Job summary
Aramco is seeking a Power Systems Reliability Engineer to join the Reliability & Asset Management Division (R&AMD) of Power Systems Technical Support Department (PSTSD). The successful candidate will support, consult, guide and assist Power Systems Operating Areas and ongoing project teams to ensure adherence to Reliability & Asset Integrity Management standards.
Responsibilities
- Develop, manage, update and monitor implementation of short and long-term asset management policy, strategy, initiatives and work plans for power system asset and ensure alignment with overall company Strategic Asset Management Program.
- Manage Power Systems owned Substations by deploying Asset Integrity Management System (AIMS) Program.
- Manage Power Systems High Voltage Electrical Equipment Life Cycle Managements Process.
- Develop and manage Contingency Plans to sustain Power Supply in case of Substation/facility interruptions.
- Evaluate risk-based maintenance methodology based on likelihood and consequences.
- Coordinate asset management plans and initiatives with operational entities.
- Provide technical guidance and tools in the area of risk and reliability assessment and management to work groups involved with distribution infrastructure replacement, substation infrastructure replacement, and transmission infrastructure replacement.
- Assist in development of reliability models based on specialized modelling software.
- Perform Asset failure trending and analysis. Identify repetitive failures and perform Root Cause Analyses to avoid reoccurrence of failures.
- Perform data analysis using techniques (Application Performance Monitoring, RCA, Six Sigma (6) etc..). Calculate and update the asset KPI's. Issue reliability program monthly reports (MTBF, Mean Time to Recovery, bad actors, etc) updating the equipment health progress, and reporting failures and successes.
- Oversees Power System's assets performance and report PS technical KPIs for Transmissions & Distribution assets.
- Utilize SAP Failure Reporting Analysis and Corrective Action System (FRACAS) to document and track unreliability events and reliability improvements opportunities.
- Provide technical information for field unreliability events backed up with equipment history & process data intended for area maintenance. Review the Preventive Maintenance Defect Reports and evaluate corrective actions. Communicate with venders, suppliers and manufacturers for equipment reliability support.
- Participate in developing, revising and tracking Asset Management strategies.
- Supervise the documentation and development of asset inventory for each class of assets, asset condition, level of service and performance, risk signature, maintenance strategies, repair/replacement models, financial forecasts, and tactical and work plans.
- Support Business case development to initiate asset replacement programs.
