Reliability Mechanical Lead Technician
Kwtsteel · Al-Shuaiba, Al Ahmadi Governorate · Kuwait · On-site
Posted Jul 15, 2026
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Job Responsibilities:
• Carry-out Condition Based Maintenance – Carry-out condition-based monitoring activities (coordination and data collection), such as vibration analysis, thermography, and ultrasound analysis to detect early failures, in all plants. • Provide diagnoses based on analysis of CBM data collection, for common patterns (not complex issues).
• Document failure modes on site • Collect physical evidence (photos, measurements, parts condition) • Support RCA investigations
• Validate abnormal trends before escalation • Confirm condition monitoring alerts • Support shutdown reliability assessments
• Ensure measurement points are correctly recorded in SAP-PM • Maintain historical reliability logs • Support Weibull data collection
▪Prepare condition-based monitoring activities reports • Support Reliability Engineers in preparing weekly, monthly and annual reports
▪Support Reliability Engineers in conducting annual audit in all plants, using the Reliability assessment grid. • Support Reliability Engineers in conducting work quality audits during shutdowns.
▪Support Reliability Engineers in the budget preparation with technical information and analyses.
Required Qualifications: -Vocational/Technical Certificate, Diploma or Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Maintenance, Industrial Maintenance, Mechanical Technology, or related discipline. Preferred Experience: -Vocational/Technical Certificate: Minimum 7 years of mechanical maintenance experience in steel industry or heavy industry operations. -Diploma: Minimum 5 years of mechanical maintenance experience in steel industry or heavy industry operations. -Bachelor's Degree: Minimum 3 years of mechanical maintenance experience in steel industry or heavy industry operations.
Relevant Experience may include: -Experience performing condition monitoring, equipment inspection, and equipment condition assessment activities in steel plants or similar heavy industrial environments. -Prior experience guiding technicians in steel plants, rolling mills, or similar continuous process industries. -Prior experience supporting reliability improvement activities, equipment diagnostics, and maintenance teams in continuous process industries. Job-Specific Skills: -Ability to support condition monitoring and reliability assessment activities. -Ability to support inspection, condition assessment, and troubleshooting of mechanical equipment. -Ability to perform and interpret condition monitoring activities including vibration monitoring, thermography, ultrasound inspection, oil analysis, and other diagnostic techniques. -Ability to identify equipment abnormalities, wear conditions, performance deviations, and failure indicators, and support corrective actions. -Ability to coordinate and guide technicians during reliability inspections, condition monitoring activities, and field data collection. -Ability to verify inspection quality, measurement accuracy, and compliance with…