Reliability Engineer (Asset Health & Predictive)

Engineering

K sh 200,000 – 320,000 gross / month

Openings: 1 Location: Nairobi – Mlolongo (Athi River corridor, metro belt) Overview: This role is designed to shift a busy, multi-line plant from firefighting to a disciplined, predictive maintenance culture. The Reliability Engineer will build the backbone of this transformation, establishing criticality rankings, equipment hierarchies, and RCM/FMEA libraries that guide smart priorities and proactive planning. Success means fewer surprises, clearer spare decisions, and a maintenance team focused on eliminating root causes rather than treating symptoms. A major part of the job involves setting up and running condition-monitoring programs across vibration analysis, thermography, and oil analysis. You’ll interpret trends, plan interventions, and refine PM tasks and frequencies with planners and technicians. This hands-on coaching drives consistency, improves asset care discipline, and reduces the defects backlog over time. The role also leads structured root-cause investigations for recurring failures, complete with cost and impact tracking. You’ll own asset-health KPIs, bad-actor elimination, and the continuous tightening of maintenance strategies to reduce unplanned downtime and stabilize maintenance cost trends. Competence with CMMS tools, reliability methodologies, and statistical analysis is essential. This position suits an engineer with 5–7 years of experience in predictive maintenance programs who wants to drive measurable reliability gains across an industrial plant. A strong performer naturally progresses from Senior Reliability Engineer to Engineering Excellence Lead and ultimately into Group Asset Management roles, following the client’s preferred advancement path. Key Responsibilities: - Build equipment hierarchy, criticality, and RCM/FMEA libraries. - Set up CM routes; analyze vibration/oil/IR data; plan interventions. - Coach planners & technicians; refine PM frequencies and tasks. - Track asset health KPIs; lead bad-actor elimination. - Lead failure RCAs with cost/impact tracking. Education & Experience: - BSc Mechanical/Mechatronics; 5–7 yrs with predictive programs. Skills & Tools: - RCM/FMEA, CMMS, vibration/oil/IR tools, statistics. KPIs: - Unplanned downtime ↓, PM compliance, defects backlog, maintenance cost trend. Compensation (Kenya): KES 200,000–320,000 + annual bonus. Client estimates vary with savings delivered. Benefits: - Medical, pension, training/certifications, PPE. Growth Path: - Senior Reliability → Engineering Excellence Lead → Group Asset Manager. Ideal promotion cycle.