Reliability Engineer

Purpose of Role:

To provide on-site support and manage reliability contract of mechanical seals for customer in Malaysia.

Key Activity:

•Assist and guide seal installation / removal at customer site / repair shop.

•On site pump /seal initial assessment and inspection

•Support commissioning of seal system

•Perform 5-point checks on the equipment’s prior to seal installation

•Conduct site tours, identify preventive activities (for eg: monitoring plan 11/13/23 for temperatures, pressures for plan 52/53A/B/C, flow monitoring on plan 54, bearing oil condition monitoring and general leakage on the equipment) and implement recommendations proactively to eliminate potential causes of seal failures.

•Co-ordinate seal activation and tracking

•Monitor timely repair of seals

•Prepare Inspection Reports and perform failure analysis

•To conduct Root Cause Analysis (RCA’s) for bad actors in the plant

•Be responsible for reliability data management, trending, analysis, and reporting.

•Conduct monthly (Alliance Improvement team)/quarterly/ yearly meeting with stakeholders

•Prepare monthly and yearly reports for external stakeholders.

•Inventory management and optimization and conduct audits

•Gain understanding of systematic and chronic failures and develop plan accordingly to eliminate root cause of failures

Key Accountability:

•Maintain the equipment & seal database and failure history using John Crane Interface Reliability Management software for all equipment within the scope of the contract.

•Perform root cause analysis, failure mode assessment, recommendations, and reporting.

•Monitor key KPI’s on periodic basis

•Understand customers’ needs, Review installations, make engineering proposals to optimize arrangements, quantify benefits, prepare and present proposals.

Education:

•Bachelor Degree in Engineering, preferably in Mechanical Eng.

Experience:

•3-8 Years

Technical Skills:

•Sound Knowledge of pumps & mechanical seals in Oil & Gas or Petrochem Industry.

•Knowledge of API Standards.

•Field experience in Installation, commissioning & maintenance of Pumps & seals.

•Exposure to Condition Monitoring techniques such as Vibration Analysis, Ultra- Sound Analysis, Motion Amplification will be added advantage.

People Skills

•Self-driven & Result Oriented

•Problem-solving attitude

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