Lead Reliability Engineer

Orcapod Consulting Services; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Orcapod Consulting Services seeks a skilled analytics professional to drive engine performance optimization and reliability. You will analyze shop visit data, maintenance trends and LLP status to recommend lifecycle improvements and cost-effective strategies.

Responsibilities include forecasting removals, modeling fleets, and developing dashboards. You will collaborate with CAMO, Maintenance, Reliability and Finance to present actionable insights to senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop and review aero engine shop visit workscopes.
• Analyze historical engine shop visit findings and cost drivers.
• Review engine maintenance requirements and performance trends.
• Identify opportunities to optimize shop visit workscopes.
• Evaluate engine module and component replacement requirements.
• Analyze removal reasons and identify opportunities to reduce premature removals.
• Support build-standard and configuration optimization.
• Forecast engine removals and shop visits.
• Develop long-term engine maintenance schedules.
• Analyze Time-on-Wing performance.
• Evaluate engine performance deterioration trends.
• Assess EGT Margin and other engine health indicators.
• Identify engines approaching maintenance or performance limits.
• Support engine rotation and utilization planning.
• Analyze Life-Limited Parts (LLP) status and remaining life.
• Evaluate LLP consumption against planned utilization.
• Identify LLP replacement requirements.
• Optimize LLP usage across the engine fleet.
• Evaluate life-extension and repair opportunities where applicable.
• Assess engine economic life and retirement candidates.
• Determine optimal spare-engine requirements.
• Analyze installed versus spare engine availability.
• Develop engine rotation strategies.
• Optimize engine pooling and positioning.
• Evaluate risks associated with insufficient spare-engine coverage.
• Identify underutilized or excess engines.
• Support engine lease, purchase, sale, storage or retirement decisions.
• Engine removal rates
• Unscheduled removals
• Engine-related AOG events
• Mean Time Between Removal (MTBR)
• Time-on-Wing
• EGT Margin deterioration
• Oil consumption
• Vibration trends
• Performance deterioration
• Repetitive engine defects
• Reliability trends
• Develop recommendations to improve engine reliability and availability.
• Analyze engine shop visit cost drivers.
• Evaluate labor, material, LLP and module replacement costs.
• Develop shop visit cost forecasts.
• Compare repair versus replacement options.
• Identify opportunities for cost avoidance.
• Support Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) analysis.
• Evaluate engine maintenance economics.
• Develop engine lifecycle models.
• Forecast engine demand and shop visit requirements.
• Perform engine fleet scenario analysis.
• Evaluate different utilization and maintenance scenarios.
• Model spare-engine requirements under different operational assumptions.
• Support engine asset lifecycle decisions.
• Analyze large engine operational and maintenance datasets.
• Develop engine health dashboards.
• Develop forecasting models.
• Perform reliability and trend analysis.
• Create management-level reports and presentations.
• Convert complex engine data into actionable recommendations.
• Collaborate with Engineering, CAMO, Maintenance, Reliability, Supply Chain, Finance and Operations teams.
• Coordinate with engine OEMs, MROs and engine leasing providers.
• Participate in technical reviews and workshops.
• Present engine optimization recommendations to senior stakeholders.

Job description

Engine Workscope Analysis

• Develop and review aero engine shop visit workscopes.
• Analyze historical engine shop visit findings and cost drivers.
• Review engine maintenance requirements and performance trends.
• Identify opportunities to optimize shop visit workscopes.
• Evaluate engine module and component replacement requirements.
• Analyze removal reasons and identify opportunities to reduce premature removals.
• Support build-standard and configuration optimization.

Engine Maintenance Planning

• Forecast engine removals and shop visits.
• Develop long-term engine maintenance schedules.
• Analyze Time-on-Wing performance.
• Evaluate engine performance deterioration trends.
• Assess EGT Margin and other engine health indicators.
• Identify engines approaching maintenance or performance limits.
• Support engine rotation and utilization planning.

LLP & Life Management

• Analyze Life-Limited Parts (LLP) status and remaining life.
• Evaluate LLP consumption against planned utilization.
• Identify LLP replacement requirements.
• Optimize LLP usage across the engine fleet.
• Evaluate life-extension and repair opportunities where applicable.
• Assess engine economic life and retirement candidates.

Spare Engine Optimization

• Determine optimal spare-engine requirements.
• Analyze installed versus spare engine availability.
• Develop engine rotation strategies.
• Optimize engine pooling and positioning.
• Evaluate risks associated with insufficient spare-engine coverage.
• Identify underutilized or excess engines.
• Support engine lease, purchase, sale, storage or retirement decisions.

Engine Reliability & Performance

Analyze:

• Engine removal rates
• Unscheduled removals
• Engine-related AOG events
• Mean Time Between Removal (MTBR)
• Time-on-Wing
• EGT Margin deterioration
• Oil consumption
• Vibration trends
• Performance deterioration
• Repetitive engine defects
• Reliability trends

Develop recommendations to improve engine reliability and availability.

Engine Shop Visit & Cost Optimization

• Analyze engine shop visit cost drivers.
• Evaluate labor, material, LLP and module replacement costs.
• Develop shop visit cost forecasts.
• Compare repair versus replacement options.
• Identify opportunities for cost avoidance.
• Support Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) analysis.
• Evaluate engine maintenance economics.

Engine Fleet Modeling

• Develop engine lifecycle models.
• Forecast engine demand and shop visit requirements.
• Perform engine fleet scenario analysis.
• Evaluate different utilization and maintenance scenarios.
• Model spare-engine requirements under different operational assumptions.
• Support engine asset lifecycle decisions.

Data Analytics & Reporting

• Analyze large engine operational and maintenance datasets.
• Develop engine health dashboards.
• Develop forecasting models.
• Perform reliability and trend analysis.
• Create management-level reports and presentations.
• Convert complex engine data into actionable recommendations.

Stakeholder Management

• Collaborate with Engineering, CAMO, Maintenance, Reliability, Supply Chain, Finance and Operations teams.
• Coordinate with engine OEMs, MROs and engine leasing providers.
• Participate in technical reviews and workshops.
• Present engine optimization recommendations to senior stakeholders.