Static Equipment Mechanical Engineer - SME

Job description

The Static Equipment Mechanical Engineer – SME will provide technical expertise during Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM), FMEA/FMECA and reliability studies for static equipment. The role focuses on identifying equipment functions, degradation mechanisms, credible failure modes, risk mitigation measures and effective maintenance strategies to ensure asset integrity, reliability, safety and regulatory compliance. Key responsibilities include: acting as technical authority for static equipment during RCM, FMEA, RBI and reliability workshops; defining equipment functions, performance standards and functional failures; identifying credible failure modes, damage mechanisms and deterioration processes; evaluating consequences of failure on personnel safety, environment, production loss and asset integrity; reviewing historical inspection data, thickness measurements, NDT reports and corrosion monitoring records; recommending appropriate maintenance and inspection strategies such as Risk-Based Inspection (RBI), Preventive Maintenance (PM), Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM), inspection-based maintenance and run-to-failure where applicable; assessing inspection frequencies and task intervals based on risk, degradation rates and operating conditions; reviewing compliance with API, ASME and industry standards; supporting Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA); recommending equipment upgrades, repairs and asset life extension measures; validating maintenance tasks, inspection plans and integrity management programs generated through RCM studies; supporting risk ranking and maintenance strategy selection.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical, Materials, Metallurgical Engineering or related discipline
• 8+ years of experience in static equipment integrity, inspection, reliability or maintenance engineering
• experience in refinery, petrochemical, oil & gas, power generation or heavy industrial facilities
• participation in RCM, FMEA/FMECA, RBI, RCFA or Asset Integrity programs
• familiarity with SAP PM
• strong knowledge of pressure equipment such as pressure vessels, reactors, separators, drums, columns & towers, heat exchangers, air coolers, boilers, fired heaters
• knowledge of storage equipment including atmospheric storage tanks and related vessels
• knowledge of piping systems including process piping, utility piping, pipelines, expansion joints, pipe supports
• knowledge of protective devices such as PRVs, PSVs, rupture discs
• knowledge of Asset Integrity Management, Risk-Based Inspection – API 580/581, Pressure Vessel Inspection – API 510, Tank Inspection – API 653, Piping Inspection – API 570, Fitness for Service – API 579, corrosion engineering, materials engineering, Non-Destructive Testing (NDT), Damage Mechanism Reviews (DMR), reliability engineering, RCM and FMEA methodologies.

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