Reliability Engineer

QAFCO (Qatar Fertiliser Company); Mesaieed; On-site; QAR 400,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Reliability Engineer to support their operations in enhancing plant reliability. This pivotal role involves providing technical support in asset management and problem-solving, ensuring maximum reliability and efficiency in production. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in the Oil & Gas or Petrochemical sectors, with a strong background in reliability engineering techniques such as FMEA and RCA. Join a forward-thinking company that values innovation and operational excellence, where your contributions will directly impact production continuity and reliability improvements.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Oil & Gas/Petrochemical industry with a focus on Reliability.
• Knowledge of Criticality Ranking, FMEA, RCM, PMO, and RCA techniques.

Responsibilities

• Support the Head of Reliability Engineering to enhance plant reliability.
• Facilitate equipment criticality ranking and preventive maintenance optimization.

Skills

Analytical Problem Solving

Reliability Engineering

Asset Management

Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)

Root Cause Analysis (RCA)

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Tools

ISO 55001 Standards

IEC Standards

ISA Standards

Job description

Job Summary

The role is responsible to support the Head of Reliability Engineering in carrying out the services of the section. The role is responsible to provide processes, structures, advice and guidance to improve or help sustain overall reliability in order to achieve maximum plant reliability which results in higher profits and less incidents. This role requires the provision of technical support in asset management and problem solving through application of specialized techniques, analytical and structured problem-solving processes.

Key Accountabilities

1. Facilitate Equipment Criticality Ranking session to set effective and efficient Systematic Maintenance Strategies.
2. Evaluate the existing Preventive Maintenance Task, focusing on effective failure prevention maintenance activities (addressing well identified failure modes) and eliminating unnecessary tasks: Preventive Maintenance Optimization.
3. Identify all possible failure modes in critical plant functional systems, with the final purpose of establishing effective failure prevention maintenance activities: Failure Modes and Effect Analysis.
4. Ensure that major assets installed at production facilities are timely replaced to ensure production continuity. Its main deliverable is an asset replacement plan as input for the two next major plant turnarounds: Long Term Replacements Plan.
5. Analyze production losses and highlight problem areas to make asset owners aware of the weaknesses in the plant and take action to increase reliability.
6. Coordinate the Reliability actions plans for plants’ reliability issues.
7. Perform the training of Reliability tools when applicable.
8. Participate or lead RCA’s as and when required and follow up on implementation of the relevant recommendations.

Desired Candidate Profile

1. Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering.
2. Minimum of 8 years relevant experience in Oil & Gas / Petrochemical Industry, out of which 5 years working in Reliability area.
3. Knowledge on Criticality Ranking, FMEA, RCM, PMO and RCA techniques.
4. Handling of standards for Asset management ISO 55001, engineering like IEC, ISA, etc.
5. Possess professional certification i.e., CMRP, CRE or equivalent in Reliability / Failure Analysis and Functional safety engineering by ISA /TUV are advantages.