Senior Rotating Equipment Reliability Engineer SME

Hudson Manpower Inc.; Medina Province; On-site; SAR 89,000 - 112,000; Full time

Job summary

Hudson Manpower Inc. seeks a Rotating Equipment Mechanical Engineer – SME in Saudi Arabia to deliver expertise during Reliability Centered Maintenance, FMEA/FMECA, and reliability studies for rotating equipment.

You will identify functions, failures, and maintenance strategies to improve reliability, availability, safety and lifecycle performance, and support RCFA and OEM recommendations in a demanding industrial environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• 8+ years of experience in rotating equipment maintenance, reliability, asset management or machinery engineering.
• Hands-on experience with compressors, turbines, pumps, motors and auxiliary systems.
• Proven participation in RCM, FMEA/FMECA, RCA or Reliability Improvement programs.
• Familiarity with SAP PM.

Responsibilities

• Act as the technical authority for rotating equipment during RCM, FMEA and reliability workshops.
• Define and validate equipment functions, performance standards and functional failures.
• Identify credible failure modes, failure mechanisms and degradation processes for rotating equipment.
• Evaluate equipment failure consequences related to safety, environment, production and maintenance costs.
• Review equipment history, bad actor reports, vibration data, oil analysis reports and inspection findings.
• Recommend appropriate maintenance strategies including: Predictive Maintenance (PdM), Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM), Preventive Maintenance (PM), Failure Finding (FF), Run-to-Failure (RTF).
• Assess maintenance intervals based on equipment criticality, failure characteristics and operating context.
• Review OEM recommendations and industry best practices.
• Support Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) for recurring equipment failures.
• Validate maintenance tasks and spare-parts requirements generated from RCM studies.
• Identify reliability improvement opportunities and equipment design enhancements.
• Provide technical guidance on risk mitigation and equipment lifecycle management.

Skills

Rotor Dynamics

Vibration Analysis

Machinery Diagnostics

Bearing Failure Analysis

Lubrication & Tribology

Shaft Alignment

Rotor Balancing

Mechanical Seal Reliability

API Standards

Reliability Engineering

RCM & FMEA methodologies

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

SAP PM

Job description

Hudson Manpower Inc. seeks a Rotating Equipment Mechanical Engineer – SME in Saudi Arabia to deliver expertise during Reliability Centered Maintenance, FMEA/FMECA, and reliability studies for rotating equipment.

You will identify functions, failures, and maintenance strategies to improve reliability, availability, safety and lifecycle performance, and support RCFA and OEM recommendations in a demanding industrial environment.