Reliability Superintendent

Chevron Corporation; Barcelona; On-site; VES 79,858,000 - 115,350,000; Full time

Job summary

Chevron Venezuela is seeking a Reliability Superintendent in El Tigre to lead the Reliability function for upstream assets. You will develop strategies to maximize availability, integrity and lifecycle performance, coordinating across Operations, Maintenance, Process Safety, Engineering and Supply Chain.

The role requires overseeing RCA/RCM/RBI/FMEA practices, leading a team, and ensuring asset performance targets are met through rigorous condition monitoring and life-cycle cost analyses.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in a related Engineering discipline.
• 15+ years in reliability engineering or asset management.
• Experience leading technical personnel and cross-functional programs.
• Strong knowledge of RCA, RCM, RBI, FMEA and reliability analytics.
• Experience with SAP PM or equivalent.
• Proficient in Spanish and English for technical docs and stakeholder interactions.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement reliability plans and asset strategies for critical equipment.
• Lead RCA investigations and address root causes with corrective actions.
• Apply RCM, RBI, FMEA, LCCA and reliability modeling techniques.
• Monitor MTBF, MTTR, maintenance costs and asset performance indicators.
• Coordinate with Operations and Maintenance to optimize preventive/predictive plans.
• Ensure equipment design, installation and maintenance meet standards.
• Lead reliability improvements and obsolescence-management evaluations.
• Manage team performance and align with department objectives.
• Communicate risks and recommendations to PP Upstream leadership.

Skills

RCA

RCM

RBI

FMEA

Reliability analytics

Condition monitoring

Predictive maintenance

Asset integrity

Criticality analysis

Failure elimination

LCCA

Bilingual English/Spanish

Education

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, Petroleum, Instrumentation or related Engineering

Tools

SAP PM

Job description

El Tigre, Anzoategui, Venezuela

Barcelona, Anzoategui, Venezuela

Full time

R000074395

Total Number of Openings

1

Chevron Venezuela is accepting online applications for the position Reliability Superintendent in El Tigre.

The Reliability Superintendent leads the Reliability function for PP Upstream and is responsible for developing and implementing reliability and asset management strategies to maximize the availability, integrity, safety and life-cycle performance of critical production assets. The position reports to the Optimization & Process Safety Manager and leads a specialist team of individual contributors while coordinating across Operations, Maintenance, Process Safety, Engineering, Planning and Supply Chain.

Responsibilities for this position may include but are not limited to:

• Develop and implement reliability plans and asset strategies for critical production equipment and systems.
• Establish processes that prevent or reduce the likelihood and frequency of failures and recurring performance issues.
• Lead Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and systemic failure investigations, ensuring that corrective and preventive actions address underlying causes.
• Apply Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM), Risk Based Inspection (RBI), Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), reliability modeling and Life-Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA).
• Monitor and steward availability, Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF), Mean Time to Repair (MTTR), maintenance cost, recurring failures and other asset performance indicators.
• Govern condition monitoring and predictive maintenance activities, including vibration, thermography, lubrication, ultrasound and electrical diagnostics.
• Coordinate with Operations and Maintenance to optimize preventive and predictive maintenance plans, work prioritization and critical spare-part strategies.
• Verify that critical equipment is designed, fabricated, installed, tested, inspected, monitored and maintained consistently with service requirements, manufacturer recommendations and applicable standards.
• Lead reliability improvement, equipment modernization, repair-versus-replace and obsolescence-management evaluations using risk, technical performance and life-cycle cost criteria.
• Manage group and employee work to align with corporate and department objectives, set priorities, assign resources, coach team members and develop reliability capability.
• Communicate asset risks, performance gaps, decisions and recommendations to PP Upstream leadership and coordinate execution with key stakeholders.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, Petroleum, Instrumentation or a related Engineering discipline.
• 15 or more years of experience in reliability engineering, maintenance, asset integrity, production operations or asset management, preferably in oil and gas or another major-hazard industry.
• Demonstrated experience leading technical personnel and cross-functional reliability improvement programs.
• Strong working knowledge of RCA, RCM, RBI, FMEA, reliability analytics, condition monitoring, predictive maintenance, asset integrity, criticality analysis, failure elimination and LCCA.
• Experience with a computerized maintenance management system such as SAP PM or equivalent.
• Spanish proficiency and English proficiency sufficient for technical documentation and interaction with corporate and international stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience supporting upstream production facilities and well-related surface equipment.
• Experience developing reliability strategies for rotating, electrical, instrumentation, automation and fixed-equipment systems.
• Experience with technical-economic evaluations, maintenance optimization, reliability improvement projects and critical spare-parts strategies.
• Demonstrated capability to influence across organizational boundaries and make risk-based decisions in a joint-venture operating environment.

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Chevron Corporation is one of the world's leading integrated energy companies. Through its subsidiaries that conduct business worldwide, the company is involved in virtually every facet of the energy industry. Chevron explores for, produces and transports crude oil and natural gas; refines, markets and distributes transportation fuels and lubricants; manufactures and sells petrochemicals and additives; generates power; and develops and deploys technologies that enhance business value in every aspect of the company's operations. Chevron is based in Houston, Texas. More information about Chevron is available at www.chevron.com .

Chevron is an Equal Opportunity / Affiniative Action employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status, or other status protected by law or regulation.