Engineer - Maintenance

Typical Functions

• First line of contact for maintenance and equipment issues.
• Acquire failure and downtime data and prepare maintenance plans (and/or support capital development) for restoring equipment to operating condition in a minimum amount of time.
• Plan and undertake scheduled maintenance.
• Respond to breakdowns.
• Diagnose faults.
• Lead Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA).
• Develop and oversee maintenance procedures.
• Manage expense budgets and feed into updated forecasting.
• Maintain statistical and financial records related to maintenance and projects.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations.
• Create and oversee maintenance procedures.
• Manage stocks of supplies and equipment.
• Oversight of on-site machinery repairs (maintenance shop support).
• Oversight of third party machinery fabrication shops including hold point inspections.
• Oversight of non-routine (outside shop) repairs of plant equipment.
• Review plant equipment purchase recommendations for operability, maintainability, and reliability.
• Review and approve data sheets, construction drawings, and design drawings to ensure compliance with Engineering Standards.
• Prepare failure reports and corrective actions for plant equipment.
• Preventative Maintenance record review and frequency optimization.

Technical Skills

• Understanding of EAM (Enterprise Asset Management) / CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) usage for preventive maintenance, failure reporting and equipment history management.
• Experience with predictive maintenance technologies such as vibration analysis, thermographics and lubrication monitoring.
• Experience with materials handling, heat transfer systems, boiler systems, flue gas desulfurization systems, hydraulic, pneumatic, power transmission and fire protection systems preferred.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills to interact effectively with people in all departments.
• Knowledge of computer operating systems, file management, email and basic programs.
• Time and project management skills required.

Education Requirements / Work Experience

• BS in Engineering and minimum of 7 years of related industrial plant maintenance experience.
• Experience With Industrial Heavy Machinery Required.