Supervisor, Fixed Equipment Reliability Engineering

About the role

The Supervisor, Fixed Equipment Reliability Engineering oversees departmental requirements specific to Fixed Equipment Reliability Engineering. This position partners with the Inspection Superintendent to own the fixed equipment reliability strategy, ensuring alignment with site reliability goals, asset management standards, and business priorities.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and develop reliability engineers responsible for fixed equipment including pressure vessels, piping systems, heat exchangers, tanks, furnaces, and associated components.
• Partner with Inspection Superintendent to own the fixed equipment reliability strategy, ensuring alignment with site reliability goals, asset management standards, and business priorities.
• Ensure mechanical integrity and regulatory compliance with applicable codes, standards, and regulations (e.g., API, ASME, NBIC, OSHA, EPA), including inspection programs, documentation, and audits.
• Lead corrosion management programs, including damage mechanism identification, fitness-for-service evaluations, and mitigation strategies.
• Support Inspection Superintendent in Risk-Based Inspection (RBI) and inspection strategies.
• Provide technical authority and decision-making for fixed equipment repair, alteration, rerating, and replacement, including review and approval of engineering evaluations and recommendations.
• Drive continuous improvement in equipment reliability by analyzing failures, performance trends, and inspection findings to reduce unplanned outages, extend asset life, and improve availability.
• Lead root cause failure analyses (RCFA) for fixed equipment incidents or chronic reliability issues and ensure corrective and preventive actions are effectively implemented.
• Collaborate closely with Operations, Maintenance, Inspection, Projects, and Safety to plan and execute repairs, turnarounds, and capital projects while minimizing operational risk.
• Support turnaround and outage planning by identifying scope, developing inspection and repair plans, prioritizing work, and providing on-site technical support as needed.
• Manage technical standards, procedures, and best practices related to fixed equipment reliability and mechanical integrity.
• Recommend and justify reliability-driven capital and expense projects based on risk, lifecycle cost, and business impact.
• Monitor and report key reliability and integrity metrics, using data to guide decision-making and communicate risk and performance to leadership.
• Ensure contractor and vendor work meets engineering, quality, and safety requirements, including review of designs, calculations, and work execution.
• Promote a strong safety and integrity culture, ensuring that equipment reliability decisions prioritize personnel safety, environmental protection, and operational excellence.
• May provide Unit Startup assistance for existing as well as new facilities, and perform economic analysis and fill ROI reports for capital upgrades depending on assignment.
• Manages business relationship with vendor(s).
• Supports turnaround and outage planning by identifying scope, developing inspection and repair plans, prioritizing work, and providing on-site technical support as needed.
• Manages technical standards, procedures, and best practices related to fixed equipment reliability and mechanical integrity.
• May perform some or all of the following duties.
• May provide Unit Startup assistance for existing as well as new facilities, and perform economic analysis and fill ROI reports for capital upgrades depending on assignment.
• Manages business relationship with vendor(s).
• Supports turnaround and outage planning by identifying scope, developing inspection and repair plans, prioritizing work, and providing on-site technical support as needed.
• Manages technical standards, procedures, and best practices related to fixed equipment reliability and mechanical integrity.
• May perform some or all of the following duties.
• May provide Unit Startup assistance for existing as well as new facilities, and perform economic analysis and fill ROI reports for capital upgrades depending on assignment.
• Manages business relationship with vendor(s).
• Supports turnaround and outage planning by identifying scope, developing inspection and repair plans, prioritizing work, and providing on-site technical support as needed.
• Manages technical standards, procedures, and best practices related to fixed equipment reliability and mechanical integrity.
• May perform some or all of the following duties.
• May provide Unit Startup assistance for existing as well as new facilities, and perform economic analysis and fill ROI reports for capital upgrades depending on assignment.
• Manages business relationship with vendor(s).
• Supports turnaround and outage planning by identifying scope, developing inspection and repair plans, prioritizing work, and providing on-site technical support as needed.
• Manages technical standards, procedures, and best practices related to fixed equipment reliability and mechanical integrity.
• May perform some or all of the following duties.
• May provide Unit Startup assistance for existing as well as new facilities, and perform economic analysis and fill ROI reports for capital upgrades depending on assignment.
• Manages business relationship with vendor(s).
• Supports turnaround and outage planning by identifying scope, developing inspection and repair plans, prioritizing work, and providing on-site technical support as needed.
• Manages technical standards, procedures, and best practices related to fixed equipment reliability and mechanical integrity.
• May perform some or all of the following duties.
• May provide Unit Startup assistance for existing as well as new facilities, and perform economic analysis and fill ROI reports for capital upgrades depending on assignment.
• Manages business relationship with vendor(s).
• Supports turnaround and outage planning by identifying scope, developing inspection and repair plans, prioritizing work, and providing on-site technical support as needed.
• Manages technical standards, procedures, and best practices related to fixed equipment reliability and mechanical integrity.
• May perform some or all of the following duties.
• May provide Unit Startup assistance for existing as well as new facilities, and perform economic analysis and fill ROI reports for capital upgrades depending on assignment.
• Manages business relationship with vendor(s).
• Supports turnaround and outage planning by identifying scope, developing inspection and repair plans, prioritizing work, and providing on-site technical support as needed.
• Manages technical standards, procedures, and best practices related to fixed equipment reliability and mechanical integrity.
• May perform some or all of the following duties.
• May provide Unit Startup assistance for existing as well as new facilities, and perform economic analysis and fill ROI reports for capital upgrades depending on assignment.
• Manages business relationship with vendor(s).
• Supports turnaround and outage planning by identifying scope, developing inspection and repair plans, prioritizing work, and providing on-site technical support as needed.
• Manages technical standards, procedures, and best practices related to fixed equipment reliability and mechanical integrity.
• May perform some or all of the following duties.
• May provide Unit Startup assistance for existing as well as new facilities, and perform economic analysis and fill ROI reports for capital upgrades depending on assignment.
• Manages business relationship with vendor(s).
• Supports turnaround and outage planning by identifying scope, developing inspection and repair plans, prioritizing work, and providing on-site technical support as needed.
• Manages technical standards, procedures, and best practices related to fixed equipment reliability and mechanical integrity.
• May perform some or all of the following duties.
• May provide Unit Startup assistance for existing as well as new facilities, and perform economic analysis and fill ROI reports for capital upgrades depending on assignment.
• Manages business relationship with vendor(s).
• Supports turnaround and outage planning by identifying scope, developing inspection and repair plans, prioritizing work, and providing on-site technical support as needed.
• Manages technical standards, procedures, and best practices related to fixed equipment reliability and mechanical integrity.
• May perform some or all of the following duties.
• May provide Unit Startup assistance for existing as well as new facilities, and perform economic analysis and fill ROI reports for capital upgrades depending on assignment.
• Manages business relationship with vendor(s).
• Supports turnaround and outage planning by identifying scope, developing inspection and repair plans, prioritizing work, and providing on-site technical support as needed.
• Manages technical standards, procedures, and best practices related to fixed equipment reliability and mechanical integrity.
• May perform some or all of the following duties.
• May provide Unit Startup assistance for existing as well as new facilities, and perform economic analysis and fill ROI reports for capital upgrades depending on assignment.
• Manages business relationship with vendor(s).
• Supports turnaround and outage planning by identifying scope, developing inspection and repair plans, prioritizing work, and providing on-site technical support as needed.
• Manages technical standards, procedures, and best practices related to fixed equipment reliability and mechanical integrity.
• May perform some or all of the following duties.
• May provide Unit Startup assistance for existing as well as new facilities, and perform economic analysis and fill ROI reports for capital upgrades depending on assignment.
• Manages business relationship with vendor(s).
• Supports turnaround and outage planning by identifying scope, developing inspection and repair plans, prioritizing work, and providing on-site technical support as needed.
• Manages technical standards, procedures, and best practices related to fixed equipment reliability and mechanical integrity.
• May perform some or all of the following duties.
• May provide Unit Startup assistance for existing as well as new facilities, and perform economic analysis and fill ROI reports for capital upgrades depending on assignment.
• Manages business relationship with vendor(s).
• Supports turnaround and outage planning by identifying scope, developing inspection and repair plans, prioritizing work, and providing on-site technical support as needed.
• Manages technical standards, procedures, and best practices related to fixed equipment reliability and mechanical integrity.
• May perform some or all of the following duties.
• May provide Unit Startup assistance for existing as well as new facilities, and perform economic analysis and fill ROI reports for capital upgrades depending on assignment.
• Manages business relationship with vendor(s).
• Supports turnaround and outage planning by identifying scope, developing inspection and repair plans, prioritizing work, and providing on-site technical support as needed.
• Manages technical standards, procedures, and best practices related to fixed equipment reliability and mechanical integrity.
• May perform some or all of the following duties.
• May provide Unit Startup assistance for existing as well as new facilities, and perform economic analysis and fill ROI reports for capital upgrades depending on assignment.
• Manages business relationship with vendor(s).
• Supports turnaround and outage planning by identifying scope, developing inspection and repair plans, prioritizing work, and providing on-site technical support as needed.
• Manages technical standards, procedures, and best practices related to fixed equipment reliability and mechanical integrity.
• May perform some or all of the following duties.
• May provide Unit Startup assistance for existing as well as new facilities, and perform economic analysis and fill ROI reports for capital upgrades depending on assignment.
• Manages business relationship with vendor(s).
• Supports turnaround and outage planning by identifying scope, developing inspection and repair plans, prioritizing work, and providing on-site technical support as needed.
• Manages technical standards, procedures, and best practices related to fixed equipment reliability and mechanical integrity.
• May perform some or all of the following duties.
• May provide Unit Startup assistance for existing as well as new facilities, and perform economic analysis and fill ROI reports for capital upgrades depending on assignment.
• Manages business relationship with vendor(s).
• Supports turnaround and outage planning by identifying scope, developing inspection and repair plans, prioritizing work, and providing on-site technical support as needed.
• Manages technical standards, procedures, and best practices related to fixed equipment reliability and mechanical integrity.
• May perform some or all of the following duties.
• May provide Unit Startup assistance for existing as well as new facilities, and perform economic analysis and fill ROI reports