Senior Consultant I (Remote)

The Senior Consultant I – Reliability Consultant is responsible for leading and supporting reliability consulting engagements focused on reliability-based maintenance. This role requires technical expertise in asset management and maintenance best practices to support client projects, centered around maintenance optimization. The consultant would be capable of working independently, serving as the primary owner of project deliverables. This position requires the ability to perform projects in the field, interpret technical documentation, and travel to client sites as needed.

What You Will Do:

• Conduct asset walkdowns to create a Master Asset List (MAL). Will need to collect, verify, and document equipment information, including manufacturer, model number, serial number, nameplate data, and other relevant equipment attributes.

• Develop, review, and maintain Bills of Materials (BOMs) for client assets and equipment.

• Create preventive maintenance (PM) tasks, job plans, and programs from the ground up and revise existing PMs as required.

• Support and/or lead asset criticality ranking efforts to prioritize maintenance and reliability improvement activities.

• Review and interpret Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs), OEM manuals, vendor-supplied documents, and other technical asset documentation.

• Participate in Asset Strategy Optimization (ASO) initiatives to improve maintenance effectiveness, reliability performance, and lifecycle asset management.

• Perform spare parts analyses (SPA) to support maintenance planning, inventory optimization, and equipment reliability.

• Provide technical expertise on project tasks under the supervision of a project manager to ensure quality services are delivered on schedule and within available budget to meet customer requirements.
• Demonstrate a firm understanding of business and implement opportunities for enhancing effectiveness and efficiencies on assigned projects and amongst team members.
• Develop relationships with existing customers to facilitate development of new business opportunities for current and/or additional services. 
• Represent ABS Group and participate in promoting our products and services.
• While the position is remote, regular travel (50%+) to client sites and project locations is a core part of the role.

What You Will Need:

Education and Experience

• A minimum of a bachelor’s Degree or the equivalent in work experience and training.
• A minimum of 6+ years of experience is preferred.
• Professional certification preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Familiarity with computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS). 

• Experience in reliability consulting within industrial, manufacturing, energy, or process plant environments.

• Experience with asset data analysis, reporting tools, and technical documentation systems.

• Ability to read and interpret P&IDs, OEM manuals, vendor documentation, and other technical equipment records.

• Ability to gain, retain, illustrate comprehension of learned technical knowledge, and transfer knowledge to other members of the team 
• Ability to mentor/coach entry-level consultants and hone technical skills in others
• Ability to actively listen to the needs of our clients by receiving shared information, determining context of the information provided and generating probing questions to better understand, retaining the information for future access, engaging and collaborating with sales team on potential opportunities, and responding with solutions
• Openly accept change as part of business evolution to meet the needs of our clients, provide recommendations to enhance business, and drive change amongst colleagues and on assigned projects
• Possess a firm understanding of key performance indicators and their significance to the business and take action to drive results amongst their department
• Ability to utilize established rapport and role as a subject matter expert with existing clients to facilitate development of new business through identifying and consistently generating new business opportunities
• Ability to coach others on development of customer intimacy and new opportunities
• Must take responsibility for their actions, behaviors, decisions, and results and those of the team they lead
• Ability to utilize root cause analysis to improve performance  
• Must understand departmental goals and holds self and team members accountable for keeping commitments and high standards 
• Must acknowledge and learn from mistakes
• Must be dependable and consistent 
• Must actively participate in daily activities
• Ability to demonstrate independent, objective, open-minded thinking with strong attention to detail and sound judgment
• Demonstrate a proficient level of time management skills
• Working knowledge of the ABS Health, Safety, Quality and Environmental Management System. 

Salary range:

$90,000 - $115,000 annually  

Reporting Relationships:

Reports to a manager, director, or executive-level position and does not have any direct reports.

We set out more than 160 years ago to promote the security of life and property at sea and preserve the natural environment. Today, we remain true to our mission and continue to support organizations facing a rapidly evolving seascape of challenging regulations and new technologies. Through it all, we are anchored by a vision and mission that help our clients find clarity in uncertain times.

ABS is a global leader in marine and offshore classification and other innovative safety, quality, and environmental services. We’re at the forefront of supporting the global energy transition at sea, the application of remote and autonomous marine systems, cutting-edge technical solutions, and many more exciting advancements. Our commitment to safety, reliability, and efficiency is ever-present, guiding our clients to safer and more efficient operations.

About Our Benefits

ABS Group proudly offers a variety of industry-leading benefits designed to enhance the life and well-being of our employees and their families. These benefits include, but are not limited to, medical insurance (PPO and HD), dental and vision insurance, Health Savings account (HSA), Flexible Savings Account (FSA), life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, disability leave programs, parental leave program, paid holidays, and paid vacation time. The Company provides an Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) that offers additional support in personal wellness, including work-life services. ABS Group also offers a 401K plan with a generous company match, subject to plan requirements.

Equal Opportunity

The ABS Group of Companies is committed to the equal employment opportunity of its employees and prohibits discrimination against any employee or qualified applicant based on race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship status or veteran status, or other non-work-related characteristics that may be protected under the law of the Federal Government or specific state employment laws.

Notice

ABS and Affiliated Companies (ABS) will not pay a fee to any third-party agency without a valid ABS Master Service Agreement (MSA) authorized and signed by Human Resources. Any resume, CV, application, or other forms of candidate submission provided to any employee of ABS without a valid MSA on file will be considered property of ABS, and no fee will be paid.

Other

This job description is not intended, and should not be construed, to be an all-inclusive list of responsibilities, skills, efforts or working conditions associated with the job of the incumbent. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the principal job elements essential for making a fair decision regarding the pay structure of the job. #ogjs