Reliability Electrical Lead Technician

KUWAIT STEEL; Ahmadi; On-site; KWD 24,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

KUWAIT STEEL is hiring for a Condition Monitoring Specialist in Kuwait. The role focuses on carrying out vibration, thermography, and ultrasound based monitoring to detect early equipment issues and to support reliability programs.

Responsibilities include data collection, analysis, documentation, RCA support, and ensuring SAP-PM points are accurate. You will coordinate with maintenance teams during shutdowns and contribute to weekly and monthly reliability reports.

Qualifications

• Experience in condition monitoring and reliability assessment in heavy industry.
• Ability to inspect equipment, identify abnormalities and support corrective actions.
• Experience guiding technicians during inspections in steel plants or heavy industry.

Responsibilities

• Carry-out condition-based monitoring activities such as vibration analysis and thermography to detect early failures.
• Provide diagnoses based on CBM data collection and document failure modes on site.
• Collect evidence (photos, measurements) and support RCA investigations.
• Validate abnormal trends before escalation and confirm condition monitoring alerts.
• Support shutdown reliability assessments and maintenance audits across plants.
• Ensure measurement points are recorded in SAP-PM and maintain reliability logs.
• Prepare condition-based monitoring activity reports and assist weekly/monthly/annual reports.
• Support Reliability Engineers with budget preparation using technical analyses.

Skills

Condition monitoring

Vibration analysis

Thermography

Ultrasound inspection

Electrical maintenance

Equipment diagnostics

Field data collection

Safety compliance

SAP-PM usage

Reliability improvement

Cross-functional coordination

Education

Vocational/Technical Certificate in Electrical Engineering

Diploma in Electrical Maintenance

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

None

Job description

Job Responsibilities:

• Carry-out condition-based monitoring activities (coordination and data collection), such as vibration analysis, thermography, and ultrasound analysis to detect early failures, in all plants.
• Provide diagnoses based on analysis of CBM data collection, for common patterns.
• Document failure modes on site.
• Collect physical evidence (photos, measurements, parts condition).
• Support RCA investigations.
• Validate abnormal trends before escalation.
• Confirm condition monitoring alerts.
• Support shutdown reliability assessments.
• Ensure measurement points are correctly recorded in SAP-PM.
• Maintain historical reliability logs.
• Support Weibull data collection.
• Prepare condition-based monitoring activities reports.
• Support Reliability Engineers in preparing weekly, monthly and annual reports.
• Support Reliability Engineers in conducting annual audit in all plants, using the Reliability assessment grid.
• Support Reliability Engineers in conducting work quality audits during shutdowns.
• Support Reliability Engineers in the budget preparation with technical information and analyses.

Required Qualifications:

• Vocational/Technical Certificate, Diploma, or Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Maintenance, Industrial Electrical Systems, Instrumentation, Electronics, or a related discipline.

Preferred Experience:

• Vocational/Technical Certificate: Minimum 7 years of electrical maintenance experience in steel industry or heavy industry operations.
• Diploma: Minimum 5 years of electrical maintenance experience in steel industry or heavy industry operations.
• Bachelor's Degree: Minimum 3 years of electrical maintenance experience in steel industry or heavy industry operations.

Relevant Experience may include:

• Experience performing condition monitoring, equipment inspection, and equipment condition assessment activities in steel plants or similar heavy industrial environments.
• Prior experience guiding technicians in steel plants, rolling mills, or similar continuous process industries.
• Prior experience supporting reliability improvement activities, equipment diagnostics, and maintenance teams in continuous process industries.

Job-Specific Skills:

• Ability to support condition monitoring and reliability assessment activities.
• Ability to support inspection, condition assessment, and troubleshooting of electrical equipment.
• Ability to perform and interpret condition monitoring activities including vibration monitoring, thermography, ultrasound inspection, and other diagnostic techniques.
• Ability to identify equipment abnormalities, performance deviations, and potential failure indicators, and support corrective actions.
• Ability to coordinate and guide technicians during reliability inspections, condition monitoring activities, and field data collection.
• Ability to verify inspection quality, measurement accuracy, and compliance with reliability and maintenance standards.
• Effective communication and coordination with Reliability Engineers, Maintenance Supervisors, Technicians, and cross-functional teams.
• Ability to support maintenance teams during breakdowns, shutdowns, equipment assessments, and reliability improvement activities.
• Strong adherence to Safety Standards, SOPs, Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), and emergency procedures.