Position Summary
The Reliability Engineer is responsible for enhancing equipment reliability and optimizing maintenance strategies with a strong focus on major outages, turnaround planning, and turbomachinery. This role also oversees the analysis and management of spare parts demand, inventory optimization, and kitting to support maintenance efficiency and equipment uptime. The ideal candidate has extensive experience coordinating planned outages, evaluating equipment performance, and providing data-driven recommendations to improve asset reliability and lifecycle performance.
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Key Responsibilities
Outage & Turnaround Planning
• Lead planning and execution of major outages for turbomachinery and rotating equipment, ensuring scope completeness, resource planning, and schedule optimization.
• Develop detailed work packs, job plans, and maintenance procedures for outage activities.
• Coordinate with operations, maintenance, engineering, procurement, and contractors to align objectives and ensure safe, efficient outage execution.
• Conduct risk assessments and establish mitigation plans for critical-path work.
• Track outage progress, document findings, and compile post-outage reports with improvement recommendations.
Reliability Engineering
• Perform root cause analysis (RCA) and failure mode & effects analysis (FMEA) for turbomachinery and critical rotating equipment.
• Monitor key reliability KPIs (MTBF, MTTR, availability, etc.) and implement initiatives to improve equipment performance.
• Develop and optimize preventive and predictive maintenance strategies, including vibration analysis, condition monitoring, and performance trend analysis.
• Support engineering design reviews to ensure reliability and maintainability considerations are incorporated.
Spare Parts Demand Analysis & Inventory Optimization
• Analyze spare parts consumption, failure history, and criticality to ensure appropriate stocking levels.
• Work closely with supply chain to optimize inventory, reduce carrying costs, and eliminate obsolete/sporadic items.
• Establish and maintain a Bill of Materials (BOM) for turbomachinery and other critical assets.
• Create kitting strategies for upcoming outages and routine maintenance to improve job efficiency and reduce downtime.
• Ensure accurate spare parts forecasting using reliability models and historical data.
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Qualifications & Experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Reliability Engineering, or related field.
• 5–10+ years of experience in reliability engineering, maintenance engineering, or outage planning—preferably within oil & gas, power generation, petrochemical, or heavy industrial environments.
• Strong background in turbomachinery (compressors, turbines, pumps, blowers, etc.).
• Demonstrated experience with major shutdowns/turnarounds and outage planning tools (Primavera P6, MS Project, etc.).
• Proficiency in reliability tools and methodologies (RCA, FMEA, Weibull analysis, RCM).
• Experience working with CMMS systems (SAP, Maximo, or similar) for planning, inventory management, and equipment history tracking.
• Solid understanding of maintenance, materials management, and supply chain principles.
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Key Skills & Competencies
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional coordination skills.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, OEM manuals, and technical documentation.
• Strong planning, scheduling, and organizational capabilities.
• Proactive, detail-oriented, and safety-driven mindset.
• Ability to work under pressure during outages and fast-paced operational environments.