Senior Rotating Equipment Reliability Engineer – SME

Hudson Manpower Inc.; Yanbu`; On-site; SAR 89,000 - 112,000; Full time

Job summary

Hudson Manpower Inc. is seeking a Rotating Equipment Mechanical Engineer – SME for Saudi Arabia. The role drives reliability via RCM, FMEA/FMECA, and RCFA support, with focus on equipment in rotating systems and API standards.

The engineer will assess functions, failure modes and maintenance strategies to improve reliability, availability, safety and lifecycle performance, partnering with operations and maintenance teams.

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

Rotating equipment

RCM

FMEA/FMECA

Root Cause Analysis

Vibration analysis

Reliability engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

SAP PM

Job description

Hudson Manpower Inc. is seeking a Rotating Equipment Mechanical Engineer – SME for Saudi Arabia. The role drives reliability via RCM, FMEA/FMECA, and RCFA support, with focus on equipment in rotating systems and API standards.

The engineer will assess functions, failure modes and maintenance strategies to improve reliability, availability, safety and lifecycle performance, partnering with operations and maintenance teams.