Maintenance Engineer

Job Summary

The Maintenance Engineer provides mechanical technical support for maintenance and reliability activities, designs concepts, and manages maintenance-focused initiatives. They are responsible for near-term and long-term maintenance support on fixed equipment, rotating equipment, I&E, and piping systems. The Maintenance Engineer also develops and leads maintenance projects and initiatives.

Essential Functions

• Supports day-to-day performance of equipment to ensure safe operations and meet regulatory, commercial, and logistical requirements.
• Diagnoses, repairs, and supports testing of mechanical, electrical, rotating equipment, and hydraulic issues.
• Leads mechanical field changes and through the MOC (management of change) process for capital and maintenance projects.
• Provides engineering support for equipment and piping changes.
• Improves fixed and rotating equipment asset availability, criticality assessment, PM development, and utilization.
• Identify opportunities for improvement (proactively and reactively).
• Inspects field equipment installations according to the design and fabricator’s specifications during unit outages and upgrades.
• Work with process engineering, maintenance, and operations personnel to troubleshoot failures and provide feedback on RCA's (root cause analysis) reports.
• Work with vendors, licensors, and contractors to support debottlenecking, optimization, and troubleshooting as needed to maintain safe and reliable operations.
• Provide support during unit commissioning, startups, and shutdowns.
• Daily interaction and communication with maintenance supervisors and the reliability team as well as maintenance and operations staff.
• Provide after-hours support when appropriate – emergency call out, etc.
• Help develop justification and work scope for T/A and maintenance.
• Support T/A with potential extended work schedules and/or night shifts as appropriate.
• Lead and manage small to medium reliability initiatives.
• Lead and participate in the MOC process and participate in hazard reviews (What-Ifs, HAZOPs) and troubleshooting.
• Lead and/or support investigations for mechanical related near misses and incidents.
• Maintain current work lists with priorities.

Required Skills/Abilities

• Strong interpersonal skills and extremely resourceful.
• Proven ability to provide mechanical engineering support for capital & maintenance projects.
• Familiarity with applicable health and safety regulations.
• Strong technical, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and to delegate them when appropriate.
• Ability to function well in a high-paced and at times stressful environment.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite of products.

Education And Experience

• BS Mechanical Engineering degree.
• A minimum of 3 years of mechanical engineering operations support experience in petrochemical, refining, and/or renewable fuels processing.
• Experience with industry standard project management practices.

Physical Requirements

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Prolonged periods of standing and/or walking.
• Must be able to lift up to 40 pounds.
• Ability to perform repetitive movements over long periods of time.
• Ability to work in confined spaces and wear self-contained breathing apparatus.
• Must be able to climb ladders and/or stairs on tanks, vessels and structures; wear respirator; work around equipment containing high pressures and temperatures and various chemicals.