Condition Monitoring Analyst
Available for exploratory interviews.
Ref: EP45269575
Company classification: Produce Commodities (mined, natural resources or grown, e.g. chemicals, gold, agriculture, energy (i.e. Eskom Generation)) Industry in: Engineering - Petroleum Reservoir - Drilling - Production Highest formal qualification and other: Masters Discipline: Mechanical Engineering Years of experience range: d. 6 to 10 years (b. 1 to 2 years management) Annual package range: Egyptian Pound - EGP Annual package range: 551 000 - 650 000, per annum Nationality: Egyptian Home and other languages: Arabic, English Gender: Male Ethnicity: Middle Eastern Candidate location: Egypt Location preference: I am open to positions both nationally and internationally.
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Primary purpose of current/most recent position:
Maintain and health monitoring of our company assets to maintain a safe and reliable natural gas processing plant. I serve a rotating equipment maintenance and condition monitoring engineer. I am tasked with conducting routine preventive maintenance activities, troubleshooting, and major repair or overhaul of equipment. I'm also tasked with conducting routine vibration surveys for the company rotating assets to diagnose faults and recommend corrective actions.
Core elements or functions that must operate effectively in order to achieve primary purpose:
I have to use portable analyzers to routinely collect vibration data on various equipment like reciprocating engines and compressors, centrifugal and reciprocating pumps, air coolers, fans, diesel engine driven fire fighting pumps, and diesel generators.
Description of self, along with greater purpose and passions:
- Rotating Equipment Mechanical Maintenance and Condition Monitoring Engineer employed by El-Wastani Petroleum Co. (WASCO), Damietta - Egypt.
- Trained and Certified ISO 18436-2 Category-III & Category-II Vibration Analyst by "Vibration Institute" of the USA.
- Holds M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Alexandria University, Egypt.
- Authored and co-authored a number of published peer-reviewed research articles in the field of combustion engineering, especially the Flameless combustion regime.
- Experienced user of Emerson CSI™ 2130 portable vibration analyzer, CSI 8215 Laser alignment kit, and AMS™ Machinery Health Manager computer software.
- Experienced in the maintenance and troubleshooting of a number of INNIO Waukesha™ Engine models.
- Experienced in mechanical troubleshooting of various equipment (Reciprocating engines and compressors "Namely D-R & Ariel", Centrifugal and reciprocating pumps, fans, ... etc.)
- Experienced user of ANSYS Fluent™ CFD solver.
- An adaptive performer who is eager to learn all there is to learn in my field of study or job duties.
Ideal business title:
Senior Rotating Equipment Maintenance Engineer or a Condition Monitoring Engineer
Key responsibilities and accountabilities of ideal position:
- Troubleshooting, routine periodical maintenance (PM), Corrective Maintenance (CM), and major repair or overhaul activities for various plant equipment of different makes and models; Waukesha gas engines, D‐R & Ariel reciprocating compressors, Clarke diesel‐driven firefighting pump, motor‐driven centrifugal and reciprocating pumps (Sulzer, Flowserve, Dean Pumps, Summit, Wheatley, FMC, Aurora), air coolers and fans (Air‐X‐changers, Moore), Screw compressors (Howden, Ingersoll‐Rand, Atlas Copco). Maintenance activities are conducted following the applicable OEM operation, maintenance and overhaul manuals and procedures. - Develop an understanding of the machinery function and components, running tolerances measures and correction, so as to define their failure modes, facilitate fault diagnosis, tear‐down, and assembly, according to relevant OEM instructions. - Capable of interpreting Process and instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs), mechanical drawings and parts catalogs, equipment specifications data sheets, and assets OEM operation, maintenance and overhaul manuals. - Ensure that maintenance activities are safely executed with respect to HSE regulations to maintain a safe and reliable gas production plant, with the goal of achieving the targeted departmental KPIs. - Plan, coordinate, and supervise mechanical maintenance activities and support the executing teams with technical data and parts identification. - Oversee daily workload assignment with workshop manager and lead craft technicians. - Liaise with plant operations team shift engineer to identify and prioritize maintenance needs and plan for execution and resources assignment. - Liaise and coordinate interdisciplinary maintenance activities with electrical & instrumentation (E&I) maintenance teams. - Troubleshoot and maintain the equipment of plant, remote fields, and nodal compression packages. - Contact OEMs and packagers or their respective local agents for technical queries.Participate in commissioning & start‐up (CSU) activities of engine‐driven gas compression packages and pumping skids. This involved raising, categorization, execution, and clearing of system punch‐list items. - Originate issuing vouchers for the required spares for maintenance activities. - Originate requisitions for needed non‐stocked spares, parts, and tools, recommend OEMs and suppliers, and evaluate technical offers.Follow up on stocked quantities of the agreed list of critical spares, and inform maintenance planning team to request expedited delivery when needed. - Purchase non‐stocked items from local market, if needed, following the regulations and guidelines of the financial department. - Originate permits and isolation certificates (PTW system) to authenticate maintenance activities, complying with HSE regulations, approvals, and recommendations. - Participate as a technical committee member in the analysis of equipment failure incidences by conducting Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) study according to company‐approved forms and cause categories using the "5 Whys" methods. - Conduct pre‐job Tool Box Talk (TBT) with the crew to discuss and inform on the job activities and nature, safety precautions, tooling, tasks assignment, ... etc. - Assignment to special tasks/committees as requested by department heads. - Review and provide feedback on work orders using CMMS system, namely "IRMS" and "First GMS" systems. - Compose technical reports for department heads and stakeholders. - Preparation of monthly availability and reliability reports for selected plant equipment using company approved calculation forms. - Compose routine daily, and monthly major activities reports.
- Take ownership and complete oversight with minimal supervision in regard to the conduction of proactive and predictive maintenance activities to enhance equipment reliability, assess assets’ health, diagnose assets’ fault conditions, and provide an early warning for potential equipment failures to alleviate and mitigate the onset of costly breakdowns.
- Take initiative for identifying condition monitoring unit training needs and chances for continuous improvement.Conduct route‐based periodical data acquisitions for vibration signatures of plant and fields equipment.
- Spectral and waveform analysis to assess the equipment condition as per the classifications of ISO or API vibration guidelines, or others, following any faults progression or spectral variations.
- Set up and perform diagnostic vibration surveys using high frequency, high‐resolution, spectral zoom, cross‐phase measurements, PeakVue™ HFD technique, and impact testing. Data acquisition and analysis are conducted using the Emerson CSI™ 2130 MHA (2‐channel) and the Asset Management Software Machinery Health Management (AMS MHM).
- Manage and modify measurements database and survey routes for the purposes of modification, addition, or elimination of existing or new vibration measures, and new equipment incorporation into the database, using the AMS MHM software.
- Coordinate with the workshop manager and plan the execution of the necessary proactive maintenance activities, such as oil sampling, data acquisition, shaft alignment, soft foot check, and shaft run‐out measurement, as needed.
- Originate permits and isolation certificates (PTW system) to authenticate maintenance activities, complying with HSE regulations, approvals, and recommendations.
- Conduct pre‐job Tool Box Talk (TBT) with the crew to discuss and inform them on the job activities and nature, safety precautions, tooling, tasks assignment, ... etc.
- Survey newly commissioned equipment for site acceptance testing (SAT) and acquisition of equipment baseline data, following the acceptance limits in relevant ISO or API standards, or OEM guidelines.
- Recommend corrective actions and generate work orders using CMMS systems, namely "IRMS" and "First GMS" CMMS systems.
- Correct shaft alignment using dial gauges Face & Rim method and hand calculations or laser alignment using the portable CSI™ 2130 MHA and CSI™ 8215 Alignment kit.
- Compose detailed and brief technical reports for maintenance department heads and stakeholders.
- Acquire online and offline data for shaft displacement using Bently Nevada 3300 XL proximity probes system in a MafiTrench EC3 Turbo Expander Unit.
- Liaise with the instruments maintenance team to address any suspected electrical faults in the BN 3300 XL system.
- Mentor less‐experienced staff and deliver on‐the‐job (OTJ) training for engineers and technicians on vibration data acquisition, vibration analysis, precision shaft alignment, and the use of the AMS MHM software.
- Originate requisitions for needed non‐stocked devices accessories, parts, and tools, recommend OEMs and suppliers, and evaluate technical offers.
- Follow up on stocked quantities of parts and consumables, and inform the maintenance planning team to request expedited delivery if needed.
- Collect oil samples periodically for analysis by a 3rd party lubricant analysis laboratory.
- Review the oil analysis results using Horizon® electronic reports service, and assess the recommended corrective actions.
- Compose routine daily and monthly activities reports.
Skill area of competence:
Shafts alignment, Machines preventive and predictive maintenance, condition monitoring, vibration analysis, supervisory management, oil analysis.
Career summary:
9 years in oil and gas industry.
1 year in the textiles industry (cotton yarn spinning)
What do you absolutely love doing:
Mechanical Maintenance and Condition Monitoring of machinery health.
Ideal company (culture and values):
I’m currently looking for a new employment opportunity to start the next chapter of my career and embark on a journey to expand my experiences and face new challenges. I'm looking for an institution where i can grow, learn, and contribute to its businesses successes with my experiences. I'm looking for an opportunity with a world-class organization that believes in the career growth of their employees and invests in them so they reach their full potential and continuously drive the success of the organization.
If you are looking for a Condition Monitoring Analyst, then do get in touch.
Call the Head Office – Gauteng, SA. + 27 10 597 0862.
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