Reliability Engineer
Location: Tarime, Mara Region, Tanzania, United Republic of
Job type: Permanent role
Package: Expatriate package
Roster: 6 weeks on / 4 weeks off
Organization: Barrick – North Mara Mine
Job description
Position description
The Barrick Africa Middle East Team at North Mara Mine is seeking an experienced Reliability Engineer to join and grow its team.
This is a permanent role offered on an expatriate package and a 6 weeks on / 4 weeks off roster. Suitably qualified and experienced in-country candidates, including Tanzanian nationals, are equally encouraged to apply.
North Mara is building its reliability function from the ground up. Years of reactive, substandard maintenance have created a chronic backlog of deferred defects, repeat failure cycles, and temporary repairs that directly drive poor availability and elevated cost.
This role exists to reverse that trajectory by applying FMEA, defect elimination, root cause analysis, and condition-based maintenance to permanently break the reactive cycle.
The Reliability Engineer reports to the Superintendent – Planning & Reliability, leads a team of two Condition Monitoring Officers, and carries a dotted-line relationship to the HME Asset Health Specialist (AME Regional).
Barrick values
Join Barrick’s exceptional team and embody the company’s core values. Barrick is looking for individuals who can champion its DNA by:
- Communicating honestly, transparently, and acting with integrity.
- Exhibiting a results-driven approach.
- Delivering solutions that are fit for purpose.
- Dedicating themselves to building a sustainable legacy.
- Taking responsibility and being accountable.
- Committing to Zero Harm.
- Cultivating strong and meaningful partnerships.
If you are ready to contribute to a world-class team while embracing these values, Barrick encourages you to apply and become a valued member of its diverse workforce.
Responsibilities
The Reliability Engineer will be responsible for the following duties:
- Comply with all Barrick health, safety, and environmental policies, procedures, and the Mines Health & Safety Act, while visibly leading by example on Zero Harm.
- Build and own the North Mara HME reliability programme from the ground up by establishing FMEA libraries, defect elimination frameworks, failure mode prioritisation, and condition-based maintenance strategies for the full HME fleet.
- Lead, coordinate, and develop the two Condition Monitoring Officers by establishing structured data collection schedules, reporting standards, and individual development pathways.
- Own the site condition monitoring programme, including:
- Oil analysis and interpretation.
- Filter cut analysis.
- Magnetic plug and screen inspection.
- VIMS data analysis.
- Hydraulic cylinder rating.
- Undercarriage monitoring.
- Develop and maintain a comprehensive defect register, capturing all outstanding deferred defects and driving systematic resolution, targeting at least 75% elimination within 12 months.
- Lead root cause failure analysis (RCFA) for all significant equipment failures, ensuring findings are documented in SAP and corrective actions are tracked to closure.
- Conduct Pareto analysis on failure modes across the fleet, produce monthly failure trend reports, and prioritise the highest-impact defect elimination initiatives.
- Drive the transition from reactive, time-based maintenance to a condition-based, predictive model by developing CBM trigger criteria, intervention thresholds, and condition-response work packages for all critical components.
- Support PCR quality assurance by conducting pre-PCR component condition assessments, establishing post-overhaul QC inspection protocols, and tracking first-time quality pass rates, with a target of at least 90%.
- Drive SAP PM asset health discipline, including failure coding coverage, component life counter accuracy, maintenance history completeness, and Phase Model functionality.
- Collaborate with the Senior Planner to ensure reliability insights, including deterioration trends, failure predictions, and defect elimination findings, feed directly into long-term component replacement plans and the PCR programme schedule.
- Implement Barrick AME asset health and condition-based maintenance standards at site level, aligned with the direction of the HME Asset Health Specialist (AME Regional).
- Manage OEM warranty claims for condition-related failures across the fleet, ensuring technical documentation is complete and warranty recovery is maximised.
- Produce weekly, monthly, and annual reliability KPI and asset health reports for the Superintendent – Planning & Reliability.
- Perform any other duties as assigned by the Superintendent – Planning & Reliability.
Qualification requirements
Applicants should meet the following qualification requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Maintenance Engineering, or a related discipline is required.
- Professional certification in reliability engineering or asset management, such as CMRP, CRE, or equivalent, is strongly preferred.
- Computer literacy in SAP PM and Microsoft Office Suite is required.
- Valid driver’s licence.
Experience and competencies needed
Applicants should have the following experience and competencies:
- Minimum of 5–8 years’ experience in reliability engineering or asset health management in open cut mining or heavy industrial operations, with a strong HME fleet focus.
- Proven hands-on experience implementing and operating condition monitoring programmes, including:
- Oil analysis.
- Filter cut analysis.
- Magnetic plug and screen inspection.
- VIMS.
- Hydraulic cylinder rating.
- Demonstrated experience conducting FMEA, RCA/RCFA, and structured defect elimination programmes in a production mining environment is required.
- Experience building a site reliability programme in an operation characterized by chronic reactive maintenance and a high temporary repair rate.
- Strong SAP PM asset health experience, including failure coding discipline, component life counters, Phase Model, and maintenance history management.
- Solid understanding of HME fleet systems and their known failure modes is advantageous, including:
- CAT 777E.
- CAT 6020B.
- CAT D9.
- CAT 992.
- Sandvik drill rigs.
- Exposure to complementary asset health and predictive maintenance platforms, including OEM-agnostic condition data consolidation and rules-based failure prediction tools, is advantageous.
- Ability to coach and develop maintenance teams on reliability principles and condition monitoring practices.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and report-writing skills.
- Medical fitness for the mining environment.
What Barrick can offer you
Barrick offers the successful candidate:
- A key role in building the North Mara reliability function from the ground up, with direct and measurable impact on fleet availability and maintenance cost.
- A comprehensive compensation package, including bonuses and site-specific benefits.
- The opportunity to make a real and lasting difference in North Mara’s HME OC Maintenance turnaround.
- Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team.
- Structured training, mentoring, and career development opportunities.
- Access to a variety of career opportunities across the Barrick group.
About Barrick
Barrick’s mission is to be the world’s most valued gold and copper mining business. The company is committed to partnering with host countries and communities to transform natural resources into tangible benefits and mutual prosperity.
Barrick is a leading global mining, exploration, and development company. With one of the largest portfolios of world-class and life-long gold and copper assets in the industry, including six of the world’s Tier One gold mines, Barrick’s operations and projects span 18 countries and five continents.
Barrick is also the largest gold producer in the United States. The company creates real, long-term value for all stakeholders through responsible mining, strong partnerships, and a disciplined approach to growth.
Barrick shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol B and on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol ABX.
About North Mara Mine
The North Mara gold mine is located in north-west Tanzania, in the Tarime district of the Mara region. It is around 100 kilometres east of Lake Victoria and 20 kilometres south of the Kenyan border.
North Mara started commercial production in 2002. The mine is a combined open pit and underground operation from two deposits:
- Gokona, which is an underground deposit.
- Nyabirama, which is an open pit deposit.
The process plant has the capacity to process an average of 8,000 tonnes of ore per day.
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