Electrical Reliability Engineer: Asset Strategy & RCA Lead

KUWAIT STEEL; Ahmadi; On-site; KWD 24,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

KUWAIT STEEL seeks a Senior Reliability Engineer to develop and lead maintenance strategies across electrical assets. You will drive RCM/ FMEA initiatives, perform RCA on major failures, and ensure data integrity in SAP PM for reliability studies.

You will mentor engineers, validate corrective actions, and support CAPEX and LCC processes to strengthen overall asset performance and long-term reliability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical engineering is required.
• Master’s degree in a relevant technical field is advantageous.
• Professional certifications in Reliability, RCM, Vibration Analysis or Condition Monitoring are advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize maintenance strategies (RCM, FMEA, PM Optimization).
• Define criticality ranking and risk-based maintenance approach.
• Standardize reliability engineering methodologies.
• Lead Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for major failures.
• Validate technical conclusions and corrective actions.
• Ensure elimination of systemic failure patterns.
• Support CAPEX justification based on reliability data.
• Contribute to lifecycle cost analysis (LCC).
• Identify bad actors and chronic assets.
• Support long-term asset strategy.
• Validate quality of condition monitoring data.
• Supervise technical reliability assistants.
• Analyse Weibull trends and failure statistics.
• Ensure SAP-PM data integrity for reliability studies.
• Act as technical reference for maintenance teams.
• Mentor high-potential engineers.
• Challenge technical decisions when required.
• Align training programs with reliability best practices to develop team competencies.
• Validate technical procedures, capital investment justifications, and resource requirements to ensure alignment with reliability objectives.
• Align technical analyses with budget preparation and resource allocation.
• Validate and prepare reliability reports (weekly, monthly, and annual) for management review.

Skills

Electrical engineering

RCM

FMEA

Vibration analysis

Condition monitoring

Root Cause Analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical engineering

Master’s degree in a relevant technical field

Professional certifications in Reliability/RCM/Vibration/Condition Monitoring

Tools

CMMS

EAM

SAP PM/MM

Job description

KUWAIT STEEL seeks a Senior Reliability Engineer to develop and lead maintenance strategies across electrical assets. You will drive RCM/ FMEA initiatives, perform RCA on major failures, and ensure data integrity in SAP PM for reliability studies.

You will mentor engineers, validate corrective actions, and support CAPEX and LCC processes to strengthen overall asset performance and long-term reliability.