Engineer Sr. - Reliability (South)

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SUMMARY

Primary focus for this position is both rotating & fixed equipment maintenance reliability, but not exclusive of other areas. This position drives improvements in maintenance costs and equipment reliability through effective reliability engineering.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

May include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Participate in morning line-up and routine scheduling meetings.
• Coordinate with OMC, Planners, and Reliability Engineer to schedule maintenance work.
• Ensuring that machinery, systems, infrastructure, and equipment run optimally with minimal downtime.
• Conducting and overseeing maintenance process audits as well as establishing different maintenance procedures and protocols. Includes but not limited to:
  • Conduct weekly audits of field equipment.
  • Modify & maintain SMPs.
  • Work with the Reliability Engineers in the Fixed & Rotating group to determine equipment care strategies.
  • Work with the Planners in order to better refine task lists within PMs.
  • Training staff on equipment operating and maintenance procedures.
  • Work to enforce the usage of SMPs.

• Responding to equipment emergencies with technical support.
• Work with a hands-on approach with Westlake Maintenance representatives to troubleshoot & resolve issues.
• Communicate daily with the Reliability Engineer and Maintenance about equipment issues.
• Create notifications of field audit findings and document failure modes (i.e. 5-Why).
• Document repair events in Meridium in order to track failures over time.
• Provide Maintenance Q/C technical support.
• Update & maintain the status of equipment sent out for repairs.
• Communicate with Reliability Engineer equipment changes so equipment assignment events can be entered into Meridium.
• Predict and strategize for system overhauls and upgrades, while considering maintenance budgets and expenditures.
• Work with the Maintenance & Operations Superintendent to manage the maintenance budget. Set & track maintenance KPIs.
• Aid in the development Work with the Reliability Engineer on the improvement of preventative maintenance & predictive maintenance program.
• Work with the Reliability Engineer to Analyze and update the equipment BOMs as well as set-up critical spare assemblies and spare parts in the warehouse.

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

• BS in mechanical engineering from an accredited university preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of chemical plant experience required, 8 years preferred.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, strong work planning and organizational skills required.
• Successful candidates must satisfy background screening, including motor vehicle record screening, drug testing & pre-employment physical requirements before starting work.
• A current, valid Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) card is required.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit; stand; walk; use hands to touch, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.  The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, or crouch.  The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate as normally based in an office.  Some of the work may be required in the operating units which can require usage of required PPE including safety glasses, hearing protection, etc.  May also result in exposure to outside elements and may require usage of stairs and elevators.  Travel including air travel or auto travel may occasionally be required.

Westlake is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristics protected by applicable legislation.

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