Senior Engineer, Reliability Strategy II

Maaden Brief:

Ma’aden, established in 1997, is one of the fastest-growing mining companies in the world and the largest multi-commodity mining and metals company in the Middle East. We are leading the development of the mining industry to become the third pillar of Saudi Arabia’s economy by building a world-class, unique, and fully integrated mining value chain."

We are pleased to share an exciting opportunity for the below mentioned position. This role offers a chance to contribute to our ambitious growth and play a key part in shaping the future of mining in the Kingdom.

Benefits:

• Career Growth. 
• Competitive Salaries 
• Comprehensive Package
• Inclusive Work Environment
• Work-Life Balance
• Employee wellness

Job Title

Senior Specialist, Reliability

Reportingto

Superintendent, Condition Monitoring Business Unit/Function

Phosphate BU / Reliability Management

Department

Rotating, CM and Reliability Strategy, MPC

Direct Reports

Budget/Size

Grade

M10

Job Family

Reliability

Sub Family

    Position Type

Regular

Role Profile Number

Job Purpose      

Responsible for the engineering review, design and analysis of condition-based maintenance or Predictive Maintenance (PdM) program for the MA’ADEN Plant requirements. Job holder is considered the PdM subject matter expert, knowledgeable of and capable to implement best practices, strategies and methods to increase overall equipment effectiveness. This includes routine / non routine activities, technical support, equipment inspection, data collection, analysis, provides corrective maintenance recommendation and implements reliability improvements. Needs no supervision to handle routine jobs and minimum supervision for non-routine engineering and maintenance work.

      Key Accountabilities      

Reliability, Operation& Maintenance Support  

• Alignment, implementation, and technical support to meeting the operational reliability level specified for the plant. 
• Assists Plant maintenance department to implement site-wide maintenance strategy applying “Lessons Learned”.
• Is highly diverse in diagnostics of all equipment with the scope of the PdM Program. This includes analyses of data from routine data collection as well as the analyses required for on-line continuous monitoring such as the Machine Monitoring Systems (MMS’s) and other protection/ Prediction systems.
• Provides recommendations for corrective maintenance resulting from PdM analyses. 
• Leads in applying PdM techniques across Plant, and in defining convenient scheduling of corrective maintenance to prevent unexpected equipment failures and to offer cost savings over routine or time-based equipment/component replacement.       
• Trouble shoots and resolves more complex technical problems in order to get the equipment back in running condition. 
• Assists in the maintenance or emergency repairs / inspections by providing technical assistance to area engineers, maintenance supervisors and technicians as assigned.
• Participates, when assigned, in site inspections and safety, quality or production investigations, if required.  
• Collects and does engineering data analysis, evaluates conceptual engineering plans and prepares and evaluates the designs and plans according to specifications as related to PdM technologies.  
• Conducts chronic Failure Elimination / Root Cause Analysis (RCA) studies as required and follows recommendations implementation with concerned parties on equipment whose failure could have been predicted. 
• Reviews and ensures technical proposals for outsourced maintenance services for PdM have clear scope of work for routine operating mill activities. Overseas PdM contractors and serves as technical point of contact. 
• Works with Operation Readiness team managing reading taking of Asset baselines parameters and assists maintenance team during the cold commissioning, hot commissioning and start up activities. 
• Proposes revamping projects /capex projects to improve roll mill facility / equipment availability and participates in reviewing supervising and implementing the approved projects as related to PdM technologies. 
• Strives in implementing Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), Lean Manufacturing (LM) and Reliability Excellence (REX) for PdM a cross the Plant. 

     

Health, Safety & Environment (HSE)

• Adheres to HSE regulations & guidelines and maintain a safe working environment as per MSHEM 
• Set job safety analysis(JSA) procedure standards and maintain safe performance of all work.
• Take appropriate action to maintain the workplace clean and tidy at all times in line with company standards. 
• Contribute in reporting near misses and incidents as well as site inspection and investigation.    

     

Reports Generation

• Provides a role in the establishment and implementation of maintenance work control / performance monitoring procedures and key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Creates a monthly equipment health report for all equipment in the PdM Program and distributes this report to all Mill area management. 
• Ensures PdM schedules are accurately maintained and are correctly entered in eAM as well as communicates to all concerned operation and maintenance focal points timely.  

     

Minimum Qualifications, Experience and Competencies

     

Minimum Qualifications:

University Degree in Mechanical Engineering

     

Minimum Experience:

• 6+ Years of Working knowledge of relevant engineering principles and practices in a Plant or relevant industry in PdM field.  
• Experience with PdM technologies which includes but not limited to infrared, vibration analysis, infrared thermography, sound level measurements and oil analysis and knowledge of PdM tools uses and differences.
• At least ISO cat-II or Cat-III certification or ASNT Level-2 or Level-3 or ICM MLT-1 MLA-1 OR MLE or IRT LEVEL-1 OR LEVEL-2 in one of predictive maintenance technologies preferably vibration or Thermography Or Ultrasound or Oil analysis.

     

Ma’Aden High-Performance Competencies:

• Works well in teams
• Organizational Awareness
• Effective Problem Solving
• Self-Awareness
• Proactivity
• Ability to Influence
• Effective Decision Making
• Learning Agility

     

Skills:

• Have knowledge in various condition monitoring portable and on-line systems with ability to use software tools to carry out analysis/Reporting
• Have knowledge in latest condition monitoring developments IIOT, Digital twins, Genetic algorithms etc.
• Data gathering techniques for organizing & interpreting data and ability to accurately compile interpret and apply a variety of field notes, data tables and other information to engineering problems. 
• Computer literacy including but not limited to MS Office software, PdM software / hardware and had an experience with a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS). 
• Ability to communicate effectively in English both orally and in writing
• Ability to read and understand technical writing and ability to understand and interpret complex and technical information.
•     Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.

Ability to present research findings in clear, objective, written report form.