Reliability Mechanical Lead Technician

UNITED STEEL INDUSTRIAL CO.; Al Khiran; On-site; KWD 108,000 - 156,000; Full time

Job summary

UNITED STEEL INDUSTRIAL CO. seeks a Mechanical Maintenance Specialist to perform condition-based maintenance across steel plants, collect data, diagnose CBM patterns, and document failure modes on site.

You will support RCA investigations, reliability audits, and annual shutdown activities while ensuring accurate SAP-PM data and robust historical logs. Strong safety compliance and teamwork are essential.

Qualifications

• Mechanical engineering or related discipline required.
• Minimum 3–5 years in mechanical maintenance in steel/heavy industry.

Responsibilities

• Carry-out condition-based maintenance activities with data collection and monitoring across plants.
• Provide diagnoses based on CBM data for common patterns.
• Document failure modes on site and collect evidence (photos, measurements).
• Support RCA investigations and Alberta reliability audits as needed.
• Validate abnormal trends before escalation and confirm condition monitoring alerts.
• Support shutdown reliability assessments and maintenance work quality audits.
• Ensure measurement points are recorded in SAP-PM and maintain reliability logs.
• Assist Reliability Engineers in preparing weekly, monthly and annual reports and audits.

Skills

Condition monitoring

Vibration analysis

Thermography

Ultrasound analysis

Data collection

Reliability improvement

Field data collection

Safety compliance

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Diploma in Mechanical Maintenance

Technical Certificate or equivalent

Tools

SAP-PM

Job description

Job Responsibilities:

• Carry-out Condition Based Maintenance – 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 (not complex issues).
• 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 Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Maintenance, Industrial Maintenance, Mechanical Technology, or related discipline.

Preferred Experience:

• Vocational/Technical Certificate: Minimum 7 years of mechanical maintenance experience in steel industry or heavy industry operations.
• Diploma: Minimum 5 years of mechanical maintenance experience in steel industry or heavy industry operations.
• Bachelor\'s Degree: Minimum 3 years of mechanical 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 mechanical equipment.
• Ability to perform and interpret condition monitoring activities including vibration monitoring, thermography, ultrasound inspection, oil analysis, and other diagnostic techniques.
• Ability to identify equipment abnormalities, wear conditions, performance deviations, and 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.