Reliability Engineer​/Specialist

Location: Logan Lake, BC, Canada
Employment Type: Regular Full Time
Workplace Type: On-site

About Highland Valley Copper

Highland Valley Copper (HVC) Operations is Canada’s largest open-pit copper mine and molybdenum operation. HVC produces both copper and molybdenum concentrate through autogenous and semi-autogenous grinding and flotation.

Located approximately 17 kilometers west of Logan Lake and about 50 kilometers southwest of Kamloops in British Columbia, the surrounding areas of HVC have an abundant offering of outdoor experiences.

Role Overview

Teck is a leading Canadian resource company focused on responsibly providing the metals essential for global development and the energy transition while caring for the people, communities and land that we love. We have a rich history of consistently driving innovation, harnessing cutting-edge technology, and cultivating a dynamic environment that empowers our employees to shape the future.

Embrace Courageous Safety Leadership (CSL):
At Teck, safety is a core value, central to our empowers work culture. Through programs like CSL, we empower every employee to be a safety leader, fostering a proactive approach to identifying and mitigating risks. As part of our team, you'll contribute to sustaining this safety-first environment, where speaking up and driving positive change are not just encouraged but expected.

Reporting to the Reliability Lead, the Electrical Reliability Engineer is responsible for improving the reliability, availability, and lifecycle performance of electrical and electrically driven mechanical assets across fixed plant and mobile equipment operations. The role applies reliability engineering principles, condition-based maintenance, and failure analysis to reduce unplanned downtime, improve safety, and optimize maintenance strategies.

To be successful in this role, we require someone with excellent problem solving, interpersonal, and communication skills, with a strong sense of leadership and team collaboration; someone who has a strong focus on safety and personal responsibility, is self-motivated and able to maintain a positive and adaptable demeanor in fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Be a courageous safety leader, adhere to and sponsor safety and environmental rules and procedures
• Develop and implement reliability strategies for fixed plant and mobile equipment assets including motors, VFDs, Switchgears, transformers, electric shovels and drills.
• Support reliability improvement initiatives for electrically driven mechanical systems
• Lead and support condition-based monitoring (CBM) programs;
  PdMA, Infrared thermography, transformer testing, and telemetry on electric shovels and drills.
• Lead and participate in Root Cause Analysis (RCA), 5
  
  WHYs, FMEA, and defect elimination activities.
• Identify repeat failure modes and develop permanent corrective actions
• Work collaboratively with maintenance, operations, engineering, and OEM vendors including participating in cross-site reliability networks
• Develop and optimize PM and PdM strategies in CMMS (SAP, Maximo).
• Develop and monitor reliability KPIs, performance reports, identify bad actor equipment, and develop remedies.
• Provide reliability and maintainability input to electrical and mechanical capital projects.
• Define alarm thresholds and response plans for electrical and mechanical health indicators
• Prepare or provide input to technical documentation, including troubleshooting guides, operating manuals, and maintenance manuals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering; P.Eng or EIT designation and technical certifications (CMRP, CRE, CRL etc.) are assets.
• Eligible for registration with Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia (EGBC)

• Reliability or electrical maintenance experience in mining, heavy industry, or oil & gas.
• Experience with PLC, ladder logic, telemetry data, data historian/analyzers, and understanding of control systems are assets.
• Proficient in SAP, Maximo are assets

Why Join Us?

Teck employees receive access to our total rewards program and comprehensive benefits package that promote physical, mental, financial, and emotional well-being. This includes but is…