Mechanical Engineer

Basic Function

This role is part of the Mechanical Reliability Team supporting plant operation and reliability improvement efforts.  Working in a team environment, it carries responsibility for implementing reliability best practices, developing and optimizing preventive maintenance tasks, and supporting maintenance activities. The position interacts with other technical groups on site (process engineering, maintenance, and capital project groups), corporate technical networks and peers, and vendors/suppliers as needed to resolve problems and improve plant reliability and performance.
 

Roles & Responsibilities

As a member of the reliability group you may:

• Monitor equipment performance and make improvement recommendations
• Provide diagnostic assistance to drive improvements within your area of expertise
• Consult with peers at the site and across the company
• Function on multidisciplinary teams to support project design and commissioning
• Serve as a resource and conduit to share best practices and leverage operating improvement opportunities across the site and company
• Provide technical support/expertise within your discipline for expense and capital project teams
• Maintain awareness of emerging technology, assessing applicability to improve reliability and performance, or to reduce maintenance cost
• Lead or participate in incident investigations and root cause analysis
• Attend technical training and seminars to further your development
• Reliability Engineering concepts
• Predictive and Preventive Maintenance concepts  
• Ability to apply computer software tools (SAP, Microsoft Office applications, Meridium)

Min. Qualifications

• BS degree in Mechanical Engineering with a minimum of 6 years relevant experience in the refining, petrochemical, chemical process, or power generation industries  
• Strong interpersonal leadership skills are critical due to the need to effectively communication complex issues across the organization as well as for mentoring and collaboration
• The successful candidate must exhibit an understanding of business drivers, management of change requirements, reliability processes, and maintenance workflow
• The successful candidate must have strong commitment to safety, a high level of personal integrity, and dedication to conducting business in an ethical way
• The individual must have or develop basic proficiency in the following and, in this role, can develop into a subject matter expert in a particular technology:
  • Basic understanding of industry codes and standards (i.e. ASME, API)
  • Rotating Equipment (pumps, steam turbines, centrifugal and recip compressors, blowers, gearboxes)
  • Fixed Equipment (piping, flange make-up, pressure vessels, heat exchangers)
  • Machinery diagnostics and process equipment repair
  • Component failure analysis

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