The Condition Monitoring & Reliability Analytics Engineer turns maintenance, condition monitoring and control system data into decisions that improve the safety, reliability and availability of the Seadrill fleet. Working with onshore and offshore teams, the engineer analyzes fleet condition monitoring data to diagnose developing machinery faults, and uses Maximo and data analytics to identify recurring failures and reliability trends. Findings are translated into prioritized, actionable maintenance recommendations and optimized maintenance strategies that reduce unplanned downtime while meeting corporate, regulatory and class requirements. The role also contributes to the development of data-driven and AI-supported decision tools for maintenance, and trains onshore and offshore personnel on maintenance processes, condition monitoring and the effective use of Maximo.
Maintenance Management
- Support consistent and effective use of Maximo across the fleet in accordance with Seadrill maintenance policies, procedures and standards, ensuring maintenance requirements reflect applicable regulatory and class requirements.
- Provide maintenance, condition monitoring and EAM technical support to onshore and offshore personnel, working with corporate teams, operations and subject matter experts to resolve technical queries.
- Implement approved maintenance and reliability improvements in Maximo and associated documentation through the applicable management of change process, ensuring consistent application across the fleet.
- Support the expansion of the Asset Lifecycle Management (ALCM) program by providing equipment condition, failure and performance data to prioritize assets and inform lifecycle decisions.
Condition Monitoring
- Support the fleet vibration monitoring program by reviewing and analyzing vibration data (spectra, time waveforms, envelope/demodulation and trends) from portable routes and online systems to detect and diagnose machinery faults such as unbalance, misalignment, looseness, bearing and gear defects, lubrication issues and resonance.
- Prepare clear vibration monitoring reports stating machine condition severity, fault diagnosis and recommended actions; communicate findings to rig teams and track recommendations to closure through Maximo work orders, verifying effectiveness with follow-up measurements.
- Maintain the vibration monitoring database, including machine hierarchies, measurement points, setups, alarm limits (aligned with ISO 20816) and route schedules, and monitor data quality and route compliance across the fleet.
- Support the fleet lubricant analysis program by reviewing oil sample results, identifying contamination, wear and degradation trends, and correlating them with vibration findings.
- Perform onsite measurements and special tests (e.g., phase analysis, impact/bump testing, run-up/coast-down) when required.
- Coordinate with condition monitoring service providers and equipment manufacturers to ensure the quality and timely delivery of data, reports and findings.
Data Analytics & Decision Support
- Extract, clean and combine data from Maximo (work orders, failure codes, PM history), control systems and historian data, and condition monitoring databases to build reliable, analysis-ready datasets.
- Improve the quality of failure reporting data in Maximo, including mode/mechanism/cause coding and asset hierarchy consistency, to enable meaningful reliability analysis.
- Develop and maintain fleet reliability KPIs and dashboards (e.g., bad actors, MTBF, repeat failures, condition-based maintenance coverage, recommendation closure rate) to support decision-making.
- Apply statistical and reliability analysis methods (e.g., Weibull analysis, failure trending, P-F interval estimation) to equipment performance and maintenance history to optimize maintenance strategies, tasks and intervals.
- Combine vibration evidence with control system data (e.g., speed, load, temperature) to identify equipment deterioration signatures and support investigations and root cause analysis of significant or recurring failures; coordinate corrective actions with rig teams and technical specialists and verify their effectiveness.
- Play an active role in developing an AI-supported decision-support tool for condition monitoring: define use cases, prepare and label historical fault data, validate model outputs against analyst diagnosis, and work with the Technology team on deployment, so that anomaly detection and fault classification become faster and more consistent.
Training & General
- Provide training and guidance to onshore and offshore personnel on maintenance policies and processes, effective use of Maximo, and vibration data collection, sensor mounting and route execution.
- Maintain all documentation and certifications, including relevant medicals and offshore safety training, required for travel to company offices and offshore assets as directed by the supervisor.
Knowledge, Skills & Experience Essential
- Minimum of five (5) years of relevant experience in a technical maintenance environment; offshore experience with maintenance operations preferred.
- Working knowledge of enterprise maintenance systems and their use in managing maintenance activities and equipment history.
- Working knowledge of equipment reliability principles, structured problem-solving, maintenance strategy development, and using equipment and maintenance data to identify and implement improvements.
- Strong technical knowledge related to mechanical, electrical and/or marine systems.
- Working knowledge of rotating equipment (e.g., pumps, motors, compressors, gearboxes, fans) and their common failure modes, and of vibration analysis fundamentals (FFT spectrum, time waveform, envelope analysis, trending and alarm limits).
- Hands-on experience analyzing maintenance or operational data using Python (e.g., pandas) or R, and SQL to query enterprise databases.
- Experience building dashboards and reports using business intelligence (BI) tools, and advanced Excel skills.
- Ability to prepare clear technical reports and documentation, translate data findings into practical maintenance recommendations, and support maintenance audits.
- Strong organizational and analytical skills, with attention to detail and the ability to prioritize work and follow actions through to completion.
- Ability to collaborate with onshore and offshore teams, communicate technical information at different levels, and provide practical training and guidance.
- Fluent in spoken and written English.
Desired
- Excellent understanding of Maximo or similar asset management systems.
- Demonstrated history of working effectively in offshore marine/subsea settings in the naval sector and/or the oilfield and energy industry.
- Demonstrated hands-on experience applying reliability methods (e.g., RCM, FMECA, Weibull analysis, failure investigation), achieving measurable equipment performance improvements and contributing to standardized reliability practices.
- Experience interpreting oil analysis results to assess equipment condition and guide maintenance decisions.
- Experience applying machine learning to time-series or condition monitoring data (e.g., anomaly detection, fault classification).
- Experience with process historians (e.g., AVEVA PI) or drilling control system data.
- Experience with portable vibration data collectors and analysis software, as well as online/wireless condition monitoring systems.
- Experience analyzing variable-speed and low-speed machinery typical of drilling units (e.g., top drives, drawworks, mud pumps, thrusters), including order tracking, phase analysis and impact/resonance testing.
- Familiarity with relevant standards such as ISO 20816 (vibration severity), ISO 13373 (vibration condition monitoring), ISO 18436-2 (vibration analyst certification) and ISO 55000 (asset management).
- Fluent in spoken and written Portuguese, to support Seadrill’s operations in Brazil.
Minimum Requirements
- Must be a US citizen, or authorized to work lawfully in the United States, without sponsorship from Seadrill.
- Must be able and willing to work regularly from Seadrill’s Houston office location during typical and customary business hours.
- Flexible to travel offshore and internationally as required, wherever Seadrill operates, and able to obtain and maintain the required offshore certifications (e.g., BOSIET/HUET and offshore medical).
- Must pass Drug Screen and Background Check.
- Willing to obtain Vibration Analyst Category II certification to ISO 18436-2 within 18 months of hire, if not already held.
Preferred
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering or technical field, or equivalent combination of technical training and experience; coursework or experience in data science or statistics is an advantage.
- Vibration Analyst Category II certification to ISO 18436-2 (VCAT-II) preferred; Category I at a minimum.
- Machine Lubricant Analyst (MLA) certification.
- Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP) or equivalent
SAFETY AT SEADRILL
Our goal is to ensure that ‘nobody gets hurt' whilst performing their job. Everyone at Seadrill has a part to play in meeting our safety commitment.
Through strong leadership and personal responsibility from all employees, we take a systematic approach to identifying, managing and preventing the hazards involved in our day to day operations.
Nothing is more important to us than the health, safety and security of our workforce and the communities in which we operate and behaving responsibly towards our shared environment.
We are vigilant, disciplined and always looking out for one another. We have developed and embedded a strong safety culture onshore and offshore, fostered by all employees, who each have a personal responsibility and the authority to put an immediate stop to the job if they believe it to be unsafe.
Everyone at Seadrill is accountable for helping to build this culture of care. This includes:
- Compliance with the Seadrill Code of Conduct and Fight Against Corruption.
- Compliance with applicable internal and external governing requirements.
- Non-compliances are promptly acted on and reported to the direct supervisor.
- The standard for tidiness and cleanness is adhered to.
- Good and clear communications with all involved parties.
SEADRILL BEHAVIORAL FRAMEWORK
In Seadrill, setting the standard is not just about what we deliver, but how we deliver it. We co-created our Behavioral Framework with our employees, where we identified four key competencies that define our culture and help us to live our values. Our behaviors are embedded in the way we work and support and guide us day to day:
- Drive & Ownership
- Change & Forward Thinking
- Communication & Collaboration
- Service Delivery
DIVERSITY
This position is also for people with disabilities.
We recognize that our people are key to helping us to achieve our vision, so we have fostered a culture that encourages, supports and celebrates diversity of all kinds. It fuels our innovation and connects us closer to our customers and the communities we operate in.
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We value our people and want to retain them. So, we offer a competitive package built around an attractive base salary and a range of benefits tailored to your location.
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