RCM Engineer

Role Overview

Reliability Engineer (EMNR35 - Principal Technical Professional - Maintenance & Reliability Engineering) at KBR, supporting refinery asset reliability throughout the remaining asset lifecycle.

Company Overview

KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions (STS) provides holistic and value-added solutions across the entire asset life cycle, including world-class licensed process technologies, differentiated advisory services, deep technical domain expertise, energy transition solutions, high-end design capabilities, and smart solutions to optimize planned and operating assets.

Role Purpose

To coordinate and execute responsibilities relating to governing and establishing the total reliability program framework throughout the remaining asset lifecycle in the refinery, ensuring sustained operational excellence and safety-critical equipment integrity.

Key Responsibilities

Reliability Program Framework & Methodology

• Prepare framework and methodology for criticality assessment and reliability improvement programs for refinery assets.
• Champion the implementation of various reliability methodologies for all asset types by establishing reliability programs to sustain operational excellence.
• Adapt lessons learned from benchmark and safety cases identified from events, providing recommendations to ensure continuous assurance methodology is applied to sustain the health of safety-critical equipment and mitigate potential threats from changes in major hazard scenarios.

Asset Criticality Analysis

• Lead and perform asset criticality analysis for all refinery assets.
• Collect all data for criticality assessment.
• Lead and conduct asset criticality assessment workshops.
• Compile workshop findings in suitable reports and populate data in required format for uploading in SAP with supporting documents.

Asset Lifecycle Management

• Administer and perform asset lifecycle management procedures including asset criticality ranking, SAP Taxonomy, Asset Operating Limits (IOW), asset maintenance development procedures, and master data development in SAP.
• Manage Bill of Materials (BOM) in SAP.
• Execute active SAP-PMs implementation and effectiveness.

Technical Leadership & Consultation

• Lead the team as the focal point of contact for reviews and technical matters related to reliability culture development in projects and operating facilities.
• Provide guidance to safeguard asset reliability throughout the asset lifecycle.
• Initiate and conduct essential studies for facilities and operational asset improvements.
• Provide specialized technical service in relevant engineering disciplines.
• Act as a consultant on complex engineering problems, designs, and projects.
• Coordinate with plant-wide teams.

Integrity & Performance Analysis

• Work with multidisciplinary teams assigned to analyze specific integrity and performance analysis.
• Suggest methods for the prevention of chronic failures.
• Support review of the total reliability program KPIs.

Reporting & Project Management

• Report to Project Manager.
• Lead the Reliability section to deliver periodic outcomes and weekly/fortnightly reports on project progress.
• Work closely with the project execution team to ensure complete familiarization and commitment with the Reliability Transformation Program.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering or relevant engineering discipline with sound fundamentals and technical skills.
• Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in Oil, Gas, or petrochemical industry.
• Site reliability background and strong knowledge in refinery processes.
• Training in root cause failure analysis methodology such as Apollo Root Cause Analysis by Reality Charting or similar methodology; ability to facilitate RCA and ACA processes.
• Experience with static and rotating equipment, instrumentation, and electrical systems, including understanding their failure modes and potential solutions.
• Experience with operations, maintenance, pre-commissioning, commissioning, and hand-over activities.
• Experience in administering asset lifecycle management procedures including asset criticality ranking, SAP Taxonomy, Asset Operating Limits (IOW), asset maintenance development procedures, master data development in SAP, Bill of Materials (BOM) in SAP, and active SAP-PMs implementation and effectiveness.
• Experience in asset lifecycle management processes.
• Experience implementing predictive maintenance policies and increasing asset availability.
• Well aware of all key performance indicators related to plant operation reliability and able to support and drive those KPIs.

Skills & Competencies

• Knowledge of SIS and RBI.
• Leadership and team management.
• Knowledge of the Oil and Gas industry.
• Communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a diversified and critical environment.
• Data analysis and report writing skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Proficient in verbal and written English.