James John Atuh
@jamesjohnatuh
Reliability solution engineer with 20+ years’ experience, bridging RCM expertise and digital software value for asset-intensive industries.
What I'm looking for
I’m a reliability and maintenance engineering domain expert with 20+ years of international experience, now positioned for technical pre-sales, solution engineering, value advisory, and industry solution architecture roles in industrial software.
I bridge deep practitioner expertise in RCM, RCA, FMEA/FMECA, PdM/CbM, CMMS, APM, and TPM with customer-facing discovery, executive storytelling, workshops, product demonstrations, and solution design thinking that translate operational pain into business value.
I architect phased reliability transformation roadmaps—from foundation to pilot and scale-up—using reliability analytics and governance models, and I’ve supported measurable outcomes like improving digital RCM analysis cycle time by 20–30%, strengthening FRACAS-RCFA-CAPA workflows, and delivering reliability and availability improvements across asset-intensive environments.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Reliability & Digital Advisory
Cenosco Custom B.V. Malaysia
May 2025 - Present (1 year 3 months)
Serves as a reliability domain expert and value advisor for digital reliability, RCM, and asset performance management solutions in asset-intensive industries. Leads customer-facing pre-sales, solution architecture, and reliability transformation advisory engagements.
Principal Reliability Engineer
Apr 2023 - May 2025 (2 years 1 month)
Leads product reliability engineering and design assurance for advanced oil and gas systems. Facilitates FMEA and risk reviews and builds closed-loop FRACAS-based corrective action and design feedback workflows.
Regional Reliability Engineer (EMEA)
Sep 2020 - Apr 2023 (2 years 7 months)
Acts as Regional Reliability Leader across multiple manufacturing plants, aligning reliability programs to global asset management objectives. Established a global RCM Center of Excellence and delivered multi-site reliability improvements using RCA, FMEA, and maintenance optimization methods.
Reliability Engineer (Asset Performance)
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC)
Jan 2019 - Aug 2020 (1 year 7 months)
Led site-wide RCM, RCA, FMEA, and PdM/CbM programs across major gas processing plants to translate reliability risks into maintenance and operational improvement plans. Facilitated high-impact RCAs and used MAXIMO and Meridium data to analyze asset performance and optimize maintenance strategies.
Led Bad Actor and Defect Elimination programs for an MSD API manufacturing site. Facilitated RCA/CAPA governance and supported FMEA efforts under a risk-based asset management framework while producing executive reliability and maintenance performance reports.
Implemented RCM-based PM and PdM strategies for a new GMP production plant to improve asset availability and stabilize early-life failures. Supported commissioning, qualification, and validation to embed reliability and maintainability from design through operations handover.
Predictive Maintenance Engineer
Kinsajasa Sdn. Bhd.
Jan 2017 - Jun 2017 (5 months)
Executed PdM and CbM programs using vibration, oil analysis, and thermography. Produced asset health and bad actor reports to support lifecycle-based maintenance decisions and shutdown planning.
Performance & Condition Monitoring
Sarawak Energy Berhad
May 2015 - Dec 2016 (1 year 7 months)
Developed and deployed condition-based and predictive maintenance programs using vibration, oil, and thermography analysis. Conducted technical investigations, RCFA, and feasibility studies supporting asset upgrades and investment decisions.
Wellsite Field & Applications Engineer
Halliburton / Baker Hughes / Tokyo Electron
Jan 2000 - Jan 2015 (15 years)
Provided early-career customer-facing field engineering and applications engineering support across semiconductor and oilfield environments. Supported commissioning, acceptance testing, reliability support, and failure investigations while ensuring equipment uptime and preparing technical reports.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
University Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
Bachelor of Engineering (Hons), Electronics & Telecommunications Engineering
1997 - 2000
Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) in Electronics & Telecommunications Engineering from UNIMAS.
University Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
Science Matriculation Certificate, Science Matriculation
1996 - 1997
Science Matriculation Certificate from UNIMAS.
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