We are seeking an experienced Reliability Manager to lead reliability engineering, asset-performance improvement, failure analysis, and preventive and predictive maintenance strategies in a fully remote role, establishing reliability standards and leading initiatives that improve availability, reduce downtime, and lower total cost of ownership.
 About the Role — Reliability & Asset Performance Leadership
Core Scope: Reliability engineering, failure analysis, and maintenance strategy across critical assets
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Maintenance, Engineering, Operations, Asset Management, HSE, Procurement, and Finance
Key Methodologies: RCA, FMEA, RCM, criticality assessment, and condition-based monitoring
Systems Used: CMMS, EAM, ERP, and asset-management platforms
Work Format: Fully remote role based in the UAE
 Career Impact & Reliability Engineering Opportunity
Strategic Location: UAE — with relevance to UAE/GCC industrial, facilities, and energy sectors
Technical Ownership: Lead reliability strategy, asset criticality assessments, and RCA investigations
Data-Driven Focus: Develop reliability dashboards tracking MTBF, MTTR, OEE, and downtime trends
Career Growth: Build advanced reliability engineering expertise across a comprehensive KPI framework
Position Overview
The successful candidate will establish reliability standards, analyze equipment failures and performance data, develop reliability-centered maintenance strategies, optimize maintenance programs, and lead initiatives that improve availability, reduce downtime, and lower total cost of ownership across facilities, plants, infrastructure, and operational assets.
 Why This Role Matters: As Reliability Manager, you lead and manage the organization’s reliability function, developing a comprehensive strategy aligned with operational and business objectives, conduct asset criticality assessments and develop criticality-based maintenance strategies for high-impact equipment, lead Root Cause Analysis investigations using structured methodologies including 5 Whys, Fault Tree Analysis, and FMEA, implement Reliability-Centered Maintenance programs and establish predictive-maintenance strategies using condition-monitoring technologies, develop asset-performance dashboards tracking MTBF, MTTR, OEE, and reliability analytics, and manage critical spare parts strategies while coordinating with Procurement and Risk Management on asset resilience.
Key Responsibilities
Reliability Strategy & Asset Criticality
- Develop and implement a comprehensive reliability strategy aligned with operational and business objectives
- Conduct asset criticality assessments and develop criticality-based maintenance and monitoring strategies
Failure Analysis & Root Cause Investigation
- Lead Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigations using 5 Whys, Fault Tree Analysis, Fishbone Analysis, and FMEA
- Develop and maintain Failure Modes and Effects Analyses (FMEA) for critical equipment and systems
Maintenance Strategy & Predictive Monitoring
- Implement Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) programs and optimize maintenance intervals
- Establish predictive-maintenance programs using vibration analysis, thermography, oil analysis, and ultrasound
Data Analytics & Risk Management
- Develop asset-performance dashboards tracking MTBF, MTTR, OEE, and reliability analytics
- Develop reliability risk registers and coordinate critical spare parts strategies with Procurement and Stores
Qualifications & Requirements
Educational Requirements
- Relevant degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Maintenance Engineering, or related discipline
Experience Requirements
- Previous experience in reliability engineering, maintenance, asset management, engineering, or a related discipline
- Proven experience managing reliability-improvement programs
- Experience with Root Cause Analysis, FMEA, RCM, criticality assessment, and failure analysis
Essential Skills
- Strong understanding of reliability engineering principles and asset-performance management
- Experience analyzing MTBF, MTTR, availability, failure rates, and maintenance performance
- Experience with CMMS, EAM, ERP, or asset-management systems
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and strong data-analysis capabilities
- Strong leadership, project-management, and stakeholder-management skills
- Ability to work independently and effectively within a fully remote environment
Advantageous Qualifications
- Professional certifications such as Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE), CMRP, or CRL
- Experience with Power BI, Tableau, SQL, or Python
- Familiarity with Lean Six Sigma, Kaizen, or continuous-improvement methodologies
- Knowledge of UAE/GCC industrial, facilities, utilities, infrastructure, or energy sectors
- Arabic language proficiency
About the Opportunity
This organization is focused on maximizing equipment reliability, operational availability, maintenance effectiveness, safety, and lifecycle value, with teams collaborating across Reliability Engineering, Maintenance, Engineering, Operations, Asset Management, Facilities, Utilities, Quality, HSE, Procurement, and Finance. The role offers a technically strong professional the opportunity to combine engineering analysis, maintenance strategy, operational understanding, and data analytics to improve asset reliability at scale, fully remote.
Career Excellence: Lead comprehensive reliability engineering and asset-performance strategy in a fully remote role, applying RCA, FMEA, and RCM expertise across critical industrial assets.
Who Should Apply?
Remote-First Engineering Leaders:Â Comfortable managing cross-functional reliability programs independently
Reliability Engineers & Managers:Â With proven RCA, FMEA, and RCM program experience
Certified Reliability Professionals:Â Holding CRE, CMRP, or CRL certifications
Predictive Maintenance Specialists:Â Experienced with condition-monitoring technologies
Data-Driven Asset Managers:Â Skilled in reliability analytics, dashboards, and KPI tracking
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