Reliability&Rotating Equipment Engineer
Chicago, IL, United States
- Engineering
- Full-time
- rotating equipment engineer
- reliability engineering
- predictive maintenance
The Reliability & Rotating Equipment Engineer at Aramco is responsible for developing and implementing comprehensive maintenance and reliability strategies for rotating equipment such as pumps, compressors, and gearboxes. The role involves predictive maintenance services including vibration and oil analysis, failure analysis, and ensuring compliance with industry standards to optimize equipment reliability and minimize downtime. This position requires extensive experience in reliability engineering, familiarity with industry codes, and advanced diagnostic skills to enhance asset performance in an energy production environment.
Aramco energizes the world economy.
Aramco occupies a special position in the global energy industry. We are one of the world’s largest producers of hydrocarbon energy and chemicals, with among the lowest Upstream carbon intensities of any major producer.
With our significant investment in technology and infrastructure, we strive to maximize the value of the energy we produce for the world along with a commitment to enhance Aramco’s value to society.
Headquartered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and with offices around the world, we combine market discipline with a generations’ spanning view of the future, born of our nine decades experience as responsible stewards of the Kingdom’s vast hydrocarbon resources. This responsibility has driven us to deliver significant societal and economic benefits to not just the Kingdom, but also to a vast number of communities, economies, and countries that rely on the vital and reliable energy that we supply.
We are one of the most profitable companies in the world, as well as amongst the top five global companies by market capitalization.
Overview
We are seeking a reliability/rotating equipment engineer to join the North Ghawar Maintenance Division (NGMD) / Reliability Unit (RU) of North Ghawar Producing Department (NGPD).
The RU's scope includes condition-based maintenance, reliability-centered maintenance, and failure analysis to identify and mitigate potential equipment failures. By leveraging these services, the RU aims to optimize rotating equipment reliability, reduce maintenance costs, and improve overall asset efficiency.
Your primary role is to provide proactive maintenance support, including rotating equipment reliability, Predictive Maintenance (PDM) services such as vibration analysis and oil analysis, and overseeing rotating equipment overhaul activities to ensure optimal equipment performance and minimize downtime.
Key Responsibilities:
As the successful candidate you will be required to perform the following:
- Develop and implement comprehensive reliability and maintenance strategies for rotating equipment, including pumps, compressors, Dry Gas Seal Systems, and gearboxes.
- Oversee and perform Product Data Management (PDM) services, such as vibration analysis and oil analysis, to identify potential equipment failures and recommend corrective actions.
- Develop and implement condition-based maintenance programs to optimize equipment performance and minimize downtime.
- Develop and implement reliability-centered maintenance programs to identify and prioritize maintenance activities based on equipment reliability and criticality.
- Perform failure analysis on equipment to identify root causes of failures and recommend corrective actions to prevent repeat failures.
- Perform technical evaluations of new equipment to ensure compliance with industry standards and codes, and to identify potential reliability and maintenance issues.
- Ensure compliance with industry standards and codes, such as American Petroleum Institute (API), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and American Society for Testing and Materials ASTM, for rotating equipment and reliability engineering.
- Prepare technical reports and presentations to communicate findings and recommendations to stakeholders, including management and operations teams.
- Perform oil analysis and other predictive maintenance tests to identify potential equipment problems and recommend corrective actions.
- Perform diagnostics on rotating equipment, including pumps, compressors, and gearboxes, to identify potential problems and recommend corrective actions.
- Maintain Reliability Unit KPIs such as, Maintenance cost reduction, Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF), Mean Time To Repair (MTTR)
Minimum Requirements
- The successful candidate should hold a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from a recognized and approved program. An advanced degree is preferred.
- You will have a minimum of 15 years-experience in Reliability / rotating equipment engineering.
- Comprehensive knowledge of Reliability, including rotating equipment reliability, Predictive Maintenance (PDM) services, and condition-based maintenance.
- Familiarity with rotating equipment diagnostics such as vibration analysis, oil analysis, and non-destructive testing methods.8
- Hold vibration analyst certificate Cat-III
- Understanding of industry standards and codes related to reliability, such as API, ASME, and ASTM.
- Practical experience in reliability engineering or a related field, preferably in the oil and gas industry.
- Effective analytical and communication skills to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, prepare technical reports, and present findings to stakeholders.
- Awareness of the latest advancements in reliability science and technologies through professional development courses, certifications, workshops, conferences, and memberships in relevant industry organizations.
- Knowledge of rotating equipment, including pumps, compressors, Dry Gas Seal Systems, and gearboxes.
- Experience with Predictive Maintenance (PDM) services, such as vibration analysis and oil analysis.
- Familiarity with condition-based maintenance, reliability-centered maintenance, and failure analysis.
- Ability to perform and help with technical evaluations of new equipment.
Work Location and Work Schedule
Work location: Within Saudi Arabia – To be specified in Job offer
Work schedule: Full Time - To be specified in Job offer
Job Posting Duration:
Job posting start date: 12/15/2025
Job posting end date: 12/15/2026
Working environment
Our high-performing employees are drawn by the challenging and rewarding professional, technical and industrial opportunities we offer, and are remunerated accordingly.
At Aramco, our people work on truly world-scale projects, supported by investment in capital and technology that is second to none. And because, as a global energy company, we are faced with addressing some of the world’s biggest technical, logistical and environmental challenges, we invest heavily in talent development.
We have a proud history of educating and training our workforce over many decades. Employees at all levels are encouraged to improve their sector-specific knowledge and competencies through our workforce development programs – one of the largest in the world.
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