Reliability Engineer

Key Responsibilities

Reliability & Equipment Performance

• Drive reliability improvement for critical assets such as cold rolling mills, annealing furnaces, Casters, coilers, drives, hydraulics, and cooling systems pump house& other critical rotating equipments
• Monitor and analyse equipment performance using KPIs (MTBF, MTTR, OEE, availability, downtime trends).
• Lead Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) for chronic and high-impact equipment failures.
• Establish and manage critical asset lists and failure mode databases.
• Scheduling preventive & predictive maintenance of all equipment's including utilities.

Maintenance Strategy & Predictive Technologies

• Develop, implement, and optimize Preventive and Predictive Maintenance (PM/Pd.M.) programs for rotating and high-speed equipment.

• Apply and maintain condition monitoring techniques including:

• Vibration analysis for mill drives, gearboxes, and bearings.

• Oil analysis for hydraulic and lubrication systems.
• Infrared thermography for furnaces, electrical panels, and refractory monitoring.

• Ultrasonic inspection for compressed air, cooling water, & all pressure vessels.

• Support the shift from reactive to proactive maintenance culture.

Continuous Improvement & Engineering Support

• Support plant initiatives such as Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), Lean Manufacturing, and Six Sigma.
• Collaborate with production, process, and maintenance teams to resolve chronic bottlenecks in rolling operations.
• Recommend design modifications and upgrades to improve equipment life and process reliability.
• Participate in capital projects to ensure new equipment meets reliability standards.

Training & Knowledge Sharing

• Mentor maintenance and operations teams on reliability practices, RCFA, and predictive maintenance techniques.
• Develop standard work practices and reliability guidelines for critical assets.
• Provide technical support during major breakdowns and planned shutdowns.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, or Reliability Engineering (or equivalent).
• 4–8 years of reliability or maintenance engineering experience in continuous process industries (aluminium rolling, steel,)
• Proven knowledge of heavy rotating equipment, hydraulic/pneumatic systems, and high-temperature process equipment.
• Proficiency in CMMS/EAM systems (e.g., ERP maintenance module).
• Hands-on experience with predictive technologies (vibration, oil analysis, thermography).
• Familiarity with RCM, FMEA, and Six Sigma/Lean tools.

Key Competencies

• Strong safety and risk-management mindset.
• Data-driven problem solving and decision making.
• Ability to work across disciplines (maintenance, production, process engineering).
• Proactive leadership in driving cultural change toward reliability.