Senior Reliability Engineer (RCM Specialist)

Katalyst-Healthcares-; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Creative Solutions Services, LLC is seeking an experienced Reliability Engineer to lead end-to-end RCM studies on rotating, static, electrical and instrumentation assets, from boundary definition to FMEA and maintenance task selection.

You will conduct RCFA analyses, build failure mode libraries, run reliability simulations, and translate outputs into updated maintenance plans in SAP PM or Maximo, partnering with client teams across operations and engineering.

Qualifications

• Hands-on RCM analysis and documentation.
• Lead workshops with client SMEs and operations teams.
• Ability to build and interpret reliability metrics.

Responsibilities

• Independently lead end-to-end RCM studies from boundary definition through FMEA and task selection.
• Facilitate RCM analysis workshops with client SMEs and maintenance stakeholders.
• Translate outputs into updated maintenance strategies and load into SAP PM (or Maximo).
• Prepare audit-ready deliverables: RCM registers, FMEA worksheets, criticality assessments.

Skills

RCM analysis

Stakeholder collaboration

Data interpretation

Leadership

Tools

ReliaSoft suite

SAP PM

Maximo

Job description

Roles & Responsibilities

• Independently lead end-to-end Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) studies on rotating, static, electrical and instrumentation assets - from system boundary definition through Failure Mode & Effects Analysis (FMEA), criticality ranking, and maintenance task selection.
• Facilitate and/or perform RCM analysis workshops with client SMEs, Operations and Maintenance stakeholders.
• Conduct Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) and bad-actor identification to support defect elimination and reliability improvement initiatives.

RCM Analysis Leadership

• Hands-on use of ReliaSoft suite (Weibull++, BlockSim, XFMEA/RCM++) for failure data analysis, life-data (Weibull) modeling, reliability block diagrams, and RCM/FMEA documentation.
• Build and maintain failure mode libraries and reliability statistics (MTBF, MTTR, hazard rates) to support proactive maintenance strategy development.
• Run reliability simulations to validate proposed maintenance task frequency and effectiveness, and to quantify risk/cost trade-offs.

RCM-to-EAM/SAP Integration

• Translate RCM/FMEA outputs into revised maintenance strategies, PM task lists, maintenance items and plans, and load/update them into SAP PM (or equivalent EAM/CMMS such as Maximo).
• Ensure alignment between ReliaSoft-derived strategies and SAP equipment hierarchy, Functional Location/Technical Object structures, and master data standards.
• Partner with Master Data/CMMS teams to verify that recommended task intervals, spares linkages, and job plans are correctly reflected and actioned in the client's enterprise system.

Detailed Technical Execution (Individual Contributor)

• Own the detailed, hands-on analytical work-product under the direction of the client's program managers - this is an execution-focused role, not a people-management role.
• Prepare high-quality, audit-ready deliverables: RCM registers, FMEA worksheets, criticality assessments, maintenance strategy documents, and gap-analysis reports.
• Manage own workload and timelines across multiple equipment groups/assets in parallel, escalating risks or resourcing gaps promptly.

Stakeholder Collaboration & Reporting:

• Work closely with client reliability/maintenance managers, operations, and engineering disciplines to validate assumptions, findings and recommendations.
• Present analysis outcomes and improvement recommendations clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Support knowledge transfer and coaching of client/LTTS junior engineers on RCM methodology and ReliaSoft tool usage, where required.

External Skills and Expertise:

• Reliability Engineer - RCM & Asset Data Integration (Refinery Reliability Program).