Sr Reliability Engineer

Solaris Energy Infrastructure hires a Senior Reliability Engineer to own the reliability, availability, and lifecycle management of assigned power-generation assets. The role remotely monitors equipment, supports field troubleshooting and root cause analysis, and works with operations, maintenance, OEMs, and data-science teams to improve performance and prevent outages.

Responsibilities:

• Own reliability, availability, MTBF, forced-outage rate and health scores for the equipment in an assigned asset base (turbines, generators, SCR systems, balance of plant, switchgear, etc.)
• Remotely monitor PLC/SCADA data; triage alerts and decide when proactive intervention is required
• Maintain a risk-ranked list of bad actors, repeat failures, aging components and open reliability actions
• Partner with the data-science team on data cleansing, anomaly models, alert thresholds and dashboards
• Report performance through fleet performance reports, KPI dashboards and leadership reliability reviews
• Interface with OEM representatives to drive improvements in the assigned asset base
• Remote and on-site troubleshooting across turbine, generator, emissions, electrical and balance-of-plant systems, using OEM and in-house monitoring and diagnostic tools
• Serve as the technical escalation point in the engineering organization for field facing issues that may affect similar installations
• Provide technical input on planned maintenance, overhauls, forced outages, return-to-service decisions, and post-event reviews
• Lead root cause analysis on trips, forced outages and repeat failures; document findings and track corrective actions to closure
• Build and maintain an action items database for assigned equipment and feed the required tasks to maintenance planners to proactively improve equipment performance and durability
• Take lessons learned to/from OEMs and Engineering to drive product-design and plant-standardization improvements
• Review every OEM service bulletin and advisory documents that apply to the assigned assets; assess risk and drive actions with operations and maintenance teams
• Own the bulletin compliance log for your assets and report status to the Reliability Manager
• Advise maintenance planners on bulletin-driven PM changes, condition-based maintenance intervals and the added scope outside of standard routine maintenance
• Use root cause findings and condition data to shape overhaul scope and timing, and OPEX/CAPEX forecasts
• Identify critical spare parts required to maintain adequate reliability and availability for the assigned asset base
• Support CMMS data quality and ensure critical intervention data is captured and stored
• Supply reliability data to lifecycle-cost models and consult with Solaris’ maintenance-program strategy
• Own the technical and root cause side of warranty claims (failure analysis, evidence, downtime impact and verification of the OEM remedy) and support through closure
• Set technical quality standards for third-party maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) vendors and review their work
• Verify OEM technical deliverables against specification

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical or electrical engineering, plus 5 or more years of relevant experience
• Prior gas turbine experience
• Prior field engineering experience, such as oil and gas, power generation or utilities
• Working knowledge of a turbine-generator package and its auxiliaries (generator, SCR/emissions, switchgear, balance of plant)
• Demonstrated root cause analysis and troubleshooting on rotating or electrical equipment, using methods such as 5-Whys, fault tree and FMEA
• Experience with maintenance planning and a CMMS or EAM system
• Comfort analyzing equipment data (trends, alarms, KPIs) from equipment logs, remotely captured data, and SCADA systems
• Ability to work at industrial sites requiring CAT 2 FR around medium voltage equipment
• Authorization to work in the United States
• Expertise on gas turbine package operation, maintenance, overhaul (eg: Solar Turbines, Baker Hughes, GE Vernova, Siemens, etc.)
• Hands-on exposure to reciprocating engines or battery energy storage systems
• Prior rotating-equipment, reliability or fleet-engineer role at an operator, oil and gas company, or OEM
• Experience with SCR/emissions systems, CEMS and air-permit compliance
• Experience with warranty claims, LTSAs or OEM service agreements
• Experience supporting prime-power or mission-critical loads, such as data centers or remote oilfield power
• Familiarity with OEM remote-monitoring tools, Power BI dashboards, condition-monitoring analytics
• Versed in at least one control system architecture (Allen Bradley, Mark 6e, powerMAX, etc.)
• Gas turbine operation, performance and failure modes: compressor, combustion, hot section, bearings, lube oil, fuel gas and controls
• Synchronous generators, excitation and protection; medium-voltage switchgear and protective relays
• SCR and emissions systems, including NOx and ammonia control and permit limits
• Balance of plant: inlet and exhaust, cooling, fuel-gas conditioning, compressed air and enclosures
• Reading P&IDs and electrical one-lines; interpreting controller, HMI, relay and vibration data
• Reliability methods and metrics: RCA, FMEA, reliability-centered maintenance (RCM), Weibull analysis, availability, MTBF and MTTR
• OEM service bulletins, warranty terms and long-term service agreements; CMMS/EAM practice
• Writes and briefs clearly for site teams, engineers, and executives
• Works independently in a remote setting and manages competing priorities across sites
• Builds trust with Operations, Supply Chain and OEM counterparts and influences without direct authority
• Applies sound judgment on safety and risk, always keeping safety at the forefront of decision making
• Learns new equipment quickly and is comfortable as a generalist across disciplines
• Exceptional communicator – direct and transparent, skilled problem-solver with proven success in building coalitions and avoiding conflicts
• Total ownership mentality – proactively identifies and removes obstacles across numerous ongoing tasks
• Independent thinker – provides original thoughts and constantly asking “how can we do this better”
• Innovative thinker – willingness to consider novel solutions ability to adapt to change
• Desirable teammate – impeccable character, humility, and collaborative
• Relentless – aspires to contribute and achieve his/her full potential