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Shell · Presencial · SHELL CENTRE – CHENNAI
, India


Job Family Group:

Maintenance, Reliability and Turnarounds


Worker Type:

Regular


Posting Start Date:

September 14, 2026


Business Unit:

Integrated Gas


Experience Level:

Experienced Professionals


Job Description:

What’s the role

 

As Technical Specialist - Reliability Core, you will provide expert technical leadership in reliability engineering, maintenance strategy development, and asset performance improvement. You will lead complex Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) studies and reliability improvement initiatives across operating assets, turning equipment history, risk information, and operational insight into practical maintenance and improvement strategies.  

 

This is a hands-on specialist role with a strong consulting and facilitation element. You will work with multidisciplinary asset teams, challenge technical assumptions constructively, assure the quality of reliability studies, and coach others in the effective application of reliability methods. You will also help teams make better use of analytics, digital tools, and emerging AI capabilities where these can deliver clear business value. 

What you’ll be doing
 

Reliability Strategy & Asset Care 

Reliability Engineering & Continuous Improvement 

  • Apply reliability methods such as RCM, FMEA, RAM analysis, Weibull analysis, Fault Tree Analysis, and lifecycle cost analysis to support sound technical decisions.  

  • Identify recurring equipment failures, bad actors, and performance gaps, and lead structured reliability improvement activities to address them.  

  • Lead or support Root Cause Failure Analysis and Causal Learning investigations for significant or repeat equipment failures.  

  • Develop recommendations that are technically robust, proportionate to risk, and practical for asset teams to implement.  

  • Capture lessons learned and use them to improve reliability work processes, tools, and ways of working. 

Reliability Statistical Analysis 

  • Apply advanced reliability statistical techniques to evaluate failure behaviour, predict equipment performance, and support maintenance strategy optimization. 

  • Perform Weibull Analysis, Crow-AMSAA Reliability Growth Modelling, and other probabilistic methods to assess failure patterns, reliability trends, and system improvement opportunities. 

  • Develop and utilize Monte Carlo Simulations to quantify uncertainty, assess risk scenarios, and support asset investment and lifecycle decisions. 

  • Conduct Remaining Useful Life (RUL) assessments and degradation modeling to support predictive maintenance, asset health monitoring, and intervention planning. 

  • Lead Asset Life Extension (ALE) studies by evaluating equipment condition, failure risk, operating context, and life-cycle economics to support safe and reliable operation beyond original design life. 

  • Translate statistical findings into actionable recommendations that improve asset availability, reliability performance, maintenance effectiveness, and business value. 

 

Reliability analytics, digital and AI solutions 

  • Analyse equipment and maintenance data to identify failure trends, reliability risks, bad actors, and optimization opportunities.  

  • Develop or support reliability KPIs, dashboards, and analytical insights that enable timely and informed decision-making.  

  • Use reliability statistics and modelling to support maintenance, risk, and investment decisions.  

  • Identify practical opportunities for predictive maintenance, asset health monitoring, and AI-enabled reliability solutions.  

  • Collaborate with digital, analytics, and data science teams to translate reliability challenges into usable, value-focused solutions.  

  • Support adoption of digital reliability tools, intelligent agents, and data-driven workflows, with appropriate attention to data quality and user needs. 

Technical leadership and assurance 

  • Provide expert review and technical assurance for complex reliability studies, maintenance strategies, and reliability improvement recommendations.  

  • Challenge assumptions, data quality, and proposed actions constructively to improve the quality of technical decisions.  

  • Provide guidance on the appropriate selection and application of reliability methods for different business problems.  

  • Act as a trusted subject matter expert for complex reliability and maintenance strategy challenges.  

  • Coach engineers and practitioners and contribute to the development of reliability capability across the organization. 

Stakeholder Engagement  

  • Facilitate multidisciplinary workshops involving Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Inspection, and Technical Authorities. 

  • Provide technical coaching and mentorship in reliability methodologies and best practices. 

  • Influence stakeholders and drive implementation of reliability recommendations. 

  • Interface with global asset teams, OEMs, vendors, and subject matter experts to deliver reliability improvements. 

 

Business Impact 

The role supports operating assets across Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, Power, and Energy environments. Your work will contribute to safer and more reliable operations through improved asset availability, stronger maintenance effectiveness, reduced repeat failures, better risk management, and optimized lifecycle cost. 

What you bring
 

  • Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, Electrical, or Instrumentation Engineering. 

  • Minimum 10 years of relevant industry experience in Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, Power, Chemical, Manufacturing, or a related asset-intensive environment. 

Core Reliability Competencies 

  • Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) 

  • Preventive Maintenance Optimization (PMO) 

  • Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) 

  • Failure Modes & Effects Analysis (FMEA) 

  • Reliability, Availability & Maintainability (RAM) 

  • Mange Threat & Opportunity (MTO) 

  • Reliability Living Program 

Reliability Statistical Analysis 

  • Weibull Analysis 

  • Reliability Growth Analysis 

  • Probability Distributions and Failure Modelling 

  • Reliability Forecasting 

  • Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analysis 

Reliability Analytics & Digital Skills 

  • Reliability data analysis and performance trending. 

  • Development of reliability KPIs and dashboards. 

  • SAP PM/MM and enterprise asset management systems. 

  • Data-driven maintenance optimization methodologies. 

AI & Emerging Digital Capabilities 

  • Understanding of AI and machine learning applications in asset reliability. 

  • Experience supporting predictive maintenance, asset health monitoring, or AI-enabled reliability initiatives. 

  • Ability to work with digital, analytics, and data science teams to deliver business value. 

What we offer

You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet. You’ll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. You’ll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.

  • Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together.
  • Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead.
  • Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices.
  • Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise.
  • Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself.
  • Join an organisation working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply.
  • Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and
  • international teams.
  • Gain access to a wide range of training and development programmes.

After you submit your application, you will receive an email providing a link to an online assessment that is a mandatory part of the process. The email will come from HireVue - please check your spam/junk mailbox if you do not see the email. Once completed, your application will be reviewed to determine next steps. Thank you for your interest in Shell. 

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Shell in India

Shell is a diversified energy company in India with 13,000 employees, and presence in Integrated Gas, Downstream, Power, Renewable and Upstream. Additionally, we have deep capabilities in R&D, digitalisation, and business operations.

Our global strategy, Powering Progress, is designed to generate value for our shareholders, customers, and the wider society, and focuses on creating more value with less emissions. The strategy supports our purpose of providing more and cleaner energy solutions, with the aim of profitably transforming Shell into a net-zero emissions energy business by 2050. As India moves towards its target of net-zero emissions by 2070, Shell India aims to play a leading role in securing vital energy for today, while investing in, and helping to build, the energy system of the future through strategic investments in the country.

Our Lubricants business serves over 50,000 consumers through a strong network of over 200 distributors, and operates an end-to-end value chain that spans conceptualization, development, and production at a world-class blending plant at Taloja. Through our 350-plus retail stations, we offer an integrated mobility experience including fuels, cafes, and convenience stores, with a prominent network of EV recharging facilities.

Shell owns and operates a LNG re-gasification terminal at Hazira, Surat, with a capacity of 5 MTPA and a LNG truck-loading unit that plays a crucial role in helping meet India’s growing demand for gas across sectors. In 2022, Shell acquired Sprng Energy in a $1.55 billion deal to build an integrated energy transition business in the country. Sprng is a leading renewable energy company in India which develops and manages solar, wind, and hybrid power generation facilities and infrastructure.

Our three capability centres across Bangalore and Chennai serve as a technology and innovation powerhouse for Shell globally, working as a delivery engine for core technical, digital, and finance processes: pioneering digital innovation and cutting-edge technologies across the energy sector. We also have strong academic partnerships and collaborations with leading universities and technology institutes to accelerate decarbonization efforts within the energy sector.

We are committed to positively contributing to the communities in which we operate through programmes on STEM Education, Skilling, and Livelihood across India. We nurture and invest in startups developing initiatives focused on accelerating energy innovation through programs such as Shell E4 and Shell Eco-marathon. We also have strategic investments in new energy companies such as Husk Power, d.light, Orb Energy, and Cleantech Solar.


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