Static Equipment Mechanical Engineer SME

About the Role

HUDSON is seeking a Static Equipment Mechanical Engineer - SME for a full-time opportunity in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia. This role involves providing technical expertise for static equipment during Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM), FMEA/FMECA, and reliability studies. The focus is on ensuring asset integrity, reliability, safety, and regulatory compliance by identifying equipment functions, degradation mechanisms, failure modes, and effective maintenance strategies.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the technical authority for static equipment during RCM, FMEA, RBI, and reliability workshops.
• Define equipment functions, performance standards, and functional failures.
• Identify credible failure modes, damage mechanisms, and deterioration processes.
• Evaluate consequences of failure related to personnel safety, environmental impact, production loss, and asset integrity.
• Review historical inspection data, thickness measurements, NDT reports, corrosion monitoring records, and failure history.
• Recommend appropriate maintenance and inspection strategies, including Risk-Based Inspection (RBI), Preventive Maintenance (PM), Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM), Inspection-Based Maintenance, and Run-to-Failure where applicable.
• Assess inspection frequencies and task intervals based on risk, degradation rates, and operating conditions.
• Review compliance with API, ASME, and applicable industry standards.
• Support Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) of equipment failures and loss-of-containment events.
• Recommend equipment upgrades, repairs, and asset-life extension measures.
• Validate maintenance tasks, inspection plans, and integrity management programs generated through RCM studies.
• Support risk ranking and maintenance strategy selection.

Required Equipment Experience

Candidates must possess strong knowledge of the following equipment types:

• Pressure Equipment
• Storage Equipment
• Piping Systems
• Protective Devices

Qualifications and Requirements

• Candidates must have 5-10 years of relevant and verifiable experience for the applied position.
• Candidates without previous RCM experience will be considered under the minimum gross salary.

Application Process

All CV submissions must be provided as one single PDF file. This file should contain:

• An updated CV
• Educational Qualification Certificates
• Relevant Experience Certificates
• A copy of your passport

Please ensure all submitted documents are clear, complete, and properly arranged within the single PDF file.

Compensation

The salary for this position ranges from SAR 8,000 to 14,000 per month, in addition to Housing Rent Allowance (HRA) and Travel Allowance (TA).