Reliability Engineer (Oil & Gas)

Location: Jubail, Saudi Arabia; onsite

Company

hirify.global Sustainable Technology Solutions provides licensed process technologies, advisory services, technical expertise, energy transition solutions, design capabilities, and asset optimization solutions across the asset lifecycle.

What you will do

• Develop the total reliability program framework and methodology for refinery assets.
• Lead asset criticality analyses, facilitate assessment workshops, compile findings, and prepare SAP-upload documentation.
• Establish reliability programs covering asset criticality, SAP taxonomy, operating limits, maintenance development, BOMs, master data, and SAP PM effectiveness.
• Lead the reliability section, coordinate technical reviews, and provide weekly or fortnightly project progress reports.
• Conduct asset improvement studies, integrity and performance analyses, and chronic failure prevention activities with multidisciplinary teams.
• Apply lessons learned and safety cases to maintain assurance for safety-critical equipment and support reliability KPI reviews.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a relevant engineering discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in the oil, gas, or petrochemical industry, including site reliability experience and strong refinery process knowledge.
• Training and practical capability in root cause failure analysis, including facilitating RCA and asset criticality assessment processes.
• Experience with static and rotating equipment, instrumentation, electrical systems, failure modes, asset lifecycle management, and predictive maintenance.
• Leadership, team management, data analysis, report writing, communication, prioritization, and MS Office skills.
• Proficient verbal and written English is required.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) and Risk-Based Inspection (RBI).
• Experience with operations, maintenance, pre-commissioning, commissioning, and handover activities.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time role supporting a refinery reliability transformation program.
• Collaboration with project execution, plant-wide, and multidisciplinary teams.
• Work focused on operational excellence, asset availability, safety-critical equipment assurance, and continuous improvement.