Reliability Engineer - Asset Performance

ADNOC Abu Dhabi UAE; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 246,000 - 357,000; Full time

Job summary

ADNOC Group in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates is seeking a Reliability Engineer - Asset Performance to improve equipment reliability, reduce unplanned failures and optimise maintenance costs across assets. The role requires conducting reliability studies, root cause analysis and developing maintenance strategies based on asset condition and business risk.

The role requires practical experience in Root Cause Failure Analysis, Reliability Centered Maintenance, Asset Performance Management, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• Minimum 6 years of relevant professional experience in reliability or maintenance engineering.

Responsibilities

• Conduct Root Cause Failure Analysis for significant equipment failures.
• Develop corrective and preventive maintenance recommendations.
• Perform Reliability Centered Maintenance studies for critical equipment.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to improve asset reliability.

Skills

Root Cause Failure Analysis

Reliability Centered Maintenance

Asset Performance Management

Predictive maintenance

Multidisciplinary engineering

English communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Tools

Reliability data & dashboards

Asset health indicators

Job description

Reliability Engineer - Asset Performance

Job Snapshot Role: Reliability Engineer - Asset Performance Location: Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates Industry: Oil and Energy Function: Engineering Experience: Minimum 6 years in reliability or maintenance engineering, preferably within the oil and gas industry Job Type: Full-time Position Overview Reliability Engineer - Asset Performance in Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates is an Oil and Energy opportunity focused on improving equipment reliability, reducing unplanned failures, and optimising maintenance costs across operational assets. ADNOC Group is hiring an experienced engineering professional to conduct reliability studies, investigate equipment failures, and develop maintenance strategies based on asset condition and business risk. The position requires practical experience in Root Cause Failure Analysis, Reliability Centered Maintenance, Asset Performance Management, predictive maintenance, and multidisciplinary engineering. The successful candidate will provide specialist support to operating sites, brownfield projects, greenfield developments, and major equipment-overhaul programmes.

Country: United Arab Emirates City: Abu Dhabi Emirate Industry: Oil and Energy Function: Engineering Salary: 22000-32000 Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer. Gender: Any Candidate Nationality: Any Job Type: Full-time

Role Context

The Reliability Engineer - Asset Performance will provide technical expertise to operational and engineering teams on equipment reliability, maintenance optimisation, condition monitoring, and failure prevention. The role will help shift maintenance activities from reactive repairs toward structured preventive, predictive, and risk-based strategies. Working across mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation disciplines, the engineer will analyse asset performance, identify recurring equipment problems, recommend technical improvements, and support equipment-selection decisions for new and modified facilities. These activities will contribute to higher equipment availability, improved production continuity, safer operations, and lower lifecycle costs.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct Root Cause Failure Analysis for significant, recurring, or business-critical equipment failures.
• Gather operating data, maintenance history, inspection findings, failure evidence, and stakeholder input during investigations.
• Identify direct, contributing, and systemic causes of equipment breakdowns.
• Develop corrective and preventive recommendations that address underlying failure mechanisms.
• Track approved Root Cause Failure Analysis actions through implementation and effectiveness review.
• Conduct Asset Performance Management studies to improve equipment visibility, reliability, and maintenance decision-making.
• Support the configuration and use of reliability data, asset-health indicators, and performance dashboards.
• Perform Reliability Centered Maintenance studies for critical equipment and systems.
• Review equipment functions, failure modes, effects, consequences, and existing maintenance controls.
• Recommend appropriate preventive, predictive, condition-based, failure-finding, or run-to-failure strategies.
• Convert maintenance programmes from reactive repair models to proactive reliability-based approaches.
• Assess the effect of equipment failures on safety, production, environment, quality, cost, and business continuity.
• Select maintenance strategies that minimise operational risk and total lifecycle cost.
• Use equipment criticality and failure history to prioritise reliability-improvement initiatives.
• Apply predictive maintenance methods to identify developing defects before functional failure.
• Support the use of condition-monitoring techniques appropriate to different asset types.
• Assist operating sites in developing monitoring methods that accurately reflect actual equipment condition.
• Review vibration, temperature, lubrication, electrical, process, and performance data where applicable.
• Identify abnormal equipment behaviour and recommend inspection, maintenance, or operational intervention.
• Maintain bad-actor equipment lists and provide periodic performance reports.
• Analyse repeated failures, high maintenance expenditure, poor availability, and chronic operating problems.
• Develop targeted improvement plans for equipment identified as reliability concerns.
• Monitor performance after corrective action to confirm that reliability has improved.
• Participate in brownfield and greenfield engineering activities to improve maintainability and asset reliability.
• Review engineering designs and project packages from a reliability and lifecycle perspective.
• Recommend suitable equipment selection, capacity, configuration, redundancy, and maintainability requirements.
• Assess proposed equipment and technologies for reliability, supportability, and operational compatibility.
• Identify potential obsolescence risks affecting equipment, spare parts, software, or technical support.
• Recommend alternatives where proposed equipment may create future reliability or maintainability concerns.
• Review proposed new solutions and provide technical recommendations before implementation.
• Research equipment-upgrade and refurbishment options for ageing or underperforming assets.
• Provide technical advice during major overhauls, equipment replacement, and new installations.
• Recommend modifications, upgrades, or replacement where existing equipment cannot achieve required performance.
• Evaluate repair versus replacement options using reliability, cost, risk, and lifecycle considerations.
• Support technical assessments of mechanical equipment and associated systems.
• Lead reliability schemes and improvement work covering mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation disciplines.
• Coordinate with maintenance, operations, inspection, engineering, projects, and technical-service teams.
• Facilitate multidisciplinary reliability workshops and technical reviews.
• Engage equipment manufacturers, consultants, and specialist service providers when additional expertise is required.
• Prepare technical reports, reliability studies, equipment recommendations, and management presentations.
• Maintain accurate records of analyses, assumptions, findings, actions, and performance results.
• Share reliability knowledge and lessons learned with operational and technical teams.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of reliability procedures, tools, standards, and engineering practices.

Ideal Profile

• Bachelor 's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or an equivalent recognised engineering discipline.
• Minimum 6 years of relevant professional experience.
• Previous experience in the oil and gas industry is preferred.
• Practical experience in reliability engineering, maintenance engineering, or asset-performance improvement.
• Strong knowledge of Root Cause Failure Analysis methodologies and structured problem solving.
• Experience conducting Reliability Centered Maintenance studies.
• Familiarity with Asset Performance Management systems and reliability-performance reporting.
• Knowledge of preventive, predictive, condition-based, and corrective maintenance strategies.
• Ability to analyse equipment failures and convert findings into practical improvement actions.
• Experience with equipment criticality assessment, failure-mode analysis, and maintenance optimisation.
• Understanding of mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation equipment used in operating plants.
• Experience supporting brownfield modifications, greenfield projects, major overhauls, or equipment replacement.
• Ability to review project packages and advise on equipment selection, redundancy, and maintainability.
• Knowledge of predictive tools and condition-monitoring techniques.
• Ability to identify equipment obsolescence and recommend suitable upgrade or replacement strategies.
• Strong analytical, investigative, and technical-reporting capability.
• Effective communication and facilitation skills for multidisciplinary technical discussions.
• Ability to work with operations personnel, maintenance teams, engineers, contractors, and external consultants.
• Strong judgement when balancing reliability, production, safety, cost, and operational requirements.
• Good written and verbal English communication skills.
• Organised, proactive, and focused on measurable reliability improvement.

Skills Set

• Reliability engineering
• Root Cause Failure Analysis
• Asset Performance Management
• Reliability Centered Maintenance
• Maintenance optimisation
• Preventive maintenance
• Predictive maintenance
• Condition monitoring
• Equipment criticality
• Failure mode analysis
• Bad-actor analysis
• Equipment reliability
• Asset availability
• Maintenance strategy
• Lifecycle cost
• Mechanical equipment
• Electrical equipment
• Instrumentation systems
• Brownfield engineering
• Greenfield engineering
• Equipment selection
• Redundancy assessment
• Maintainability review
• Equipment refurbishment
• Equipment replacement
• Obsolescence management
• Major overhauls
• Failure trend analysis
• Reliability reporting
• Multidisciplinary engineering
• Technical studies
• Continuous improvement

Why Join Us

This role provides the opportunity to improve the performance of critical equipment supporting major oil and gas operations. The Reliability Engineer will influence maintenance strategy, equipment investment, project design, operational continuity, and the prevention of high-impact failures. The position offers exposure to multidisciplinary assets, advanced reliability methods, brownfield and greenfield developments, predictive technologies, and major overhaul programmes. It is well suited to an experienced engineer seeking broader technical responsibility, measurable asset-performance impact, and long-term professional development within Abu Dhabi 's Oil and Energy sector.

About the Company

ADNOC Group is an integrated energy organisation headquartered in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Its activities cover exploration, production, processing, refining, petrochemicals, logistics, distribution, and the operation of major industrial assets. The group applies structured reliability, maintenance, engineering, and asset-management practices to improve equipment availability and operational performance. Its technical teams work across disciplines to prevent failures, optimise lifecycle costs, and support safe and efficient energy operations.