Reliability Engineer - Compressors

 

Recruiter:

MECS Africa

Job Ref:

JHB008696/CP

Date posted:

Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Location:

Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates


SUMMARY:

Our client, one of the largest international oil and gas organisations, is seeking an experienced Compressors Reliability Engineer to work in the Global Manufacturing Excellence Center (GMEC).



POSITION INFO:
The incumbent will be responsible to provide technical evaluation and assessment of the Compressors, including all the relevant auxiliary systems in refining, NGLF and Petrochemical Plants.

Minimum Requirements

  • A Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.
  • Minimum of 15 years of experience in the rotating equipment discipline, with at least ten years of relevant experience in the field of compressors.
  • Thorough knowledge of engineering practices and economic principles, calculation methods, design details, and international codes, standards and specifications.
  • Familiarity with the basic investigation tools and techniques like FRACAS, RCA, and TAPROOT is an added value.
  • Fluency in English, both verbal and written.
Duties & Responsibilities
  • Provide technical support to the operation team during the entire lifecycle of the plant’s compressors, analyzing their performances, operative conditions and boundaries, to guarantee reliable and safe operations.
  • Troubleshoot compressors failures and performance.
  • Utilize knowledge and familiarity with the international standards to improve the equipment performance.
  • Implement the best-in-class solutions pertaining to the compressors, as foreseen by international standards and other internal company standards.
  • Lead efficiency improvement initiatives and upgrading of programs and projects for compressors.
  • Generate and calculate the asset KPIs pertaining to discipline.
  • Provide technical solution whenever the machines experience failures, utilizing sound maintenance strategies to analyze, address and rectify the root causes to prevent reoccurrences.
  • Propose changes in operating modes, or technological improvement, or maintenance strategies implementation, to support the company vision of continuous improvement throughout collaboration and people conversation.
  • Utilize the best-in-class monitoring tools (GE SMART SIGNAL, SYSTEM ONE) and other maintenance and reliability tools (SAP, iMOM, GE MERIDIUM) to support decisions in case of failures, or abnormal operating conditions.
  • Provide technical support to the maintenance team to enhance preventive maintenance strategies and checks, along with predictive maintenance strategies and operation-based maintenance checks.
  • Provide mentorship to lesser-experienced engineers.
  • Generate development plans for them, and assist them during the entire path of their knowledge growth.


 

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