Reliability & Asset Principal Engineer

About the role

The Reliability & Asset Principal Engineer leads the development and execution of asset performance and reliability strategies for an industrial plant. This senior technical role combines deep engineering expertise with strategic planning to maximise equipment availability and minimise downtime.

Key responsibilities

• Lead asset lifecycle planning, including acquisition, operation, maintenance and disposal, and maintain the asset register with criticality rankings.
• Analyse performance data to identify trends, optimise asset performance and extend asset life.
• Conduct Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) and Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA/FMECA) and develop preventive and predictive maintenance programmes using Reliability‑Centered Maintenance (RCM) principles.
• Implement reliability improvement projects, monitor MTBF, MTTR and asset availability, and report key metrics.
• Serve as subject‑matter expert for condition monitoring, asset health tools and digital solutions such as APM, IoT sensors and data‑analytics platforms.
• Produce dashboards and reports to communicate asset health to finance, operations and senior management.
• Collaborate with OEMs, vendors and contractors to resolve complex technical issues and support stage‑gated capital projects and asset handover.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of maintenance and reliability engineering experience in an operating industrial plant, including at least 5 years focused on reliability and asset engineering.
• Strong knowledge of asset management frameworks, safety and regulatory standards, and condition‑monitoring technologies.
• Experience with hydrogen electrolysis, hydrogen storage, ammonia production, power systems or air separation is preferred.

Required skills

• Asset Management and lifecycle planning
• Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA)
• Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA/FMECA)
• Reliability‑Centered Maintenance (RCM)
• Weibull analysis
• Condition monitoring technologies
• EAM/CMMS platforms
• Asset Performance Management (APM) and IoT sensor integration
• Data analytics, dashboard development and reporting
• Safety and regulatory compliance
• Knowledge of hydrogen electrolysis, hydrogen storage, ammonia production, power systems, air separation
• Stage‑gated capital project processes and asset handover