September 2013. That was the date I accepted an offer for a Maintenance and Reliability Engineer role in one of the largest oil and gas service companies in the world. I had no clue what the role really meant. Since it was about industrial equipment, I thought, I am a Mechanical Engineer, I will figure it out.
Later I realized it was not only me who did not know what reliability engineers do. More or less all my stakeholders, including my manager, were not very clear about it either. So, I had to learn on my own, and later find ways to add value to the business.
What you will get out of this article?
If you are a fresh graduate engineer looking to build a career in reliability engineering, or a company unsure about what type of engineering service to seek or who to hire to improve product or process reliability, you are in the right place.
By spending just 10 minutes reading this article, you will learn:
- What reliability engineering really is
- The different reliability engineering roles
- The key skill sets required for each role
