Reliability and Performance Engineer (Mechanical) at Egbin Power Plc

Job Summary

The Reliability & Performance Engineer (Mechanical) is responsible for applying risk-based reliability processes to support decision-making and improve the reliability, performance, and commercial health of power generation assets.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Participate in assessing and managing risks.
• Participate in defining and managing risk management processes and procedures.
• Assist to identify and assess risks arising from power generation activities.
• Identify improvements needed to working practices and procedures.
• Monitor the progress and impact of improvement actions.
• Plan and implement improvements to the quality of AM processes.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of process improvements.
• Assess asset condition and performance against AM strategy and objectives.
• Analyse the progress, impact and effectiveness of asset performance corrective actions.
• Identify lessons learned and adjust policies and procedures accordingly.
• Identify and monitor relevant legal, regulatory and technical requirements for the safe operation of the plant.
• Develop effective policies and procedures to make sure requirements are met.
• Assess how policies and procedures are put into practice and provide support.
• Investigate root cause of asset or system failures or incidents.
• Make effective use of ‘lessons learned’ information from incidents.
• Develop overview reports of risk/opportunity status for management, implement and manage risk management plans utilizing the Company’s risk management standards.
• Safeguarding the earning capability of the plant and asset by highlighting the potential impacts to the plant performance.
• Perform independent research review, studies and analysis in support of risk management projects and programme.
• Use risk management tools and processes, to conduct engineering risk evaluation of existing infrastructure.
• Assess the risk of core damage and/or loss of primary containment integrity resulting from equipment failures, human errors and/or phenomena such as flooding, fires and other environmental impacts.
• Conduct analysis such as process risk mitigation, new technology adoption, and human factors.
• Develop and drive a comprehensive technical risk management plan that will anticipate reliability-related and non-reliability-related safety risks that could adversely impact personnel or plant operations.
• Highlight possible engineering solutions to repetitive failures and all other equipment problems relating to capacity, quality, safety, or regulatory compliance that adversely affect operations.
• Develop and maintain repository of technical risk assessment to support risk management planning and strategic decision making.
• Develop and assess the impact of the technical human capital risk such as (knowledge of plant, manpower risk, training gap risk) and implement the process for regular status reviews.
• Conduct Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA).
• Evaluate reliability potential of alternative engineering designs and solutions.

Data Privacy & Protection

• Implement data protection policies and practices of Egbin Power Plc.
• Ensure compliance with the NDPR and other data protection laws, and data protection policies.
• Undertake Data Protection Impact Assessment as applicable to curb the risk during data processing operations.

QHSE

• Ensure awareness, understanding and application of QHSE policy and application of departmental objectives.
• Ensure awareness of the Integrated Management System (ISO 9001:2015, 14001:2015 &45001:2018) and implications of not conforming with the requirements.
• Understand and identify hazards, risks, environmental aspect and Impact as it is related to their jobs.'

Accountabilities

• Participate in developing an accurate and technical reliable risk register.
• Participate in developing Technical Risk and Reliability Management Framework (TRRMF).
• Participate in conducting technical risk assessments for critical assets. Update this continuously.
• Participate in developing risk management standards for the organization.
• Participate in conducting and documenting Lesson Learnt, After-Act-Reviews (AAR), etc

KPIs

• Contribute in developing technical risk register. Ensure this is continuously updated.
• Contribute in developing Technical Risk and Reliability Management Framework (TRRMF).
• Contribute in promoting the use of risk-based culture in decision-making in the organization.

Education and Work Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Instrumentation or Mechanical Engineering.
• Minimum of 6 years' experience in Power Utilities, Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production or any asset-intensive industry; five of which would have been spent in Risk and Reliability Engineering.
• Knowledge in Risk and Reliability Management (RRIM).
• Independent certification / training by accredited body relating to Risk and Reliability Engineering e.g. CMRP, IRM, etc.
• Knowledge in any two following areas: Maintenance, Operation, Design Engineering, Asset Integrity, Technical Assurance.

Responsibilities

• Understanding of the basic principles of power generation
• Knowledge of industry, plant, company, equipment, scientific, technical, tool, safety, and personnel terminology.
• Knowledge of how systems interrelate and the impact of this interrelationship on plant operations.
• Knowledge of the location of equipment, basic knowledge of how the equipment operates and normal operating parameters.
• Ability to observe and identify abnormalities and deviations.
• Ability to identify and report out of compliance or unsafe conditions.
• Ability to measure and take readings accurately.
•  Ability to recognize types, shapes, and sizes of materials and equipment.
• Knowledge of the relevant safety standards, regulations and procedure