Reliability Electrical Engineer

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

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.