Senior Engineer, Reliability; Instrumentation

Job Purpose

The jobholder is responsible to provide engineering expertise in leading the Instrumentation Reliability for Borouge’s Plants (B1 /B2/ B3), and Equipment in line with the international engineering standards and best practices to enhance the Operations’ operability, productivity, quality, and capacity.

This role includes developing or updating maintenance strategies, leading or participating in high severity incidents and equipment failures, Asset Criticality Analysis, proactive risk management, performing Reliability Centred Maintenance, End of life management, Reliability, Availability and Maintainability (RAM) study of Instrumentation system, bad actor management, standardization of best practices, carrying out analysis of equipment performance, failure data and corrective maintenance history; while ensuring that the Instrumentation Reliability Process is established and maintained.

• Maintenance Strategies
  • Coordinate and facilitate Reliability Centered Maintenance and Instrument Protective Function analysis to optimize equipment and system maintenance strategies.
  • Develop or improve predictive, preventive, and major maintenance programs for plant equipment/systems in the plant/area to improve reliability.
• Root Cause Analysis
  • Introduce Root Cause Analysis techniques and facilitate equipment failure investigations.
  • Provide guidelines for conducting Root Cause Analysis methodology and software.
  • Perform troubleshooting, lead or participate in root cause analysis and design review on equipment failures to identify corrective actions, modifications or required repairs, and implement innovative technologies as required.
• Reliability Management System
  • Develop and implement the Reliability Management System for the Instrumentation Engineering to ensure a structured consistent, multi-discipline approach to reliability and integrity improvement.
  • Assist in the development of a comprehensive Maintenance Management System for all Instrument and control systems.
  • Develop and maintain codes of practice and ensure that the standards contained in such codes are thoroughly understood and consistently complied with.
  • Establish a Reliability, Availability, Integrity threats database on the common shared server.
• Reliability Improvement
  • Develop reliability, availability, and integrity improvement plans in conjunction with managers and leads in Maintenance and Maintenance Management.
  • Participate in the development of engineering and technical solutions to improve reliability performance of systems and equipment.
  • Identify chronic occurrence of equipment failure modes and components; suggest economical long‑term solutions.
  • Track and implement the Instrumentation reliability recommendations to ensure proper deployment of the targeted improvement.
• HSE Excellence & Compliance
  • Identify statutory requirements per government regulation, ADNOC standards, OEM, suppliers, international standards to produce procedures, work instructions and checklists for various activities and requirements.
  • Propose improvements in business processes and procedures to reduce risk and improve safety standards of the plant.
  • Keep abreast and knowledgeable on updates for Health, Safety, Environment, Crisis Management, and Risk Registers for all performed processes, projects, and activities within the operating zone.
  • Promote, communicate, and lead by example all the safety‑related communications, updates, standards, and any related topics with co‑workers and within any interface.
  • Contribute to provide timely feedback and recommendations to leverage a risk‑free environment to ensure the ultimate goals of safe workplace.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Instrumentation Engineering or equivalent engineering disciplines.
• Fluency in English Language; written and oral.
• Minimum 8 years total experience in maintenance of Petrochemical, Oil and Gas industry with 4 years working as Senior Engineer in Reliability & troubleshooting.
• Minimum 5-8 years experience as Reliability Engineer (Instrumentation /Control Engineer).
• Working experience in maintenance needs, processes, strategies for equipment and systems in petrochemical industry & oil‑gas industry.
• Working knowledge of HSE policies applicable in chemical & petrochemical industry.
• Knowledge and understanding of planning tools, techniques, philosophy, and processes existing in an oil/gas or petrochemical industry.
• Facilitation execution by overcoming barriers and obstacles within the complex projects/conditions; and initiate inter‑departmental collaboration on projects or methods of operating.

None specified.