Reliability Manager

Responsibilities

• Ensure HSE delivery and compliance for Reliability and Integrity activities in the unit areas; serving as a champion for safe work practices for both INEOS employees and contractors working within the areas.
• Jointly responsible for improvement of overall equipment and process reliability; this includes budgeting for and supporting areas such as API-570, API-571, API-580, and API-581 piping inspections, vessel CUI re-conditioning, Area Reliability Teams, asset criticality, serving as Single Point of Accountability (SPA) for various capital reliability projects and focus on root cause failure analysis and defect elimination.
• Ensure the effective planning and execution of TAR and project-related activities to include: drive effective use of TAR and Capex Processes; integrate capital projects into TAR plans; serve as TAR Execution Coordinator for Facilities.
• Develop and maintain strategic long-term plan for site assets.
• Interact with industry experts to seek out and apply new technology and best practices to improve equipment lifecycle performance.
• Act as the company SPA for canvasing input from industry experts, the Asset Team, Operations, Maintenance, and Procurement to update long-term plan with equipment upgrades and revamps needed across the technology platforms to maintain competitiveness and improve reliability performance.
• Act as the SPA for developing and maintaining close relationships with national suppliers for inspection and reliability providers.
• Liaison with Procurement to negotiate pricing and timing. Active vendor management includes various 3rd party inspection and engineering consultancy companies.
• Responsible for development and cost reporting for several Reliability and Integrity cost centers for both routine and unusual maintenance budgets.
• Develop and publish reliability and integrity metrics for the site.
• Develop equipment monitoring and modelling capability and drive improvements in online analysis/technology.
• Prioritize, with operations customer base, the overall improvement plan and implement new/different technologies to deliver cost reduction, increased reliability and operational flexibility.
• Represent capital request for the site equipment and spare parts that are consistent with the long-term sustainability of the asset and the business strategy.
• Responsible for development and execution of the overall Integrity Management Plan for the site: Provide Inspection services and assurance for site mechanical integrity at CBW. Ensure assets are inspected according to leading best practices such as API 653, 570, 571, 580, and 581. Maintain evergreen damage mechanism reviews and update of inspection plans based on operating conditions, envelope excursions, and learnings.
• Mastery of knowledge and expertise in the application of mechanical codes and standards, industry standard practices, and recommended practices.
• Serves as a technical Resource related to the site’s engineering standards and procedures including compliance to the O&P PS&IM Policy.
• Internal customers are: Project Engineering, Operations, Inspection, TAR, Reliability, and Maintenance.
• Accountable for safety of the work team inclusive of training, incident prevention behaviors, near miss reporting/root cause analysis and shared learning, and championing the MOC and related PSM processes.
• Lead team within the 20P principles.
• Devise and manage a discipline strategy consistent with the long and short term technology and business strategies.
• Develop needed resource skill sets to support site teams’ efforts (hiring, training, development, discipline know how).
• Ensure Mechanical, Electrical, and Instrumentation Engineering Training program is current, that proper training funds are budgeted annually, and that the required training is completed.
• Ensure the acquisition and sharing of best practices across the company.
• Develop company and external industry contacts to network issues on codes, standards and practices.
• Facilitate network and relationship development, including Europe, to enable technology to optimise the process.
• Ensure team is deployed to support operations in times of abnormal operation and crisis as required.
• Accountable for annual and interim performance review discussions (deliverables and competencies).
• Develop and maintain annual budget and propose fixed and capital expenditure needs for total site asset sustainability.
• Coach and mentor project teams on project execution and business context.
• Monitor capability and verify compliance with standards.
• Single Point of Accountability for large equipment (compressors, gearbox, transformers) rebuild, sparing, and revamp strategies during TARs or unplanned outages.
• Act as a company authority with knowledge and expertise in the application of codes and standards, industry standard practices, and recommended practices.
• Responsible for both the Reliability and Inspection cost center budgets and monthly updates.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in Engineering or equivalent experience leading a reliability organization is required.
• A minimum of 10 years’ experience in chemical, refining or industrial manufacturing with prior responsibility for facilitating critical functions and best practice implementation.
• A minimum of 5 years of direct leadership experience in a reliability organization.