Maintenance Engineering specialist

Maintenance Engineering SpecialistPosition Type: Direct HirePosition Location: Middle EastPosition Salary: Market Rate (Depending on Experience)

This position is in the Middle East and offers a generous compensation and benefits package. You must be willing to relocate to the Middle East.

The Maintenance Engineering Specialist is responsible for providing maintenance technical consultations, and maintenance organization through conducting selective maintenance assessment, turnaround assurance, and deploying cutting-edge technologies and best practices across the Global Manufacturing portfolio.

Your primary role will be to develop maintenance processes, maintenance management strategies, work and performance management, and maintenance health assessments. Responsibilities Analyze maintenance spending in terms of manpower, equipment, materials procurement and outsourcing strategies. Assess planning and scheduling, benchmarks, KPI, PM and predictive maintenance (PdM) effectiveness. Assure completion of assigned maintenance work for a given maintenance function, cascade to team, and mentor the requirement to junior GC maintenance engineers. Conduct a data-driven analysis to benchmark the maintenance organization’s performance to identify gaps then set a sustainable plan to close the gaps, in fields including:Total spend analysis, Maintenance programs effectiveness, Total life-cycle costs of new assets, Current operating costs of existing assets, Preventive and predictive maintenance strategies, Value creation as cost saving/cost avoidance, Wench time vs plan, SAP structure table and equipment classification, Planning and schedule effectiveness, Technician competency and qualification program, Maintenance budget strategy, Capital project and Reliability, Availability and Maintainability (RAM) model amongst others. You will benchmark and prepare reports on the effectiveness of such processes. Assist in the implementation of approved program information, authoritative interpretation, operating pilot runs, and conducting training sessions.

RequirementsYou must hold a bachelor’s degree in mechanical/industrial engineering. You should have a minimum of 10 years of work experience in refining or petrochemical facilities. Strong hands-on experience in oil & gas maintenance organization in the following fields is preferredRisk-based processes such as Reliability-Centered Maintenance, Risked Based MaintenanceSpare parts, general materials procurement strategiesMaintenance techniques and programsBest-in-class Maintenance Planning, Scheduling, and work prioritizationField maintenance methodology