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Head of Reliability Engineering

Department: Planning & Reliability
Section: Maintenance
Salary: NA
Employment Type: Indefinite
Experience: 8+ years' experience in Reliability Engineering
Job Status: Open
Location: Mesaieed
Apply By: 2/29/2020
 

Job Description

Job Objectives:

Lead, Direct, Manage and Support a team of Reliability Engineers in ensuring globally leading practice levels of the Effectiveness of the Maintenance Program. Minimizing the % of Break Down’s as much as possible and strive towards minimum Preventive Maintenance hours required to achieve global leading practice Reliability and Availability. From time to time the Head of Reliability Engineering will be required to directly support and/or perform specific reliability engineers’, tasks himself.
 
Job Description: 
  • Lead, Direct, Manage and Support a team of Reliability Engineers. Focus on the teams development as Reliability Engineers, looking to improve the teams performance at all times.
  • Report on the teams Effectiveness and Efficiency to leadership providing results of success and ideas on opportunities to improve
  • From time to time the Head of Reliability Engineering will be required to directly support and/or perform specific reliability engineers tasks himself, namely but not limited to - (a) Ensures high level of Asset’s reliability and availability by carrying out regular study of problems, operational challenges and failures of Qatalum’s assets and produces recommendations for improvement to prevent problems. (b) Carries out analysis by collecting data and analyses to determine reliability of components, equipment, systems and manufacturing processes. Prepares reports to define reliability and availability problems, recommends improvements and supports the implementation of those improvements. (c) Conducts analysis of Qatalum’s Asset’s reliability problems and investigates to determine the reliability and availability required for particular situation considering cost limitations, asset lifecycle cost, repair vs. replacement costs, spare parts to stock in the warehouse, etc. as required. (d) Conducts required studies to support the development of Qatalum’s strategies, policies, budgets, short term and long term improvement projects. (e) Provides engineering guidance and manages troubleshooting/investigation into complex Asset challenges and provides the necessary technical assistance when required. (f) In collaboration with the required departments, for example Engineering, studies the proposal for Asset changes and modifications to ensure that all proposed changes will meet plant availability, reliability, maintainability, safety in operation.
  • Oversee the team’s evaluation of Asset’s chronic problems and provides technical, maintenance, operational change proposals to alleviate problems, carries out continuous improvements to improve these situations when required.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of the work to be performed. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. Qatalum’s Management reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet business and organizational needs as necessary.

Minimum Qualifications Required
  • BSc in Engineering
Minimum Experience Required
  • 8+ years' experience in Reliability Engineering
Job Specific Skills
  • Good knowledge of spoken and written English.
  • Good computer skills.
  • Knowledge and experience in Root Cause Analysis.
  • Knowledge and experience in Failure Mode and Effectiveness Analysis (FMEA) and Equipment Criticality Analysis (ECA).
  • Experience in selection of equipment’s and maintenance approach.
  • Has broad maintenance experience and skills.
  • Investigative and statistical analysis skills are an advantage.
  • Detail oriented and attentive to standard approaches.

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