Rotating Equipment Mechanical Engineer – SME (Yanbu, Saudi Arabia)

About the role

The Rotating Equipment Mechanical Engineer – SME will provide technical expertise during Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM), FMEA/FMECA and reliability studies for rotating equipment. The role supports the identification of equipment functions, functional failures, failure modes, failure mechanisms and appropriate maintenance strategies to improve reliability, availability, safety and lifecycle performance.

Key responsibilities

• Act as the technical authority for rotating equipment during RCM, FMEA and reliability workshops.
• Define and validate equipment functions, performance standards and functional failures.
• Identify credible failure modes, mechanisms and degradation processes for rotating equipment.
• Evaluate equipment failure consequences related to safety, environment, production and maintenance costs.
• Review equipment history, vibration data, oil analysis reports and inspection findings.
• Recommend appropriate maintenance strategies such as Predictive, Condition‑Based, Preventive, Failure Finding and Run‑to‑Failure.
• Assess maintenance intervals based on equipment criticality and failure characteristics.
• Support Root Cause Failure Analysis for recurring equipment failures.
• Validate maintenance tasks and spare‑parts requirements generated from RCM studies.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• 8+ years of experience in rotating equipment maintenance, reliability, asset management or machinery engineering.
• Hands‑on experience with compressors, turbines, pumps, motors and auxiliary systems.
• Proven participation in RCM, FMEA/FMECA, RCA or reliability improvement programs.
• Familiarity with SAP PM.

Required skills

• Centrifugal Compressors, Reciprocating Compressors, Steam Turbines, Gas Turbines.
• Centrifugal Pumps, Positive Displacement Pumps, Gearboxes, Fans and Blowers.
• Electric Motors, Couplings, Mechanical Seals, Dry Gas Seals, Bearings.
• Lubrication Systems, Hydraulic Systems, Rotor Dynamics, Vibration Analysis.
• Machinery Diagnostics, Bearing Failure Analysis, Lubrication & Tribology, Shaft Alignment, Rotor Balancing.
• API Standards (610, 617, 618, 670, 612, 614, 682), Reliability Engineering, RCM and FMEA methodologies.