Mechanical Maintenance Engineer

Company Overview

Reliance Industries Limited, ranked among Fortune 500 companies and the largest private sector entity in India, is a global leader in petrochemical production, refining, and hydrocarbons. The company emphasizes innovation, rapid growth, and creating a positive societal impact, maintaining a leading position in the oil and gas industry.

Job Overview

This full-time Mechanical Maintenance Engineer position is based at the Vadodara facility and targets junior-level candidates with at least one year of relevant experience in mechanical maintenance. The role focuses on hands-on engineering work, ensuring mechanical reliability and plant uptime through preventive and predictive maintenance techniques in an industrial setting, specifically within the oil and gas or petrochemical sectors.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out preventive and predictive maintenance on mechanical equipment such as pumps, compressors, heat exchangers, and pipelines.
• Promptly diagnose and resolve mechanical breakdowns to enhance asset availability and minimize unexpected downtime.
• Perform root cause analyses on mechanical failures and develop effective strategies to mitigate repeat issues.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation of maintenance tasks including service logs, schedules, and failure reports.
• Work cooperatively with operations, process, and safety teams to ensure seamless and safe plant functioning.
• Provide support during plant shutdowns and turnaround projects by planning and executing all essential maintenance activities and documenting them thoroughly.
• Strictly follow health, safety, and environmental guidelines, fostering a safety-first workplace environment.
• Contribute to the ongoing enhancement of maintenance protocols, practices, and standards.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in preventive maintenance techniques essential for continuous plant operations.
• Proficiency in predictive maintenance methods aimed at early fault detection and prevention of equipment failures.
• Capability to maintain, troubleshoot, and optimize diverse mechanical systems commonly used in large-scale plants.
• Understanding and applying root cause analysis to address and prevent persistent equipment issues.
• Strong problem-solving skills to swiftly identify problems and implement corrective solutions to reduce downtime.
• Experience in preparing and maintaining technical documentation related to maintenance tasks and procedures.
• Knowledge of safety and operational standards pertinent to the petrochemical and oil and gas industries.
• Effective communicator who works well within multidisciplinary teams to achieve operational goals.