Job Responsibilities:

-Develop and optimize maintenance strategies (RCM, FMEA, PM Optimization)

-Define criticality ranking and risk-based maintenance approach

-Standardize reliability engineering methodologies

-Lead Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for major failures

-Validate technical conclusions and corrective actions

-Ensure elimination of systemic failure patterns

-Support CAPEX justification based on reliability data

-Contribute to lifecycle cost analysis (LCC)

-Identify bad actors and chronic assets

-Support long-term asset strategy

-Validate quality of condition monitoring data

-Supervise technical reliability assistants

-Analyse Weibull trends and failure statistics

-Ensure SAP-PM data integrity for reliability studies

-Act as technical reference for maintenance teams

-Mentor high-potential engineers

-Challenge technical decisions when required

-Align training programs with reliability best practices to develop team competencies.

-Validate technical procedures, capital investment justifications, and resource requirements to ensure alignment with reliability objectives.

-Align technical analyses with budget preparation and resource allocation.

-Validate and prepare reliability reports (weekly, monthly, annual) for management review.
Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or electrical engineering.
• Master’s Degree in a relevant technical field (advantage).
• Professional Certifications: Reliability Eng., RCM, Vibration Analysis, or Condition Monitoring (advantage).

Preferred Experience:

• Minimum 8 years relevant experience in mechanical maintenance, reliability engineering, or asset performance roles in steel manufacturing or heavy industrial environments of which a minimum 3 years in mechanical reliability engineering with proven RCM and CBM applications.
• Relevant Experience may include:
• Troubleshooting, repair, and maintenance of steel industry equipment (EAF, CCM, Rolling Mill preferred).
• Maintenance and troubleshooting of rotating and static mechanical equipment.
• Experience in Condition-based monitoring programs and asset health evaluation.
• Participating in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and failure investigations.
• Experience with Steel Making, rolling mills lime plant, or similar heavy-industry equipment is an advantage.

Job-Specific Skills:

• Strong knowledge of mechanical engineering principles and steel plant equipment operations.
• Proficiency in reliability engineering methods (FMEA, RCM) and risk assessment.
• Ability to analyze data to identify trends, patterns, and potential failure modes.
• Expertise in Root Cause Analysis (fault tree, fishbone, Pareto) to validate solutions.
• Skill in developing and integrating preventive and predictive maintenance strategies.
• Familiarity with condition monitoring techniques (vibration, thermography, oil analysis).
• Proficiency in reliability and maintenance software (CMMS, EAM, SAP PM/MM).
• Effective communication, alignment with cross-functional teams, and problem-solving skills in a multicultural environment.
• Skilled in preparing weekly, monthly, and annual reliability performance reports.