[Remote] Reliability Engineer (Mining)
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Implementation Engineers is expanding its Maintenance & Reliability practice to support heavy industrial and mining projects across the Southwest. The Reliability Engineer will work with client maintenance and operations teams to improve the reliability, availability, and performance of critical mining assets through maintenance strategy optimization, failure analysis, asset performance analysis, and reliability improvement initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Develop, optimize, and sustain preventive maintenance (PM) strategies for mobile and fixed plant equipment
- Lead Root Cause Failure Analyses (RCFA) to identify equipment failure modes and implement sustainable corrective actions
- Improve asset reliability for crushing, conveying, grinding, flotation, dewatering, pumping, material handling, and other mineral processing systems
- Analyze equipment performance, maintenance history, and reliability KPIs to identify improvement opportunities and reduce unplanned downtime
- Partner with maintenance planners, supervisors, operations, and engineering teams to prioritize reliability initiatives and improve work execution
- Support equipment criticality assessments, Failure Modes & Effects Analysis (FMEA), and Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) activities
- Utilize CMMS platforms (SAP PM, Maximo, or similar) to optimize maintenance strategies and improve asset performance
- Participate in shutdown planning, reliability improvement projects, bad actor elimination, and defect elimination initiatives
- Provide day-to-day reliability engineering support for heavy industrial equipment, including rotating equipment, conveyors, pumps, crushers, mills, and associated process systems
- Promote safe work practices while delivering practical, data-driven solutions that improve equipment availability, maintenance effectiveness, and operational performance
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Electrical, Mining, or related Engineering discipline
- 10+ years of Reliability Engineering experience within heavy industrial environments
- Experience supporting open-pit or underground mining operations, concentrators, mills, smelters, or other heavy industrial processing facilities
- Experience with rotating equipment, conveyors, crushers, mills, pumps, slurry systems, mobile mining equipment, or mineral processing assets
- MSHA certification or previous experience working at MSHA-regulated mine sites
- Strong understanding of maintenance and reliability principles
- Experience leading or facilitating Root Cause Failure Analyses (RCFA)
- Experience developing and optimizing Preventive Maintenance (PM) programs
- Strong communication and client-facing consulting skills
- Ability to work full-time on-site for the duration of the engagement
- Copper, gold, or other hard-rock mining experience
- MSHA certification (current or previous)
- Experience with CMMS platforms (SAP PM, Maximo, or similar)
- Vibration analysis, lubrication, predictive maintenance, or condition monitoring experience
- Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, or Continuous Improvement experience
Benefits
- W-2 or Independent Consultant (1099)
- Temporary relocation or extended on-site assignment throughout the Southwest for 6–12 months
- Opportunity to work on challenging projects and make a measurable impact
- Opportunity to grow your consulting career
- Collaborate with some of the industry's best operations consultants
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