Maintenance Engineer Job
Arkema · Houston, TX · 1 wk ago
EngineeringFull-time
Responsible for
- Participates in plant safety processes and programs.
- Investigates mechanical related incidents.
- Ensures plant projects are designed and installed in compliance with all applicable Codes and Standards.
- Supports Management of Change (MOC) protocols for plant projects or reliability improvements.
Reliability Engineering
- Supports project scope development, equipment specification, accepted good engineering design, and meeting client requirements.
- Develops designs and specifications for plant equipment & parts.
- Supports the plant’s rotating equipment program to reduce repair frequency.
- Supports repair scope development for rotating and fixed equipment.
- Serves as a site mechanical technical resource for equipment repair strategies.
- Drives plant reliability improvement teams and supports continual development of plant reliability systems.
- Supports the maintenance planning and execution process.
- Troubleshoots equipment failures and tracks reliability/maintenance KPIs and trends.
- Supports the development of maintenance strategies by troubleshooting/diagnosing equipment failures, support development of repair scopes and support equipment selection for service conditions.
- Participates in the planning and execution of the plant turnarounds.
Manage and execute projects
- Develops and validates project scopes derived from mechanical integrity assessments, failure analysis, and equipment performance reviews.
- Plans and executes reliability improvement projects either during normal operations or during major Turnarounds, depending on equipment accessibility and production constraints.
- Ensures all projects follow the full AGATE lifecycle: feasibility, scope definition, cost estimation, risk assessment, detailed engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and closure.
- Coordinates with maintenance, operations, engineering, and purchasing to ensure timely execution and full compliance with safety and quality expectations.
- Manages project budgets, schedules, contractors, and documentation to ensure transparent communication with stakeholders.
Required Education/Qualifications/Work experience
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering.
- 5 years of chemical or industrial plant engineering/maintenance experience.
- Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills are required.
- Proactive leadership to the reliability program to improve plant on stream time and asset utilization.
- Analyzes critical equipment failures, determines root causes, and implements corrective actions.
- Assists in maintenance planning.
- Provides guidance to the plant in properly interpreting industry and engineering standards.
- The position requires a person with hands-on ability.
- Must be able to interact in a team environment and work closely with hourly and professional personnel.