RELIABILITY ENGINEER AT WTS ENERGY | ENGINEERING JOBS IN RIVERS

About Company:

WTS Energy provides recruitment and manpower services for the global oil and gas and energy industries. We supply engineers and consultants to our clients' projects and operations, and perform employment outsourcing services such as workforce management in oil and gas regions around the world. WTS Energy operates globally with offices in 14 countries and is operational in over 50 countries.

Job Description:

Asset Reliability & Maintenance Strategy:

• Develop and implement asset reliability strategies and maintenance programs to enhance equipment uptime, reduce failures, and optimize lifecycle performance.
• Apply reliability-centered maintenance (RCM), root cause analysis (RCA), and failure mode effects analysis (FMEA) techniques to improve asset performance.
• Define preventive and predictive maintenance plans tailored to critical upstream production and drilling equipment.

Performance Monitoring & Data Analysis:

• Monitor reliability KPIs, including Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF), Mean Time To Repair (MTTR), and equipment availability.
• Leverage data analytics and digital tools (CMMS, historian, and predictive monitoring systems) to track equipment performance and anticipate failures.
• Maintain a reliability database and recommend updates based on equipment history and performance data.

Risk Management & Integrity Assurance:

• Conduct risk assessments on production equipment and facilities to identify potential failures and impacts on production and safety.
• Support asset integrity programs, including corrosion monitoring, inspection schedules, and fitness-for-service evaluations.
• Collaborate with QA/QC and HSE teams to ensure compliance with international standards (API, ISO, ASME).

Project & Turnaround Support:

• Provide reliability input during project design, commissioning, and start-up to ensure maintainability and long-term integrity.
• Participate in shutdowns/turnarounds to ensure reliability activities are embedded in planning and execution.
• Support engineering modifications and upgrades with reliability analysis and recommendations.

Stakeholder Engagement & Reporting:

• Liaise with operations, drilling, maintenance, and engineering teams to align reliability initiatives with production goals.
• Prepare and present reliability reports, highlighting performance gaps, corrective actions, and continuous improvement plans.
• Mentor junior engineers and technicians in reliability methodologies and best practices.

Requirements:

• Technical Expertise: Deep understanding of upstream production systems and equipment reliability.
• Safety & Integrity Mindset: Ensures reliability initiatives enhance safety and environmental performance.
• Collaboration: Ability to work with multidisciplinary teams across operations, maintenance, and projects.
• Continuous Improvement: Proactive approach in identifying performance gaps and implementing sustainable solutions.
• Leadership: Capable of mentoring junior staff and influencing decision-making at leadership level.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical, Petroleum, Electrical, or related Engineering discipline.
• 7 - 10 years of experience in upstream oil and gas operations, preferably in reliability or maintenance engineering.
• Certification in Reliability Engineering (CRE), RCM, or Asset Integrity Management is an advantage.
• Strong knowledge of rotating equipment, static equipment, and subsea/production facilities.
• Experience in CMMS (SAP, Maximo) and reliability tools/software.

Salary

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