RELIABILITY ENGINEER

Ashland has an exciting opportunity for a Reliability Instrument / PM Engineer to join our Ashland Inc. business at our Calvert City, Ky manufacturing plant. This is a very visible, significant role within the Company and Maintenance & Reliability Departments.

Responsibilities

• Review compliance of ITPM/PdM activities with corporate, regulatory, site and quality requirements, standards and procedures.
• Manage PMs and reporting for level instrumentation calibrations of material storage vessels governed by the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) as identified by Ashland finance department.
• Provide recommendations and inclusions for the storeroom inventory to service the Calvert City Plants instrumentation.
• Provide technical engineering support to the hourly craft crews (ISO, ITPM, and Analytical) to correct inspection/calibration procedures, installations, and the improvement of the present programs in place.
• Provide technical support to instrumentation improvement projects involving plant critical process instrumentation.
• Review instrumentation installation drawings, data sheets and specifications, in full compliance with recognized industry standards, safety and quality standards.
• Design, development of new and/or upgrade of present instrumentation including the specification of industrial instrumentation and the material to support installation.
• Develop maintenance procedures and correct calibration frequencies of all ITPM’s for all instrumentation, controls, and scales and include in the site CMMS.
• Maintain information and calibrations records for test and measurement equipment for the Instrument/Electrical and Valve Repair shops.
• Approve and / or specify and purchase new and replacement measurement and test equipment for the Instrument/Electrical shop.
• Reviews site MOC’s for correct instrumentation and conformance to Ashland’s standards.
• Evaluate and implement new instrument technologies.
• Participate in customer and internal Quality and Safety audits.
• Coordinate with contractor on scale inspection frequency, repair and record keeping.
• Perform routine review and update of applicable CCOP/SOP forms.
• Track Calvert City Plant Elevator/Lift maintenance and PM costs. This includes working with KY State elevator Inspectors to maintain the required licensing of plant passenger rated elevators.
• Other Projects within the AI&R Department Team as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelors of Science in Electrical/Electronics Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Ten (10) + years experience in a chemical process plant environment with at least five (5) years in Equipment Reliability.
• Familiarity with electronic and analytical instrumentation used to measure and control flow, temperature, pressure, level and analytical properties of fluids.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and organizational skills, and function as a team player.

Preferred Skills

• Prior Experience with Maximo CMMS
• Prior Experience with ISO 9001 & 14001 Requirements

Benefits

• Team recognition rewards, and monetary incentives based on performance.
• Comprehensive Benefit package, Medical, Dental and Vision starting on Day 1 for you AND your family.
• 401(k) plan with company match.

In more than 100 countries, the people of Ashland LLC. provide the specialty chemicals, technologies and insights to help customers create new and improved products for today and sustainable solutions for tomorrow. Our chemistry is at work every day in a wide variety of markets and applications, including architectural coatings, automotive, construction, energy, personal care and pharmaceutical.