Reliability Engineer

Job DescriptionJob DescriptionØ Rotating Equipment: Pumps, Electric Motors, General Purpose Turbines, Shaft Sealing Systems, Lubrication Systems, Fin Fans, and BlowersØ Static Equipment: Pressure Vessels, Heat Exchangers, Piping Systems, Valves, Relief Devices, Bolted Joint Integrity, and Temporary RepairsØ Budget: Influence budget through proactive identification and prioritization of maintenance expenditures:Ø Contributes to the development and delivery of their respective production area’s major maintenance and operational expense budgetsØ Monitors spend on maintenance work executed within the production areaØ Prepares and submits well-defined work scopes and investment proposals to asset managers and site leadership teamsØ Performs life cycle cost analyses to evaluate repair vs. replace alternatives and implement effective and cost-efficient solutionsØ The mechanical engineer is the first point of contact for most mechanical systems in their respective production areasØ Work with Operations and Maintenance counterparts to solve day-to-day problems, ensuring safe and reliable unit operationØ Participate in production team meetings to maintain awareness of key activities and unit operating statusØ Conduct routine field walkthroughs with operations, maintenance, and inspection to proactively evaluate concerns with equipment and provide recommendationsØ Support as a key contributor during stabilization and recovery from operational upsetsØ Critical Work ProcessesØ Manage Threats and Opportunities (MTO): Identify and prioritize threats and opportunities related to mechanical equipment, utilize problem solving skills to frame potential solutions, and take action to drive resolutionØ Management of Change (MOC): Develop technical design bases, provide and facilitate technical assurance and hazard screening of design, assist with maintenance planning and execution activities, lead pre-startup safety reviews, and verify change close-out activitiesØ Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM): Manage and continuously improve asset care strategies for both fixed and rotating equipment using consistent methodologies and a standardized approachØ Maintenance Execution (ME): Drive compliance for critical planned maintenance, review deferral justifications, and seek optimization opportunitiesØ Process Safety Compliance: Manage and timely implement Process Safety recommendations for the assigned production areasØ Technical DeliveryØ Leverage technical acumen to outline the detailed scope of changes to mechanical equipmentØ Assure compliance with industry standards and company design practices for all plant changesØ Assess health of Mechanical Equipment by utilizing:Ø Ensure Safe Production (ESP) – Review production unit shift reports, assess design operating window exceedancesØ Manage Equipment Care (MEC) – Support completion of compliance inspections and implementation of asset care strategies for mechanical equipmentØ Proactive Technical Monitoring – Review exceptions from Operations sensory rounds, assess vibration and oil sample analysis results, and recommend proactive corrective actionsØ Seek to identify and close gaps in own technical competence in pursuit of qualification as a technical assurer for rotating and/or static equipmentØ Problem SolvingØ Champion the causal reasoning mindset within the area production teamØ Perform investigations on failures related to mechanical equipment bad actorsØ Seek to understand the root cause of failures and mitigate findings with robust solutions to prevent reoccurrenceØ Identify opportunities to reduce waste in work processes using LEAN and other continuous improvement methodologies QUALIFICATIONS / REQUIREMENTSv BS Mechanical Engineering v 3 - 10 Years experience working with plant rotating and fixed equipment.

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