Mechanical Asset Reliability Readiness Manager

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Major Tasks & Responsibilities:

• Leads Reliability Management across all lots — establishing reliability frameworks, asset lifecycle strategies aligned with Covestro site standards, to deliver a structured maintenance framework before plant handover.
• Oversaw regulatory compliance for all mechanical assets, including 100% statutory registration & certification, periodic calibration and inspection to mitigate legal risks.
• Ensure systematic transfer of project reliability knowledge, documentation and strategies to the operations team at handover, to enable sustainable asset management and maintenance readiness beyond start-up.
• Develop and own the Strategic Spare Parts Plan across all GreenCore lots — covering criticality classification of rotating equipment, stationary equipment and stocking level definition — to guarantee zero critical spare part gaps at mechanical completion.
• Procure commissioning, start-up and initial operational spares in collaboration with EPC contractors and vendors — identify, classify and place orders including long-lead items during FEL 3 and early EPC phases, to protect the commissioning schedule and avoid start-up delays.
• Define criticality-based stocking levels aligned with the reliability and maintenance strategy, applying RCM/FMEA methodologies to balance inventory investment against operational risk across all GreenCore equipment.
• Enhance local sourcing policy for spare parts — qualify local vendors, shorten supply lead times and reduce logistics risk, to strengthen supply reliability and support Covestro's localization strategy in China.
• Leverage synergies with the existing Caojing plants — identify interchangeable spares, shared stocking opportunities and consolidated procurement opportunities to reduce total inventory investment and minimize carrying costs.
• Ensure master data, BoM, Spare Category completeness and accuracy as the operational foundation in CMMS (SAP PM/MM) ahead of start-up
• Manage as-built documentation digital handover for project, reviewing and archiving mechanical engineering deliverables in the site digital documentation system.

Qualifications: 

Education

• Bachelor’s degree or above in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.

Professional Experience

• Minimum 15 years of experience in the chemical, petrochemical or process industry in maintenance, reliability or asset management roles.
• Proven experience in criticality assessment, maintenance strategy development, stocking policy definition and inventory optimization.
• Direct involvement in spare parts planning for major capital projects or new plant commissioning is required.
• Familiarity with SAP PM/MM modules for spare parts master data and inventory management.

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