Reliability Electrical Engineer

Kwtsteel; Ahmadi; On-site; KWD 18,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Kwtsteel in Kuwait seeks a Senior Reliability Engineer to develop and optimize maintenance strategies for electrical assets in steel manufacturing. You will lead RCA investigations, standardize reliability methods, and ensure data integrity in SAP PM while mentoring engineers.

This role requires a Bachelor's in Electrical engineering with 8+ years in reliability engineering, RCM/CBM experience, and proficiency in CMMS tools. Steel industry exposure is a plus. On-site, full-time in Ahmadi.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree is required in Electrical engineering.
• Master's degree is an advantage.
• Certifications in reliability/RCM are a plus.

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, annual) for management review.

Skills

Electrical engineering

RCM

FMEA

Root Cause Analysis

Condition Monitoring

SAP PM/MM

CMMS

Vibration Analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical engineering

Master's Degree (advantage)

Tools

CMMS

SAP PM/MM

Job description

Job 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, annual) for management review.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical engineering.
• Master’s Degree in a relevant technical field (advantage).
• Professional Certifications: Reliability Eng., RCM, Vibration Analysis, or Condition Monitoring (advantage).

Preferred Experience:

• Minimum 8 years relevant experience in electrical maintenance, reliability engineering, or asset performance roles in steel manufacturing or heavy industrial environments of which a minimum 3 years in electrical reliability engineering with proven RCM and CBM applications.
• Relevant Experience may include:
• Troubleshooting, repair, and maintenance of steel industry equipment (EAF, CCM, Rolling Mill preferred).
• Experience in Condition-based monitoring programs and asset health evaluation.
• Participating in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and failure investigations.
• Experience with Steel Making, rolling mills lime plant, or similar heavy-industry equipment is an advantage.

Job-Specific Skills:

• Strong knowledge of electrical engineering principles and steel plant equipment operations.
• Proficiency in reliability engineering methods (FMEA, RCM) and risk assessment.
• Ability to analyze data to identify trends, patterns, and potential failure modes.
• Expertise in Root Cause Analysis (fault tree, fishbone, Pareto) to validate solutions.
• Skill in developing and integrating preventive and predictive maintenance strategies.
• Familiarity with condition monitoring techniques (vibration, thermography, oil analysis).
• Proficiency in reliability and maintenance software (CMMS, EAM, SAP PM/MM).
• Effective communication, alignment with cross-functional teams, and problem-solving skills in a multicultural environment.
• Skilled in preparing weekly, monthly, and annual reliability performance reports.