Reliability Engineer – Tailings Storage Facility

About the role

First Quantum is seeking a Reliability Engineer to develop and improve reliability strategies for Tailings Storage Facility (TSF) assets, supporting safe and efficient operations.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and continuously improve reliability strategies, including RCM studies and FMEA/FMECA for critical assets.
• Perform Weibull and statistical reliability analyses, create reliability models and maintenance improvement plans.
• Monitor asset performance, establish health indicators, and lead condition monitoring programs using vibration, oil, thermography, ultrasonic and NDT techniques.
• Lead root‑cause investigations, develop corrective actions, and maintain defect elimination registers.
• Optimize preventive maintenance intervals and support life‑cycle cost analysis for equipment replacement and refurbishment.
• Produce reliability dashboards and reports (MTBF, MTTR, availability) using Power BI and other analytical tools.

Required profile

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in reliability, maintenance or asset management engineering, preferably in mining or heavy industry.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving and communication skills with ability to influence cross‑functional teams.
• Demonstrated ability to lead reliability improvement projects and work autonomously.

Required skills

• Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) and Root Cause Analysis (RCA).
• FMEA/FMECA methodology and Weibull/statistical analysis.
• Predictive maintenance technologies (vibration, oil, thermography, ultrasonic, NDT).
• Condition monitoring platforms, SCADA, PI System and asset health monitoring databases.
• CMMS/ERP systems such as Pronto or SAP.
• Power BI, Excel and data analytics.