Senior Engineer - Reliability Engineering
Posted date [2026-07-31]
(ID: 48849)
 |
Founded in 1971, ADNOC is a leading diversified energy group, wholly owned by the Abu Dhabi Government. Our network of fully integrated businesses operates across the energy value chain, helping us to responsibly meet the demands of an ever-changing energy market.
Already in the top tier of the lowest carbon intensity oil and gas producers in the world, we are taking significant steps to make today’s energy cleaner while investing in the clean energies of tomorrow, strengthening our position as a reliable and responsible global energy provider. We are allocating an initial $23 billion to advance and accelerate lower-carbon solutions, investing in new energies and decarbonization technologies to enable our net zero by 2045 ambition and our commitment to zero methane emissions by 2030. ... |
Job Description and Requirements
Senior Engineer - Reliability EngineeringJob Snapshot
Role: Senior Engineer - Reliability Engineering
Location: Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Industry: Oil and Energy
Function: Engineering
Experience: Minimum 6 years
Job Type: Full-time
Position Overview
ADNOC Group is hiring a Senior Engineer - Reliability Engineering in Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates, for an Oil and Energy opportunity focused on asset performance, failure prevention and maintenance optimization. The position will provide specialist reliability engineering support to technical and operational teams responsible for critical plant equipment and systems.
The engineer will lead Root Cause Failure Analysis, Asset Performance Management and Reliability Centered Maintenance studies. This role applies predictive methods, equipment-condition data and lifecycle analysis to reduce unexpected failures, strengthen maintenance strategies and improve the cost-effective availability of mechanical, electrical and instrumentation assets.
Job Details
Country: United Arab Emirates
City: Abu Dhabi Emirate
Industry: Oil and
Energy
Function: Engineering
Salary: 20000-30000 AED per month
Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in Abu Dhabi Emirate; please confirm the final offer with the employer.
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-time
Role Context
Industrial facilities depend on reliability engineering to recognize equipment deterioration before it develops into a production interruption, safety risk or costly emergency repair. The Senior Engineer - Reliability Engineering transforms operating history, failure information and condition-monitoring results into practical maintenance decisions.
The role supports the transition from reactive repairs to preventive, predictive and condition-based maintenance. By identifying chronic equipment problems, reviewing project designs and recommending appropriate improvements, the engineer helps extend asset life, control maintenance expenditure and protect operational continuity.
Key Responsibilities
The position provides multidisciplinary reliability expertise covering existing facilities, new projects, equipment upgrades and long-term maintenance improvement programs.
* Conduct Root Cause Failure Analysis for recurring, critical and high-cost equipment failures.
* Collect operating history, inspection results, maintenance records and condition-monitoring data during failure investigations.
* Apply structured analytical methods to distinguish immediate failure mechanisms from underlying organizational or technical causes.
* Lead multidisciplinary investigation meetings involving operations, maintenance, engineering, inspection and HSE personnel.
* Prepare clear RCFA reports describing evidence, findings, corrective actions and responsible parties.
* Follow up on approved recommendations and verify whether completed actions have prevented failure recurrence.
* Perform Asset Performance Management studies for critical equipment and systems.
* Review asset availability, reliability, maintainability, failure frequency and maintenance expenditure.
* Develop equipment-performance indicators that reveal declining condition or ineffective maintenance practices.
* Use maintenance and operational data to identify bad actors, reliability losses and emerging asset risks.
* Maintain the bad-actor equipment list and issue periodic reports on equipment requiring technical intervention.
* Prioritize improvement opportunities according to safety impact, production consequences, repair cost and failure probability.
* Conduct Reliability Centered Maintenance studies for mechanical, electrical and instrumentation assets.
* Define equipment functions, functional failures, failure modes and operational consequences.
* Select suitable preventive, predictive, condition-based or failure-finding maintenance tasks.
* Recommend task frequencies based on equipment criticality, operating context and verified failure behavior.
* Identify maintenance activities that provide limited reliability value and propose technically justified improvements.
* Support the conversion of maintenance programs from reactive repair to planned reliability-based intervention.
* Assess existing maintenance strategies and determine whether they adequately address known failure modes.
* Recommend maintenance approaches that reduce business exposure without creating unnecessary cost or workload.
* Identify opportunities to improve preventive maintenance plans, inspection intervals and condition-monitoring routines.
* Evaluate the effectiveness of completed maintenance and reliability initiatives against agreed performance targets.
* Apply predictive maintenance tools to detect early signs of equipment deterioration.
* Review vibration, temperature, lubrication, electrical, process and other available condition-monitoring information.
* Interpret equipment trends and recommend timely inspection, repair or replacement before functional failure occurs.
* Assist operational sites in selecting monitoring techniques suited to equipment design and operating conditions.
* Define alarm limits, inspection points and reporting requirements that accurately reflect actual asset condition.
* Guide site teams in improving the quality and consistency of reliability and condition-monitoring data.
* Research persistent equipment problems and develop technically sound recommendations for resolution.
* Advise on the refurbishment, modernization or replacement of mechanical equipment during major overhauls.
* Evaluate component condition, remaining service life, operating limitations and obsolescence risks.
* Compare repair, upgrade and replacement alternatives using reliability, maintainability and lifecycle-cost considerations.
* Recommend modifications that remove known weaknesses or improve equipment access, monitoring and maintainability.
* Confirm that proposed solutions address the original failure mechanism without introducing additional operational risks.
* Lead or participate in brownfield engineering activities affecting existing facilities and operating equipment.
* Review the reliability implications of modifications, capacity changes and equipment upgrades.
* Assess whether proposed brownfield solutions are compatible with current systems, maintenance capabilities and operating conditions.
* Support greenfield engineering studies for new installations and major development projects.
* Review project packages and provide reliability input during concept selection, design and procurement stages.
* Examine equipment specifications, layouts, redundancy arrangements and maintenance-access provisions.
* Recommend equipment configurations that provide appropriate availability for the intended service.
* Review equipment selection against expected duty, environmental conditions and known industry failure experience.
* Advise project teams where additional redundancy, monitoring or design improvement is technically justified.
* Participate in technical reviews concerning new equipment, proposed technologies and alternative engineering solutions.
* Identify equipment or system designs that may create excessive maintenance requirements or operational vulnerability.
* Issue early warnings regarding obsolete equipment, unsupported technology and declining spare-parts availability.
* Recommend practical obsolescence-management measures before equipment support becomes critical.
* Evaluate manufacturer proposals, technical deviations and equipment-replacement options.
* Confirm that selected solutions satisfy reliability, maintainability and lifecycle requirements.
* Recommend equipment modification or replacement where recurring technical problems cannot be controlled through maintenance alone.
* Develop the engineering justification for proposed reliability improvements.
* Estimate the expected effect on failure frequency, equipment availability, maintenance cost and production performance.
* Support preparation of technical scopes, specifications and implementation requirements for approved improvement work.
* Coordinate with relevant disciplines during the execution of reliability modifications.
* Review completed work and verify that the intended reliability benefit has been achieved.
* Provide reliability engineering assistance to operational sites during equipment problems and abnormal operating conditions.
* Help technical teams evaluate whether continued operation, controlled shutdown or immediate maintenance is appropriate.
* Offer evidence-based recommendations while considering safety, production requirements and equipment integrity.
* Facilitate technical discussions when equipment problems involve multiple engineering disciplines.
* Lead reliability schemes and assigned studies covering mechanical, electrical and instrumentation equipment.
* Coordinate discipline-specific contributions and ensure findings are consolidated into practical recommendations.
* Establish study objectives, required data, analytical methods and completion schedules.
* Monitor the progress of assigned reliability work and address technical or information gaps.
* Present findings to technical management and operational stakeholders in a clear decision-ready format.
* Develop reliability reports, equipment assessments and technical presentations.
* Record assumptions, calculations, failure evidence and engineering conclusions accurately.
* Maintain traceable documentation for completed studies and approved recommendations.
* Ensure reliability information is incorporated into maintenance plans, asset records and relevant engineering documents.
* Track open recommendations and highlight overdue actions that continue to expose operations to equipment risk.
* Support maintenance-cost optimization without compromising safety, compliance or asset integrity.
* Analyze where repeated repairs, excessive servicing or poor equipment performance are increasing expenditure.
* Recommend targeted investment where refurbishment or replacement offers stronger long-term value.
* Help management prioritize reliability spending according to equipment criticality and expected business benefit.
* Monitor industry developments in predictive maintenance, asset-performance analytics and equipment diagnostics.
* Evaluate new tools and techniques for possible application within operating facilities.
* Share reliability lessons learned across sites to prevent similar failures in comparable equipment.
* Promote consistent reliability engineering methods, terminology and reporting practices.
* Coach technical personnel in failure analysis, equipment criticality and maintenance-strategy development.
* Encourage operational and maintenance teams to report developing equipment issues before functional failure.
* Follow applicable engineering standards, company procedures and HSE requirements throughout reliability activities.
Ideal Profile
This opportunity suits a reliability engineer who can combine detailed technical analysis with practical knowledge of plant maintenance and operations. The preferred candidate will be capable of investigating complex failures, challenging ineffective maintenance practices and converting equipment data into realistic improvement plans.
Candidates should possess:
* Bachelor\'s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or an equivalent professional qualification.
* At least six years of relevant engineering or maintenance experience.
* Minimum three years in reliability engineering or a directly comparable position.
* Proven experience within the oil and gas industry.
* Practical knowledge of Root Cause Failure Analysis methods.
* Experience conducting Reliability Centered Maintenance studies.
* Understanding of Asset Performance Management principles and performance indicators.
* Ability to evaluate equipment criticality, failure consequences and maintenance requirements.
* Experience developing preventive, predictive and condition-based maintenance strategies.
* Familiarity with mechanical, electrical and instrumentation equipment used in industrial facilities.
* Strong understanding of equipment failure modes and degradation mechanisms.
* Experience interpreting maintenance histories and condition-monitoring results.
* Ability to identify bad-actor equipment and prioritize improvement actions.
* Knowledge of equipment refurbishment, modernization and replacement assessments.
* Experience reviewing brownfield and greenfield engineering packages.
* Ability to assess equipment selection, redundancy, maintainability and obsolescence risks.
* Strong technical-report writing and presentation capabilities.
* Confidence leading multidisciplinary studies and technical investigation meetings.
* Sound judgment when balancing reliability, operational risk and maintenance cost.
* Applicable professional certification where required for assigned responsibilities.
Skills Set
* Reliability engineering
* Root Cause Failure Analysis
* Asset Performance Management
* Reliability Centered Maintenance
* Equipment criticality assessment
* Failure mode analysis
* Bad-actor equipment management
* Preventive maintenance optimization
* Predictive maintenance
* Condition-based maintenance
* Condition monitoring
* Asset performance indicators
* Equipment failure investigation
* Reliability data analysis
* Maintenance strategy development
* Mechanical equipment reliability
* Electrical equipment reliability
* Instrumentation reliability
* Rotating equipment assessment
* Static equipment evaluation
* Equipment lifecycle analysis
* Maintenance cost optimization
* Equipment refurbishment studies
* Asset modernization
* Obsolescence management
* Brownfield engineering
* Greenfield engineering
* Project package review
* Equipment redundancy assessment
* Maintainability review
* Technical specification assessment
* Reliability improvement planning
* Multidisciplinary study leadership
* Corrective-action tracking
* Technical report preparation
* Engineering standards compliance
* HSE-focused reliability assessment
Why Join Us
This position offers the opportunity to influence the reliability of essential equipment across major energy facilities. The engineer will contribute to failure prevention, maintenance transformation, project design and asset-life extension while working with experienced operational and technical teams.
Energy operators continue to invest in predictive diagnostics, performance analytics and reliability-based maintenance to improve production resilience. This creates sustained demand for professionals who can connect engineering analysis with measurable improvements in equipment availability, maintenance cost and operational risk.
About the Company
ADNOC Group is a leading diversified energy organization headquartered in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Its operations are supported by established engineering standards, advanced asset-management practices and multidisciplinary teams focused on safe production, equipment integrity and dependable long-term performance.
Function: Engineering
Salary: 20000-30000 AED per month
Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in Abu Dhabi Emirate; please confirm the final offer with the employer.
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-time
Role Context
Industrial facilities depend on reliability engineering to recognize equipment deterioration before it develops into a production interruption, safety risk or costly emergency repair. The Senior Engineer - Reliability Engineering transforms operating history, failure information and condition-monitoring results into practical maintenance decisions.
The role supports the transition from reactive repairs to preventive, predictive and condition-based maintenance. By identifying chronic equipment problems, reviewing project designs and recommending appropriate improvements, the engineer helps extend asset life, control maintenance expenditure and protect operational continuity.
Key Responsibilities
The position provides multidisciplinary reliability expertise covering existing facilities, new projects, equipment upgrades and long-term maintenance improvement programs.
* Conduct Root Cause Failure Analysis for recurring, critical and high-cost equipment failures.
* Collect operating history, inspection results, maintenance records and condition-monitoring data during failure investigations.
* Apply structured analytical methods to distinguish immediate failure mechanisms from underlying organizational or technical causes.
* Lead multidisciplinary investigation meetings involving operations, maintenance, engineering, inspection and HSE personnel.
* Prepare clear RCFA reports describing evidence, findings, corrective actions and responsible parties.
* Follow up on approved recommendations and verify whether completed actions have prevented failure recurrence.
* Perform Asset Performance Management studies for critical equipment and systems.
* Review asset availability, reliability, maintainability, failure frequency and maintenance expenditure.
* Develop equipment-performance indicators that reveal declining condition or ineffective maintenance practices.
* Use maintenance and operational data to identify bad actors, reliability losses and emerging asset risks.
* Maintain the bad-actor equipment list and issue periodic reports on equipment requiring technical intervention.
* Prioritize improvement opportunities according to safety impact, production consequences, repair cost and failure probability.
* Conduct Reliability Centered Maintenance studies for mechanical, electrical and instrumentation assets.
* Define equipment functions, functional failures, failure modes and operational consequences.
* Select suitable preventive, predictive, condition-based or failure-finding maintenance tasks.
* Recommend task frequencies based on equipment criticality, operating context and verified failure behavior.
* Identify maintenance activities that provide limited reliability value and propose technically justified improvements.
* Support the conversion of maintenance programs from reactive repair to planned reliability-based intervention.
* Assess existing maintenance strategies and determine whether they adequately address known failure modes.
* Recommend maintenance approaches that reduce business exposure without creating unnecessary cost or workload.
* Identify opportunities to improve preventive maintenance plans, inspection intervals and condition-monitoring routines.
* Evaluate the effectiveness of completed maintenance and reliability initiatives against agreed performance targets.
* Apply predictive maintenance tools to detect early signs of equipment deterioration.
* Review vibration, temperature, lubrication, electrical, process and other available condition-monitoring information.
* Interpret equipment trends and recommend timely inspection, repair or replacement before functional failure occurs.
* Assist operational sites in selecting monitoring techniques suited to equipment design and operating conditions.
* Define alarm limits, inspection points and reporting requirements that accurately reflect actual asset condition.
* Guide site teams in improving the quality and consistency of reliability and condition-monitoring data.
* Research persistent equipment problems and develop technically sound recommendations for resolution.
* Advise on the refurbishment, modernization or replacement of mechanical equipment during major overhauls.
* Evaluate component condition, remaining service life, operating limitations and obsolescence risks.
* Compare repair, upgrade and replacement alternatives using reliability, maintainability and lifecycle-cost considerations.
* Recommend modifications that remove known weaknesses or improve equipment access, monitoring and maintainability.
* Confirm that proposed solutions address the original failure mechanism without introducing additional operational risks.
* Lead or participate in brownfield engineering activities affecting existing facilities and operating equipment.
* Review the reliability implications of modifications, capacity changes and equipment upgrades.
* Assess whether proposed brownfield solutions are compatible with current systems, maintenance capabilities and operating conditions.
* Support greenfield engineering studies for new installations and major development projects.
* Review project packages and provide reliability input during concept selection, design and procurement stages.
* Examine equipment specifications, layouts, redundancy arrangements and maintenance-access provisions.
* Recommend equipment configurations that provide appropriate availability for the intended service.
* Review equipment selection against expected duty, environmental conditions and known industry failure experience.
* Advise project teams where additional redundancy, monitoring or design improvement is technically justified.
* Participate in technical reviews concerning new equipment, proposed technologies and alternative engineering solutions.
* Identify equipment or system designs that may create excessive maintenance requirements or operational vulnerability.
* Issue early warnings regarding obsolete equipment, unsupported technology and declining spare-parts availability.
* Recommend practical obsolescence-management measures before equipment support becomes critical.
* Evaluate manufacturer proposals, technical deviations and equipment-replacement options.
* Confirm that selected solutions satisfy reliability, maintainability and lifecycle requirements.
* Recommend equipment modification or replacement where recurring technical problems cannot be controlled through maintenance alone.
* Develop the engineering justification for proposed reliability improvements.
* Estimate the expected effect on failure frequency, equipment availability, maintenance cost and production performance.
* Support preparation of technical scopes, specifications and implementation requirements for approved improvement work.
* Coordinate with relevant disciplines during the execution of reliability modifications.
* Review completed work and verify that the intended reliability benefit has been achieved.
* Provide reliability engineering assistance to operational sites during equipment problems and abnormal operating conditions.
* Help technical teams evaluate whether continued operation, controlled shutdown or immediate maintenance is appropriate.
* Offer evidence-based recommendations while considering safety, production requirements and equipment integrity.
* Facilitate technical discussions when equipment problems involve multiple engineering disciplines.
* Lead reliability schemes and assigned studies covering mechanical, electrical and instrumentation equipment.
* Coordinate discipline-specific contributions and ensure findings are consolidated into practical recommendations.
* Establish study objectives, required data, analytical methods and completion schedules.
* Monitor the progress of assigned reliability work and address technical or information gaps.
* Present findings to technical management and operational stakeholders in a clear decision-ready format.
* Develop reliability reports, equipment assessments and technical presentations.
* Record assumptions, calculations, failure evidence and engineering conclusions accurately.
* Maintain traceable documentation for completed studies and approved recommendations.
* Ensure reliability information is incorporated into maintenance plans, asset records and relevant engineering documents.
* Track open recommendations and highlight overdue actions that continue to expose operations to equipment risk.
* Support maintenance-cost optimization without compromising safety, compliance or asset integrity.
* Analyze where repeated repairs, excessive servicing or poor equipment performance are increasing expenditure.
* Recommend targeted investment where refurbishment or replacement offers stronger long-term value.
* Help management prioritize reliability spending according to equipment criticality and expected business benefit.
* Monitor industry developments in predictive maintenance, asset-performance analytics and equipment diagnostics.
* Evaluate new tools and techniques for possible application within operating facilities.
* Share reliability lessons learned across sites to prevent similar failures in comparable equipment.
* Promote consistent reliability engineering methods, terminology and reporting practices.
* Coach technical personnel in failure analysis, equipment criticality and maintenance-strategy development.
* Encourage operational and maintenance teams to report developing equipment issues before functional failure.
* Follow applicable engineering standards, company procedures and HSE requirements throughout reliability activities.
Ideal Profile
This opportunity suits a reliability engineer who can combine detailed technical analysis with practical knowledge of plant maintenance and operations. The preferred candidate will be capable of investigating complex failures, challenging ineffective maintenance practices and converting equipment data into realistic improvement plans.
Candidates should possess:
* Bachelor\'s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or an equivalent professional qualification.
* At least six years of relevant engineering or maintenance experience.
* Minimum three years in reliability engineering or a directly comparable position.
* Proven experience within the oil and gas industry.
* Practical knowledge of Root Cause Failure Analysis methods.
* Experience conducting Reliability Centered Maintenance studies.
* Understanding of Asset Performance Management principles and performance indicators.
* Ability to evaluate equipment criticality, failure consequences and maintenance requirements.
* Experience developing preventive, predictive and condition-based maintenance strategies.
* Familiarity with mechanical, electrical and instrumentation equipment used in industrial facilities.
* Strong understanding of equipment failure modes and degradation mechanisms.
* Experience interpreting maintenance histories and condition-monitoring results.
* Ability to identify bad-actor equipment and prioritize improvement actions.
* Knowledge of equipment refurbishment, modernization and replacement assessments.
* Experience reviewing brownfield and greenfield engineering packages.
* Ability to assess equipment selection, redundancy, maintainability and obsolescence risks.
* Strong technical-report writing and presentation capabilities.
* Confidence leading multidisciplinary studies and technical investigation meetings.
* Sound judgment when balancing reliability, operational risk and maintenance cost.
* Applicable professional certification where required for assigned responsibilities.
Skills Set
* Reliability engineering
* Root Cause Failure Analysis
* Asset Performance Management
* Reliability Centered Maintenance
* Equipment criticality assessment
* Failure mode analysis
* Bad-actor equipment management
* Preventive maintenance optimization
* Predictive maintenance
* Condition-based maintenance
* Condition monitoring
* Asset performance indicators
* Equipment failure investigation
* Reliability data analysis
* Maintenance strategy development
* Mechanical equipment reliability
* Electrical equipment reliability
* Instrumentation reliability
* Rotating equipment assessment
* Static equipment evaluation
* Equipment lifecycle analysis
* Maintenance cost optimization
* Equipment refurbishment studies
* Asset modernization
* Obsolescence management
* Brownfield engineering
* Greenfield engineering
* Project package review
* Equipment redundancy assessment
* Maintainability review
* Technical specification assessment
* Reliability improvement planning
* Multidisciplinary study leadership
* Corrective-action tracking
* Technical report preparation
* Engineering standards compliance
* HSE-focused reliability assessment
Why Join Us
This position offers the opportunity to influence the reliability of essential equipment across major energy facilities. The engineer will contribute to failure prevention, maintenance transformation, project design and asset-life extension while working with experienced operational and technical teams.
Energy operators continue to invest in predictive diagnostics, performance analytics and reliability-based maintenance to improve production resilience. This creates sustained demand for professionals who can connect engineering analysis with measurable improvements in equipment availability, maintenance cost and operational risk.
About the Company
ADNOC Group is a leading diversified energy organization headquartered in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Its operations are supported by established engineering standards, advanced asset-management practices and multidisciplinary teams focused on safe production, equipment integrity and dependable long-term performance.
