Failure Analysis Manager

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Position Summary

The Failure Analysis Manager leads the Failure Analysis team, collaborating with Field Technicians, Area Managers, and Operations Leadership to ensure Kodiak’s 98% mechanical availability guarantee across all units. This role involves managing failure analysis efforts, driving process improvements, and ensuring high standards in mechanical reliability.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Lead and mentor the Failure Analysis team, ensuring performance objectives are met.
• Oversee and analyze unit metrics to identify failure trends and areas for improvement.
• Ensure consistent monitoring of failure metrics and adjust strategies as needed.
• Develop and implement strategies with Engineering, Operations, and Technology teams to reduce downtime and enhance mechanical availability.
• Manage the documentation and reporting of failure data, ensuring accuracy and compliance with company standards.
• Conduct root cause analysis for major failures and implement corrective actions.
• Present detailed failure reports and process improvement plans to senior leadership.
• Direct and manage vibration analyst, review vibration reports, establish methods for follow-up with operations on effectiveness of correct measures. 
• Collaborate with Engineering on any design changes resulting from Vibration analysis.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate failure analysis findings into broader business strategies.
• Work with Technology team to integrate finding from failure analysis with telemetry data to drive improvements in runtime and prevent repeat failures.
• Monitor financial impacts of failures and develop cost-reduction strategies.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with vendors to address product failures and implement improvements.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives in failure analysis and reporting processes.

Education & Certifications

• Highschool diploma or GED required.

Work Experience

• 7+ years of experience in an oilfield service organization, with a focus on failure analysis and mechanical reliability.
• Prior leadership experience preferred.

Skill & Abilities

• Expertise in oil analysis and Ariel sizing programs.
• Proven leadership and team management skills.
• Strong analytical abilities with a focus on data-driven decision-making.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience in reporting and process improvement.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.

Physical Demands:

• Ability to travel as required and manage multiple projects simultaneously, and work extended or non-traditional working hours when required.
• Required to sit for long periods of time as needed.
• Intermittent lifting of > 50lbs from the ground.
• Must be able to stand or walk on uneven terrain, climb personnel stairs and ladders, stoop, squat and/or crawl depending on the directed task.
• Exposure to extreme temperatures, weather conditions and environments on a location-by-location basis.
• High noise environment (>85 dbA) will occur with ear protection.
• Potential controlled, exposure to hazardous chemicals.

Kodiak Gas Services is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status.