Subject Matter Expert – Rotating Equipment
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AVEVA seeks a Rotating Equipment SME to lead deployment and sustainment of predictive analytics solutions for oil & gas customers in the Middle East. The role combines deep rotating equipment engineering expertise with predictive maintenance and reliability advisory to convert AI insights into operational improvements.
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Responsibilities
- Support end to end deployment and operationalization of AVEVA predictive analytics and asset performance solutions across customer facilities in the Middle East region
- Provide rotating equipment engineering subject matter expertise during asset onboarding, solution configuration, and model development phases
- Correlate predictive model outputs with operational and condition monitoring data including vibration analysis, temperature trends, lubrication analysis, performance curves, and historical maintenance records
- Monitor and manage predictive anomaly alerts for deployed rotating equipment assets, assess severity, and recommend corrective actions
- Identify early indicators of bearing degradation, seal wear, cavitation, rotor imbalance, misalignment, lubrication issues, impeller fouling, and mechanical looseness
- Support root cause analysis (RCA), bad actor investigations, and rotating equipment reliability improvement initiatives
- Track and report reliability and value realization KPIs including MTBF, unplanned downtime reduction, deferred failures, maintenance cost optimization, and equipment availability improvements
- Conduct periodic visits to customer plants, operational facilities, and industrial sites to support deployment activities, technical assessments, alert validation, reliability reviews, and stakeholder engagement
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related engineering discipline
- Minimum 10 years of rotating equipment engineering experience within oil & gas, petrochemical, refining, gas processing, or industrial environments
- Strong expertise in compressors, pumps, turbines, motors, and associated auxiliary systems
- Direct experience in condition monitoring, predictive maintenance, or reliability engineering programs
- Strong understanding of vibration analysis and machinery diagnostics aligned with ISO 10816, API 670, or equivalent standards
- Experience translating condition monitoring findings into maintenance work orders and operational recommendations
- Familiarity with industrial historians and monitoring platforms such as PI / OSIsoft or equivalent systems
- Familiarity with predictive analytics platforms, industrial AI systems, or digital reliability solutions preferred
- Middle East or GCC operating environment experience preferred
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Programme Context
- AVEVA delivers Predictive Analytics, Asset Performance Management, and Process Optimisation solutions across Oil & Gas, Energy, and Industrial operators throughout the Middle East region.
- This SME role exists to ensure predictive model outputs are technically interpreted, validated, operationalized, and sustained — converting AI generated insights into measurable operational, reliability, and financial benefits across customer facilities.
Key Responsibilities
- Support end to end deployment and operationalization of AVEVA predictive analytics and asset performance solutions across customer facilities in the Middle East region.
- Provide rotating equipment engineering subject matter expertise during asset onboarding, solution configuration, and model development phases.
- Correlate predictive model outputs with operational and condition monitoring data including vibration analysis, temperature trends, lubrication analysis, performance curves, and historical maintenance records.
- Monitor and manage predictive anomaly alerts for deployed rotating equipment assets, assess severity, and recommend corrective actions.
- Identify early indicators of bearing degradation, seal wear, cavitation, rotor imbalance, misalignment, lubrication issues, impeller fouling, and mechanical looseness.
- Support root cause analysis (RCA), bad actor investigations, and rotating equipment reliability improvement initiatives.
- Track and report reliability and value realization KPIs including MTBF, unplanned downtime reduction, deferred failures, maintenance cost optimization, and equipment availability improvements.
- Conduct periodic visits to customer plants, operational facilities, and industrial sites to support deployment activities, technical assessments, alert validation, reliability reviews, and stakeholder engagement.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related engineering discipline.
- Minimum 10 years of rotating equipment engineering experience within oil & gas, petrochemical, refining, gas processing, or industrial environments.
- Strong expertise in compressors, pumps, turbines, motors, and associated auxiliary systems.
- Direct experience in condition monitoring, predictive maintenance, or reliability engineering programs.
- Strong understanding of vibration analysis and machinery diagnostics aligned with ISO 10816, API 670, or equivalent standards.
- Experience translating condition monitoring findings into maintenance work orders and operational recommendations.
- Familiarity with industrial historians and monitoring platforms such as PI / OSIsoft or equivalent systems.
- Familiarity with predictive analytics platforms, industrial AI systems, or digital reliability solutions preferred.
- Middle East or GCC operating environment experience preferred.
Key Skills & Competencies
- Rotating equipment diagnostics and troubleshooting
- Predictive maintenance and condition monitoring
- Reliability and asset performance optimization
- Vibration analysis and machinery health assessment
- Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
- Operational data interpretation and analytics validation
- Technical governance and stakeholder engagement
- Cross functional collaboration and advisory capability
Services at AVEVA
- Our dynamic global team of 700+ engineers, developers, consultants, solution architects and project managers are at the forefront of delivering AVEVA cutting edge solutions to customers.
Additional Information
- AVEVA requires all successful applicants to undergo and pass a comprehensive background check before they start employment.
- AVEVA is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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