
Petro Rabigh
Senior Reliability Engineer
- Permanent
- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Experience 10 - 15 yrs
Job expiry date: 19/04/2026
Job overview
Date posted
05/03/2026
Location
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Salary
Undisclosed
Compensation
Comprehensive package
Experience
10 - 15 yrs
Seniority
Senior & Lead
Qualification
Bachelors degree
Expiration date
19/04/2026
Job description
Leads reliability engineering activities for oil & gas and petrochemical assets, including advanced analyses, failure investigations, and improvement projects. Develops and implements plant reliability strategies, asset performance dashboards, and long-term improvement plans. Interfaces with Engineering, Operations, and Projects to ensure design-for-reliability principles. Conducts Root Cause Analyses (RCAs) for major failures and coordinates corrective action implementation. Supports asset lifecycle planning, obsolescence management, and major turnarounds. Applies advanced reliability modeling techniques including Weibull, RAM, and Monte Carlo analyses. Supports Assessment Management and Reliability Framework including Process Safety and AIMS. Mentors junior engineers, drives cross-functional reliability improvement initiatives, and ensures adherence to industry standards and certifications including ISO 55000, CRE, CMRP, CRL, and TapRooT.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Lead reliability engineering activities including complex analyses, failure investigations, and improvement projects
- Mentor junior reliability engineers and provide technical oversight
- Conduct advanced reliability modeling using Weibull, RAM, and Monte Carlo analyses
- Develop plant reliability strategies, asset performance dashboards, and long-term improvement plans
- Interface with Engineering, Operations, and Projects to ensure design-for-reliability principles are applied
- Lead RCAs for major failures and coordinate corrective action implementation
- Support asset lifecycle planning, obsolescence management, and major turnaround planning
- Support Assessment Management and Reliability Framework including Process Safety and AIMS
- Drive cross-functional reliability improvement initiatives
- Ensure compliance with industry standards and best practices in reliability engineering
Experience & skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (BE) or equivalent, preferably Mechanical, Electrical, or Instrumentation
- Minimum 12 years of relevant technical experience in a large Refinery or Petrochemical environment
- Advanced knowledge of reliability engineering and asset management
- Strong experience with RCAs, RCM, FMEA, RAM, and PdM technologies
- CMRP certification strongly preferred
- CRL certification strongly preferred
- TapRooT or equivalent RCA certification
- ISO 55000 Lead Implementer (optional, leadership level)
- CRE – Certified Reliability Engineer (ASQ) preferred
- Strong understanding of oil & gas equipment design and failure mechanisms
- Excellent communication and mentoring skills