Failure Analyst

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Position Summary

The Failure Analyst position works with Field Technicians, Area Managers, and Operations Leadership to ensure Kodiak’s 98% mechanical availability guarantee on all units. Performs analysis and reporting on key unit metrics to assess downtime and identify improvement opportunities.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities
• Works closely with Engineering and Failure Analysis team members.
• Acts as a subject matter expert in failure analysis and reporting.
• Identifies and leads initiatives to reduce downtime and increase mechanical availability.
• Maintains relationships with top vendors to ensure communication and resolution of failure and product improvement.
• Reports to senior leadership on process improvement plans and initiatives.
• Compiles and analyzes unit data to determine failure rates and mechanical availability metrics.
• Works with field team members to improve business operations for enhanced unit functioning.
• Creates and delivers failure reporting to Regional Managers and other key leadership team members.
• Suggests and assists in implementing improvements to business operations to reduce downtime.
• Assesses financial implications of parts failure and works to minimize financial burden to the Company.
• Continually monitors failure metrics.
• Implement specific unit and broad cross-unit action plans to reduce unit failures and downtime.

Education, Experience, & Training
• 4-5 years’ experience in an oilfield service organization preferred.
• Proficient with oil analysis.
• Proficient with Ariel sizing program.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and report on key data.
• Prior experience in a business analyst role preferred.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Advanced excel skills.
• Proven analytical background.

Physical Demands
• Required to sit for long periods of time as needed.
• Must be able to travel and work extended, or non-traditional working hours when required.
• 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.


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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.