Reliability Engineer

What We Offer

• Monitor and continually improve plant reliability to achieve enhanced levels of efficiency, availability, and OEE targets; apply understanding of plant/production processes to identify and evaluate process improvement and modification opportunities in collaboration with Process Technology and Production teams.
• Lead multi-discipline root cause failure analysis (RCFA/RCA) for significant or recurring failures and develop predictive and preventive maintenance plans to eliminate loss recurrence.
• Develop, maintain, and improve reliability methodologies including RCM, RBI, FMEA, SIL, RAM, criticality ranking, condition monitoring, and lifecycle planning; analyze equipment history, bad actors, downtime trends, and maintenance effectiveness to drive improvement actions.
• Develop long-term maintenance strategy and improvement of plant reliability and integrity in alignment with the Covestro engineering and maintenance framework.
• Maintain and improve maintenance systems and methodologies for continuous improvement, including SAP Plant Maintenance module e.g. AKZ, equipment master, BOM, task lists, maintenance plans, functional locations, and spare part specifications.
• Identify and implement energy saving opportunities through reliability and equipment optimization including energy consumption reduction initiatives.
• Contribute to continuous improvement through losses analysis and development of predictive and preventive maintenance plans; support Operation Excellence implementation.
• Act as the main focal point for the annual shutdown including planning, scheduling, readiness review, execution control, progress tracking, and lessons learned.
• Act as focal point for CAPEX projects and expenditure control; lead capital projects related to plant operation including scope definition, cost estimate, schedule, execution planning, and progress monitoring using SAP Project System (PS).
• Ensure projects comply with safety, technical standards, budget, and schedule requirements in line with CapEx framework managed by the Plant Asset Manager.
• Ensure engineering documentation, technical records, and reliability data are accurate, updated, and properly controlled.
• Ensure compliance with Covestro HSE standards, local regulatory requirements, and Process Safety Management (PSM) - Mechanical Integrity (MI) element.
• Proactively supports the process of harmonizing / standardizing material and spare part specifications to improve maintenance reliability and maintenance cost.

What We Offer

• At least Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Instrumentation and Control Engineering, or other related fields.
• Minimum 7 years' experience in project engineering, project management, plant maintenance, plant inspection, and reliability engineering in oil & gas, chemical or at least 10 years in related industrial plants.
• Knowledge of RCFA, RCM, FMEA, RBI, SIL, RAM, criticality assessment, and condition monitoring.
• Understanding of maintenance planning, asset lifecycle, Mechanical Integrity (MI), facility asset management, and PSM requirements.
• Proven experience in capital project management in scope, cost, schedule, and execution.
• Experience with shutdown/turnaround planning and execution.
• Familiar with SAP Plant Maintenance module and SAP Project System (PS).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Good planning, organization, and time management.
• Effective cross-functional teamwork and communication skills.
• Good written and spoken Thai and English.
• Experience with Operation Excellence frameworks and implementation is preferable.
• Experience in KPI benchmarking across multi-site operations is preferable.