Reliability Engineer at Barrick Gold Tanzania

The Barrick Africa Middle East Team at North Mara Mine is seeking an experienced Reliability Engineer to join and grow our team.

This is a permanent role offered on an expatriate package and 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 — 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).

Join our exceptional team and embody Barrick's core values as you work with us. We are in search of individuals who can champion 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.

If you're ready to contribute to our world-class team while embracing these values, we encourage you to apply and become a valued member of our diverse workforce.

Responsibilities

• Comply with all Barrick health, safety, and environmental policies, procedures, and the Mines Health & Safety Act; visibly lead by example on Zero Harm.
• Build and own the North Mara HME reliability programme from the ground up: establish FMEA libraries, defect elimination frameworks, failure mode prioritisation, and condition-based maintenance strategies for the full HME fleet.
• Lead, coordinate, and develop the Condition Monitoring Officers (×2): establish structured data collection schedules, reporting standards, and individual development pathways.
• Own the site condition monitoring programme: oil analysis and interpretation, filter cut analysis, magnetic plug/screen inspection, VIMS data analysis, hydraulic cylinder rating, and undercarriage monitoring.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive defect register; capture all outstanding deferred defects and drive systematic resolution targeting ≥75% eliminated within 12 months.
• Lead root cause failure analysis (RCFA) for all significant equipment failures; ensure 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: develop CBM trigger criteria, intervention thresholds, and condition-response work packages for all critical components.
• Support PCR quality assurance: conduct pre-PCR component condition assessments, establish post-overhaul QC inspection protocols, and track first-time quality pass rates (≥90% target).
• Drive SAP PM asset health discipline: failure coding coverage, component life counter accuracy, maintenance history completeness, and Phase Model functionality.
• Collaborate with the Senior Planner to ensure reliability insights — 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 to the direction of the HME Asset Health Specialist (AME Regional).
• Manage OEM warranty claims for condition-related failures across the fleet; ensure 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

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Maintenance Engineering, or a related discipline — required.
• Professional certification in reliability engineering or asset management (CMRP, CRE, or equivalent) — strongly preferred.
• Computer literacy: SAP PM, Microsoft Office Suite — required.
• Valid driver’s licence.

Experience and competencies needed.

• Minimum 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: oil analysis, filter cut analysis, magnetic plug/screen inspection, VIMS, and hydraulic cylinder rating.
• Demonstrated experience conducting FMEA, RCA/RCFA, and structured defect elimination programmes in a production mining environment — 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: failure coding discipline, component life counters, Phase Model, and maintenance history management.
• Solid understanding of HME fleet systems (CAT 777E, 6020B, D9, 992, Sandvik drill rigs) and their known failure modes is advantageous.
• Exposure to complementary asset health and predictive maintenance platforms (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 We Can Offer You

• A key role in building the North Mara reliability function from the ground up — with direct, 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 Us

Our mission is to be the world’s most valued gold and copper mining business. We are committed to partnering with our host countries and communities to transform their 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 an projects span 18 countries and five continents. Barrick is also the largest gold producer in the United States.  We create 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 the Team

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 (underground) and Nyabirama (open pit). The process plant has the capacity to process an average of 8,000 tonnes of ore per day.