Reliability Electrical Lead Technician

Kwtsteel; Ahmadi; On-site; KWD 4,500 - 10,000; Full time

Job summary

Kwtsteel is seeking an Electrical Maintenance/Condition Monitoring Engineer to perform vibration, thermography, and ultrasound diagnostics in our steel plants. You will collect data, diagnose failures, and support RCA investigations while ensuring SAP-PM data integrity and reliable reporting.

The role requires strong electrical expertise, hands-on inspection skills, and the ability to guide technicians during reliability inspections and shutdowns across multiple plants.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Carry-out condition-based monitoring activities (coordination and data collection) using vibration analysis, thermography, and ultrasound analysis to detect early failures.
• Provide diagnoses based on 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 audits and work quality audits during shutdowns.
• Assist in budget preparation with technical information and analyses.

Skills

Condition monitoring

Vibration analysis

Thermography

Ultrasound inspection

Electrical troubleshooting

Safety compliance

Cross-functional communication

Data collection & documentation

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering

Diploma in Electrical Maintenance

Vocational/Technical Certificate or related

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.