Vacancy title:
Reliability Manager – Plant and Heavy Mobile Equipment (HME)

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Mining, Category: Science & Engineering]

Jobs at:
Barrick Mining Corporation

Deadline of this Job:
Thursday, July 31 2025

Duty Station:
Zambia | Lusaka | Zambia

Summary
Date Posted: Monday, July 28 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

Lumwana Mining Company seeks a high-caliber Reliability Manager – Plant & Heavy Mobile Equipment (HME) to join our engineering leadership team. We are looking for individuals who embody Barrick’s 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

Reporting Line:

Reports to the Engineering Manager

Key Responsibilities:

Drive performance improvements, enforce reliability standards, optimize KPIs, integrate new technologies, and build a world-class reliability function in a high-demand mining environment.

Core Duties & Responsibilities:

1. Leadership & Team Development:

• Lead, mentor, and develop Plant & HME reliability engineering teams to achieve high-performance outcomes.
• Foster a culture of ownership, continuous improvement, and technical excellence.
• Align team objectives with site-wide reliability and availability targets.

2. Reliability Strategy & Standards:

• Develop and implement best-practice reliability strategies for fixed plant and HME.
• Standardize reliability engineering practices, methodologies, and reporting frameworks.
• Ensure compliance with company, OEM, and international maintenance/reliability standards.

3. Performance Monitoring & Improvement:

• Define, monitor, and improve KPIs, including:
  • Equipment availability
  • Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF)
  • Mean Time to Repair (MTTR)
  • Planned maintenance compliance
• Use data and failure analysis to drive root cause elimination and preventative strategies.
• Ensure timely and accurate reporting of performance metrics to stakeholders.

4. Technology & Innovation:

• Identify and implement emerging reliability technologies (predictive analytics, condition monitoring).
• Collaborate with OEMs and vendors to introduce cost-effective solutions.
• Champion digital transformation within the reliability function.

5. Cross-Functional Collaboration:

• Work closely with Maintenance, Operations, Projects, and Supply Chain to align strategies.
• Improve work management processes to reduce reactive maintenance.
• Proactively manage asset health and reliability risks.

6. Cost & Budget Management:

• Support cost-saving initiatives through optimized maintenance strategies.
• Ensure budgeting and forecasting align with reliability priorities.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 96

Level of Education: bachelor degree

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