Reliability Coordinator – Heavy Mobile Equipment

About the role

The Reliability Coordinator will support the Heavy Mobile Equipment (HME) reliability strategy by implementing condition‑monitoring programmes, conducting root‑cause analysis and driving improvement initiatives to boost asset performance, availability and reliability.

Key responsibilities

• Lead initiatives to improve overall equipment reliability, reduce downtime and optimise life‑cycle costs.
• Assign and monitor reliability and condition‑monitoring tasks, ensuring timely development and implementation of solutions.
• Facilitate cross‑functional collaboration between maintenance, operations and engineering teams.
• Develop, review and enforce asset maintenance strategies using RCM, FMEA, PMO and RCA frameworks.
• Conduct equipment condition‑monitoring reviews and asset‑integrity assessments.
• Develop life‑cycle cost models for critical assets and optimise associated costs.
• Manage reliability processes such as defect elimination, lubrication programmes, condition monitoring and QA/QC adherence.
• Develop and maintain condition‑monitoring workflow processes and contamination‑control strategic plans.
• Conduct periodic reliability performance reviews and recommend strategic improvements based on data and team insights.

Required profile

• Grade Twelve certificate and a degree in Mechanical, Electrical or Industrial Engineering.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in reliability/condition monitoring, preferably in a Heavy Mobile Equipment environment.
• Professional certifications such as ARP, CMRP, condition‑monitoring or NDT are an advantage.
• Proficiency with CMMS (e.g., SAP) and the MS Office suite.
• Member of the Engineering Institute of Zambia.
• Valid Zambian driver’s licence (advantageous).
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.

Required skills

• Condition monitoring
• Root‑cause analysis (RCA)
• Reliability‑Centered Maintenance (RCM)
• Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
• Preventive Maintenance Optimisation (PMO)
• Life‑cycle cost modelling
• Defect elimination programmes
• Lubrication management
• Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC)
• Contamination control strategies
• CMMS (SAP)
• Microsoft Office suite