support procurement of assets

Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering
• Extensive experience in Rollingstock Engineering
• Advanced understanding of Locomotive Rollingstock assets
• Experience with SAP or similar CMMS
• Sound understanding of assets condition monitoring and analysis of relevant data
• Knowledge of lifecycle cost evaluations

Port Hedland Facilities:

• Modern, comfortable camp accommodation
• Convenient walking access to South Hedland town facilities and shops
• High quality gourmet food options (vegan, gluten free and healthy options)
• Fully equipped fitness centre facility
• SWIFT In-room entertainment with comprehensive content and own-device casting capability
• Active social club with community events and activities for employees
• Lifestyle, Learning and Recreation initiative which provide events for your family
• Village shop and extensive supporting amenities

About Hancock Iron Ore
The world of iron ore is evolving, and so are we. Atlas Iron and Roy Hill have joined forces to become Hancock Iron Ore, building on our combined strengths of resilience and innovation.

Our portfolio of world-class iron ore operations located in West Australia's Pilbara region has a strong history of delivering reliable products for our customers in key international markets. As one team under Hancock Iron Ore, we have four operating mines: Roy Hill, Miralga Creek, Sanjiv Ridge, and Mount Webber, with McPhee Creek under construction plus a range of exciting development opportunities.

We deliver more than 70 million tonnes of ore each year through our own two-berth port facility at Stanley Point and the multi-user Utah Point in Port Hedland, providing the materials needed to foster global economic growth and development. Leveraging established infrastructure, including our processing plant and 344km independently owned and operated heavy haul railway, our operation oversees each moment from when ore is mined through to when it is shipped.

Equal Opportunity

Hancock Iron Ore is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages Indigenous Australians, Veteran personnel and females to apply. We promote cultural diversity, gender equality and non- discrimination. We are proud of our relationships with our Traditional Owners and value the difference these partnerships make to the success of the project and to the lives of the people on whose land we operate.

About Hancock Iron Ore
The world of iron ore is evolving, and so are we. Atlas Iron and Roy Hill have joined forces to become Hancock Iron Ore, building on our combined strengths of resilience and innovation.

Our portfolio of world-class iron ore operations located in West Australia's Pilbara region has a strong history of delivering reliable products for our customers in key international markets. As one team under Hancock Iron Ore, we have four operating mines: Roy Hill, Miralga Creek, Sanjiv Ridge, and Mount Webber, with McPhee Creek under construction plus a range of exciting development opportunities.

We deliver more than 70 million tonnes of ore each year through our own two-berth port facility at Stanley Point and the multi-user Utah Point in Port Hedland, providing the materials needed to foster global economic growth and development. Leveraging established infrastructure, including our processing plant and 344km independently owned and operated heavy haul railway, our operation oversees each moment from when ore is mined through to when it is shipped.

Equal Opportunity

Hancock Iron Ore is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages Indigenous Australians, Veteran personnel and females to apply. We promote cultural diversity, gender equality and non- discrimination. We are proud of our relationships with our Traditional Owners and value the difference these partnerships make to the success of the project and to the lives of the people on whose land we operate.

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To be eligible to apply for this role you must be legally permitted to work permanently in Australia.

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