Engineer Senior - Reliability

HECLA MINING CO.•Mullan, ID

About The Position

The Senior Reliability Engineer monitors equipment condition and reviews equipment performance against plan, providing consultation and technical support to improve equipment reliability and reduce costs. The role identifies and eliminates sources of defects and implements maintenance and operational improvements. It supports reliability across critical mine and plant equipment, including mobile fleet, and provides technical guidance to maintenance and operations teams.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or a related field.
At least five years of experience in reliability engineering, mechanical engineering, or electrical engineering.
Computer literacy and proficiency in Excel, Word, and Outlook.
Experience with computerized maintenance management systems.

Nice To Haves

Mining industry experience, including general knowledge of surface, underground, and mill operations.

Responsibilities

Lead regular formal downtime analysis for critical equipment, identify reliability and cost improvement opportunities, and prompt implementation of initiatives.
Prepare reliability-related content for the site monthly operations report, including plant reliability cost impact and work management KPIs.
Work with maintenance planners and foremen to oversee and maintain a complete, accurate, and consistent asset hierarchy in the site CMMS.
Conduct cyclical asset criticality reviews with maintenance and operations personnel and use the results to prioritize reliability and work management initiatives.
Coordinate the site Condition Monitoring program and provide technical guidance in areas including OA, VA, MPI/UT, and thermography.
Oversee and use the formal Defect Elimination process to address repetitive failures and promote proactive maintenance.
Monitor and report leading and lagging maintenance KPIs.
Own the Mobile Fleet Defect Elimination Processes.
Lead maintenance cost reduction and reliability improvement projects.
Identify opportunities to improve equipment maintainability, reliability, and availability using formal and informal reliability engineering techniques.
Perform FMEA on changes to maintenance tactics, including preventive maintenance plans.
Manage an ongoing formal Preventative Maintenance Optimization program.
Facilitate or lead root cause failure analyses, document the analyses and activities, and support implementation of corrective actions.
Alert maintenance and operations foremen to equipment abuse and operating practices that cause failures, reduce reliability, or increase maintenance costs.
Provide technical guidance to maintenance and operations departments on equipment and reliability issues and technologies.
Collaborate with peers at other Hecla operations and share good practices.
Stay informed about technologies applicable to Lucky Friday Mine and champion beneficial technologies.
Develop productive partnerships with OEMs to improve equipment performance and reliability.
Work with purchasing, engineering, and operations to incorporate reliability into planning, equipment procurement and changes, spare-part selection, and inventory control.
Develop, adapt, and publish standards and guidelines to improve reliability, including those related to preventive maintenance, procurement, inventory parts, installation, and work execution.
Audit and maintain equipment structure lists in IFS, ensuring accurate data and suitable hierarchies.
Provide guidance to junior-level department engineers.