Reliability Engineer

Optimise maintenance plans, lead failure investigations, and improve asset reliability to support sustainable power generation.

• Ensure reliable operation of Hydro Tasmania assets statewide.
• Further your career by working with industry experts.
• Attractive salary with annual review process.
• Support flexible working arrangements
  
  

Salary range $113,448 – $131,517 plus super

With the help of over 30,000 people over 100 years, we have built, maintained, and refurbished hydropower infrastructure across Tasmania. We're fuelling the future of energy with the power of the past, and we need skilled and reliable people to join us.

We support applications from all members of our community for equitable access to our employment opportunities. We are open to discussing workplace flexibility in all our vacancies, to ensure we can attract the best candidates and accommodate individual needs, differences, disabilities and working arrangements. Our merit-based recruitment practices are founded on building diversity by fostering an inclusive, flexible and equitable workplace. For more information about Hydro Tasmania please visit our website www.hydro.com.au/careers

About The Role

As a Reliability Engineer, you will focus on ensuring the reliable operation of our assets across the state. Your work will involve failure analysis, defect elimination, plant performance monitoring, and optimising maintenance activities to improve reliability and efficiency. You will contribute engineering expertise to deliver fit-for-purpose asset management solutions that support sustainable and commercially responsive operations.

As a Reliability Engineer, you will;

✓ Support proactive failure prevention through data analysis to identify potential issues and areas for intervention or enhanced monitoring.

✓ Provide engineering input to production and maintenance decision-making, including condition monitoring, inspections, failure investigations, and performance testing.

✓ Maintain an up-to-date understanding of our assets and their status, risks, and performance capabilities.

✓ Support root cause analysis (RCA) investigations and solutions to eliminate recurring failures.

✓ Travel as needed across the state to support site visits, inspections, and investigations

More information can be found on the attached Position Description: PD - A&I - Reliability Engineer - HT4 - June 2025.pdf

Who are you?

You've got a degree and engineering qualification in an appropriate discipline, along with at least 2 years' experience in reliability engineering, ideally in power generation or a large industrial setting. You're familiar with failure mode effects analysis, root cause investigations, maintenance planning, and performance evaluations.

You think strategically and drive evidence-based decision making, with strong influencing skills that help you listen, understand different views, and adjust your approach to get the best outcome. You're a practical problem solver who's comfortable working through complex technical and operational challenges in a fast-changing environment.

What else do we offer?

With a mix of site and office-based work this role offers the unique opportunity to work in Tasmania's stunning and dynamic locations, from the Derwent Valley to the West Coast and beyond. More information about our sites can be found here .

We value flexibility and understand this means different things to different people; we are open to discussion on what this looks like for you. We offer a range of employee perks ranging from generous parental leave (15 weeks) to electricity discounts, career development and training opportunities and fitness and health benefits.

As an endorsed employer for women, we have benefits and policies on our Work180 page – check it out here: www.work180.com/en-au/for-women/employer/hydro-tasmania

How To Apply

Attach your resume and a cover letter outlining what skills and experience you can bring to this role. We will engage with suitable candidates as soon we have reviewed their applications.

Recruitment agencies: we respectfully ask that no agency resumes be presented at this stage.
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