Senior Reliability Engineer - Advisor at Newmont Corporation

About The Job
The Senior Reliability Engineer/Advisor is responsible for implementing a culture of reliability across the Newmont portfolio and leading a team of Reliability Engineers and Advisors. 
The Reliability Engineering function will work closely the Strategies and Budget Planners to ensure strategies in SAP and budgets in AMT are reflective of the latest analysis from Reliability Engineers/Advisors. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide direct management of team of Reliability Engineers/Advisors to deliver insights into equipment reliability, risk mitigation, operate for reliability, and loss prevention initiatives.
• Ensure mobile AM site and center teams are supported to make key maintenance decisions through best-in-class asset strategies, life cycle cost modelling, and execution of reliability principles.
• Lead reliability programs across Newmont’s mobile AM function including defect elimination and operate for reliability.
• Support the establishment of Global focused Asset Management technical trends and thought leadership both internally and externally.
• Communicate AM and reliability best practices and technical vision across Newmont portfolio. 

In This Role You Will; Safety and Health:

• Demonstrate proactive leadership in achieving a global Newmont culture of safety and health.
• Actively promote Newmont’s safety standards and improvement initiatives. 

Life Cycle Cost Modelling and Asset Strategies:

• Lead the development of Life Cycle Cost profiles and finalize Life Cycle Cost Models to evaluate different scenarios and provide recommendations on decisions regarding asset design, purchase, maintenance and replacement.
• Collaborate with capital projects teams regarding Design for Reliability, Operability and Maintainability (DROM), and Operational Readiness.
• Review and optimize asset strategies using detailed RCM or PMO methodologies.
• Collaborate with AM Strategic Planning group to determine asset criticality and prioritize strategy development.
• Drive work to identify critical spares and provide recommendations regarding stock levels.
• Ensure development of appropriate risk mitigation plans for critical equipment. 
• Best Practices for Reliability Initiatives at Newmont 
• Ensure the loss accounting systems are maintained and supported.
• Lead the Operate for Reliability (O4R) program with Operations.
• Own Mobile AM Defect Elimination program, ensuring reliability and defect elimination principles are ingrained across the AM value chain.
• Ensure formal root cause analysis approach is utilized to determine effective solutions and ensure learnings are shared across the portfolio to drive rapid replication of best practice.
• Continuous analysis of maintenance data to determine potential improvements across all AM elements, e.g. Work Management, Materials Management, etc, 
• Support Talent Management for Reliability Engineers/Advisors 
• Provide input into and implement global talent management strategy and pipeline for reliability engineers/advisors including identifying and addressing training needs.
• Provide coaching, mentorship, and development for reports. 

Your Training, Skills & Expert Checklist:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, a technical diploma, OR equivalent industry experience.
• ERP system experience desirable.
• Understanding of reliability principles and data driven insights. 
• Minimum 8 years of experience in heavy industry.
• Experience with loading, hauling and drilling heavy mining equipment, such as CAT, Komatsu, Epiroc or others.
• Open pit mining experience is essential.
• Underground mining experience is highly advantageous.
• Experience in utilizing data insights and analysis to drive key business and improvement decisions.
• Experience with manual and computerized maintenance planning systems.
• Experience with change, communication and knowledge management methodologies.
• Experience in implementing Asset Management principles and best practices across multiple sites.
• Experience using analytical tools and processes that improve Asset Management performance, reliability and safety, reducing operating costs and maximizing return on assets.
• Experience with root cause analysis of production loss and development of successful solutions to reduce losses.
• Experience facilitating statutory / regulatory requirements. 
• Demonstrated strong interpersonal skills and ability to drive performance improvement initiatives in a complex and global organization.
• Demonstrated leadership through direct or indirect supervisory positions.
• An ability to quickly assess information to diagnose problems and opportunities, with a track record of strong professional judgement and critical thinking.
• An ability to manage tasks both in-person and virtually.
• Ability to manage and influence stakeholders across different functions and between site and central teams.
• Demonstrated ability to create data-driven business decisions.
• The ability to work flexibly to meet the frequent out of normal office hours requirements of leading a globally diverse team. 

Working Conditions: 

• Flexible work location within Australia and Ghana time zones.
• Work will be primarily from home.
• Position may be required to travel domestically and internationally.
• Flexible hours required to accommodate global nature of work.