Reliability Engineer – Mobile Fleet Maintenance

About the role

The Engineer – Maintenance (Reliability) will own and optimise asset strategies for OceanaGold’s underground mobile fleet at the Waihi operation. Working closely with the Underground Mobile Maintenance team, you will analyse performance, drive reliability improvements and enhance safety across the fleet.

Key responsibilities

• Lead asset criticality assessments and define mitigation strategies with stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain maintenance strategies, intervals and spare‑holding requirements.
• Build and align master data in Pronto CMMS, including asset registers, preventive maintenance tasks and bills of materials.
• Analyse performance data through ad‑hoc analysis and structured reporting.
• Lead defect‑elimination and continuous‑improvement initiatives to close performance gaps.
• Monitor asset condition and recommend corrective maintenance based on condition‑monitoring results.
• Report fleet performance using fleet‑management and Pronto data.
• Facilitate and lead Root Cause Analysis investigations for losses or near‑misses.

Required profile

• Minimum 3 years experience in maintenance engineering, reliability or asset management, preferably in mining or heavy industry.
• Proven experience using a CMMS, ideally Pronto.
• Strong analytical skills with ability to produce ad‑hoc analyses and structured reports.
• Demonstrated ability to lead continuous‑improvement and defect‑elimination projects.
• Experience conducting Root Cause Analysis and condition‑monitoring programmes.

Required skills

• Pronto CMMS
• Condition monitoring
• Root Cause Analysis
• Data analysis and reporting
• Asset criticality assessment