Responsibilities

The Reliability Engineer will ensure the implementation of asset reliability elements within the areas assigned and coordinates the program of improvements to drive performance in operational reliability. You will lead interdisciplinary teams to devise and implement systemic solutions for operational and technical issues. This role will require you to work closely with individuals from all engineering disciplines, crafts, and operators in order to create a proactive defect elimination mindset.

The Reliability Engineer has Responsibility, Accountability, and Authority to:

• Champion the Mitigate Threats to Availability (MTA) work process to assure that we are identifying, prioritizing, and mitigating reliability threats in the plant.
• Provide support and conduct risk assessments as needed.
• Support the Causal Learning process by facilitating reliability investigations.
• Collect and analyze site reliability performance data and reliability metric data for the Reliability and Asset Integrity Results Team and Production Teams.
• Drive site to proactive approach on defect elimination.
• Drive high reliability organization principles at the site with balance of effort on people, processes, and technology.

Primary activities in support of operating/maintain facilities, installation of projects, and turnaround execution includes:

• Implementing and sustaining the Reliability Management Framework for the site.
• Analyzes Plant reliability performance data (Production Losses) and provide reliability data to site personnel (for Project Forms, Asset Master Planning, risk assessments, R&AI RDT reviews, etc.)
• Knowledge / Skill of Reliability Engineering Principles, practices and application and ability to discern appropriate application including but not limited to: Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA),Causal Learning investigation techniques, Fault Tree Analysis (FTA),Event Tree Analysis (ETA),Monte Carlo simulation and Reliability Block Diagram (RBD),Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA), Weibull analysis, etc.
• Elimination of threats through coaching in the use of the MTA process.
• Actionable analysis of unplanned production losses utilizing appropriate reliability engineering skills and competencies.
• Improved integration of systems and processes.
• Improved risk based decision making.
• Effective organizational learning through leadership of organization learning events.
• Effective Production Teams.
• Facilitating and/or participating in causal learning and incident investigations at site.
• Development of site and unit specific Reliability Improvement Plans.
• Reporting of various Reliability Metrics within and outside the site.

Requirements

• Must have legal authorization to work in the United States on a full-time basis for anyone other than current employer.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering; Master’s Degree preferred.
• Minimum of ten (10) years’ experience in varied Technical Support to Operations; refinery or petrochemical facility preferred.
• Proven experience in an operating facility preferred.
• Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE) or Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP) certification preferred.
• Proven experience facilitating a team.
• Proven experience with Risk Assessment.

Responsibilities

The Reliability Engineer drives implementation of asset reliability programs and initiatives within a large and complex facility. You will be required to participate in and lead multifaceted work team to develop reliability initiatives and resolve operational technical issues. The cross-functional nature of this role provides high visibility and the opportunity to influence many aspects of plant operation.

Focal Points:

• Deliver long term reliability tactics through multi-disciplinary teams.
• Champion the Availability Strategy and associated work process to assure that we are identifying, prioritizing, and mitigating reliability threats in the Refinery.
• Provide support and conduct risk assessments as needed.
• Facilitate reliability investigations.
• Champions efforts to grow reliability knowledge base of the site
• Collect and analyze refinery reliability performance data and reliability metric
• Drive site to proactive approach and reliability mindset
• Drive reliability principles at the site with balance of effort on staff development, reliability systems/processes and best use of reliability technology/methodology.
• Implementing and sustaining the reliability strategy for the site.
• Prioritize efforts by focusing on bad actors/ top threats
• Study unplanned production losses utilizing appropriate reliability engineering skills and competencies.
• Improve integration of systems and processes
• Improve risk based decision making.
• Develop site and unit specific reliability improvement pans.
• Utilize a variety of reliability tools including: Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Causal Learning investigation techniques (level 1 and 2), Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Event Tree Analysis (ETA), Monte Carlo simulation, Reliability Block Diagram (RBD), Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA), and Weibull analysis, etc.
• Perform in dept. evaluations and analysis of equipment and processes based on performance, risk, and criticality.( FMEA and Fault tree)
• Integrate and support RCM with other key work processes.
• Communicates performance data to the site
• Focuses on reliability issues and not firefighting issues, work strategically not tactically.
• Inquire and develop systems perspectives when engaged in discussions throughout the organization.
• Evaluates and quantifies the impact of capital projects such as design changes, or equipment quality that will have an impact on reliability.
• Perform asset utilization and cost data analysis to develop and prioritize a list of reliability opportunities – top threats and bad actors.

Requirements

• BS ME with 6 or more years of experience.
• Must have legal authorization to work in the US on a full-time basis for anyone other than current employer.

Ambs Chemical Search is a preferred provider of recruiting services to this large international petrochemical company. There is a large variety of rotating equipment at this site and the company provides good opportunities for career growth.

Responsibilities:

• Proactive mindset with knowledge in machinery systems condition and predictive monitoring methods, technology & equipment.
• Develop standards, procedures & guidelines to support site’s management of rotating equipment assets, strong understanding of RCM work process.
• Provide training/development to site’s operations and maintenance personnel on discipline subjects.
• Identify, develop, and/or apply best practices and standards in machinery design, maintenance and operation.
• Provide Engineering support to local projects ensuring sound engineering.
• Practice corporate, industry and local requirements are considered and satisfied. Deliver high value technical assurance/review towards projects during scope development and field commissioning phase.
• Support and participate in Root Cause Failure Analysis investigations, solution development, and risk assessments.
• Perform Management of Change reviews to insure safe operation and design of equipment and related changes. Applies engineering technology to improve safety and environmental related issues.
• Proactive professional development expected in the Mechanical Engineering discipline field through seminars, conferences, and publications.

Requirements:

• Must have legal authorization to work in the US on a full-time basis for anyone other than current employer.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
• Minimum seven (7) years collective industry experience with five (5) of those years in the mechanical equipment field.
• Proven experience and expert level knowledge in the rotating equipment field.
• Proven experience with machinery design, troubleshooting, and maintenance.

Responsibilities:

Our client operates a large and diverse petrochemical complex in the Houston area. They are adding to the reliability department as a strategic emphasis to expand production at the site. They are seeking Reliability engineers with proven track records in refining or large scale petrochemicals process who have a good grasp on reliability methodologies and techniques. Key responsibilities include:

• Analyze Plant reliability performance data and provide reliability data to site personnel.
• Knowledge / skill of Reliability Engineering Principles, practices and application and ability to discern appropriate application including but not limited to: Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA),Causal Learning investigation techniques (level 1 and 2),Fault Tree Analysis (FTA),Reliability Block Diagram (RBD),Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA), Weibull analysis, etc.
• Inquire on systems perspectives when engaged in discussions throughout the organization
• Help link the different facets of Reliability into one strategy.
• Resource for risk assessment of threats in the database, providing a common link across the organization to help ensure consistency.
• Knowledgeable in the following areas and available to the department and the organization to provide skills in Investigation facilitation / Causal Learning: Risk Assessment, After Action reviews, Systems Thinking.
• Define asset availability and capability gaps.
• Assist in development of the site’s Reliability Strategy to close gaps in availability, capability and competence.
• Perform Deep Dives on equipment and processes based on performance, risk, and criticality Techniques to employ here include FMEA and Fault tree.
• Equip individuals and teams in the knowledge, concepts, and skills to analyze and mitigate equipment failures.
• Use Reliability Engineering Principles and Reliability Centered Maintenance tools (RCI, Weibull, FMEA, Fault Tree) to increase production and eliminate bad actors.
• Evaluates and quantifies the impact of capital projects such as design changes, or equipment quality that will have an impact on reliability.
• Ensure that the Production team is using Top threats and Bad Actor lists to drive what they work on.
• Perform Asset utilization and cost data analysis to develop and prioritize a list of reliability opportunities – top threats and bad actors

Requirements:

• Must have legal authorization to work in the US on a full-time basis for anyone other than current employer.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
• Minimum five (5) years experience in Discipline Engineering, production team support engineering, maintenance support both Turnaround and routine, causal learning or other investigatory analysis techniques.
• Demonstrated experience leading multi-discipline engineering teams.
• Proven experience in a manufacturing process plant setting including specific process units, industry plant design standards, and management of change.
• Proven experience in process management and or project management.

Salary: 115 – 130k base salary plus profit share

Our client operates a world class petrochemical plant in the Houston area that has a variety of large scale rotating equipment. They are currently seeking a Sr. Mechanical Reliability Engineer with a strong technical depth in rotating equipment.

Responsibilities

• Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

• Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

• Read and interpret blueprints, technical drawings, schematics, and computer-generated reports.

• Assist drafters in developing the structural design of products using drafting tools or computer-assisted design (CAD) or drafting equipment and software.

• Research, design, evaluate, install, operate, and maintain mechanical products, equipment, systems and processes to meet requirements, applying knowledge of engineering principles.

• Confer with engineers and other personnel to implement operating procedures, resolve system malfunctions, and provide technical information.

• Recommend design modifications to eliminate machine or system malfunctions.

• Conduct research that tests and analyzes the feasibility, design, operation and performance of equipment, components and systems.

• Investigate equipment failures and difficulties to diagnose faulty operation, and to make recommendations to maintenance crew.

• Develop and test models of alternate designs and processing methods to assess feasibility, operating condition effects, possible new applications and necessity of modification.

• Develop, coordinate, and monitor all aspects of production, including selection of manufacturing methods, fabrication, and operation of product designs.

• Specify system components or direct modification of products to ensure conformance with engineering design and performance specifications.

• Works closely with Vendors and Suppliers to ensure quality and timely delivery of work or components.

Requirements

• BS in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent education, training and experience.

• 10+ years in Mechanical Engineering role supporting Petrochemical Manufacturing.

• 50% Office Environment with 50% field work

• Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services. • Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principals involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.

• Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.

• Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.

• Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming

Salary: 90- 125k plus profit share, 9/80, full relocation, 401k, pension

Our client operates a large Refinery in the Baton Rouge/New Orleans Corridor and they are currently seeking a Reliability Engineer to assist in ensuring the implementation of asset reliability elements within assigned areas of the asset. You will also coordinate programs to drive performance improvement in operational reliability. You will lead interdisciplinary teams to devise and implement systemic solutions for operational and technical issues. The Reliability Engineer will work closely with individuals from all engineering disciplines, crafts, and operators in order to create a proactive defect elimination mindset.

Responsibilities

• Mitigate threats to unit availability and develop work process to assure performance
• Provide support and conduct risk assessments as needed • Support the Causal Learning process by facilitating reliability investigations • Collect and analyze site reliability performance data and reliability metric data
• Drive site to proactive approach on defect elimination
• Drive high reliability organization principles at the site with balance of effort on people, processes, and technology
• Implementing and sustaining the Reliability Management Framework for the site
• Analyze reliability performance data (Production Losses) and provide reliability data to site personnel
• Knowledge / Skill of Reliability Engineering Principles, practices and application and ability to discern appropriate application including but not limited to: Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA),Causal Learning investigation techniques, Fault Tree Analysis (FTA),Event Tree Analysis (ETA),Monte Carlo simulation and Reliability Block Diagram (RBD),Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA), Weibull analysis, etc
• Actionable analysis of unplanned production losses utilizing appropriate reliability engineering skills and competencies • Improved integration of systems and processes
• Improved risk based decision making
• Effective organizational learning through leadership of organization learning events
• Facilitating and/or participating in causal learning and incident investigations at site
• Development of site and unit specific Reliability Improvement Plans
• Reporting of various Reliability Metrics within and outside the site

Requirements

• Legal authorization to work in the United States on a full-time basis for anyone other than current employer
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering; Master’s Degree preferred
• Minimum of five (5) years experience in varied Technical Support to Operations; oil or petrochemical facility preferred
• Demonstrated broad exposure to the operating facility and work processes is preferred
• Proven Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE) or Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP) certification is preferred
• Proven competency in facilitation of a team
• Proven competency of Risk Assessment
• Proven competence in Pareto Analysi
• Proven competence in Failure Modesand Effects Analysis
• Demonstrated knowledge of the Reliability Block Diagram
• Proven competence in Fault Tree Analysis
• Proven competence in Life Cycle Cost Analysis • Proven competence in Weibull Analysis (see last page)
• Demonstrated proficience in Crow-AMSAA
• Demonstrated ability to develop, integrate, plan, execute and drive reliability strategies/tactics
• Proven ability to balance short term and longer term reliability threats
• Proven ability to perform asset utilization and cost data analysis to develop and prioritize a list of reliability opportunities – top ten and bad actors

Position Summary:

You will be the site owner of the rotating equipment program at a large scale continuous processing operation.   You will be responsible for developing programs and providing equipment troubleshooting that lead to the continuous improvement of rotating equipment availability. 

Responsibilities

• Deliver timely and technically sound solutions to rotating equipment issues.
• Develop / optimize preventive & predictive maintenance program including lube oil analysis and vibration monitoring.
• Develop / Maintain rotating equipment criticality profile for optimizing sparing and operating strategy.
• Analyze failures, perform root cause of failure analysis with emphasis on human reliability and recommend corrective action.
• Work with Maintenance personnel to develop equipment outage plans.
• Develop / optimize bad actor failure reduction program and track results using key performance indicators.
• Develop life cycle costs for rotating equipment repairs and replacement.
• Develop QA/QC standards for rotating equipment repair.
• Perform detailed vibration / spectrum analysis of critical equipment as needed for predictive maintenance and potential failure analysis.
• Perform reliability gap assessments on critical rotating equipment to evaluate risk and proposed capital investments.
• Apply engineering standards for new pump / compressor purchasing / design reviews.
• Develop and lead training programs for operations and maintenance personnel.

•  BS Mechanical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering Technology.
• Minimum 3-5 years of work experience.
• Hands-on experience in heavy industrial settings (Refining, Chemicals, Petroleum,) required.
• Demonstrated development or ownership of similar reliability programs.
• In depth knowledge of applicable codes and standards including API 610, 611, 612, 687, and 682
• Experience in inspection, and repair of rotating equipment including pumps and compressors.
• Effective team leadership skills.
• Ability to effectively communicate with all levels of business team.

Salary: 90k -105k with small profit share

This primary accountability of the Maintenance Supervisor will be to lead and monitor day-to-day maintenance crafts of the plant.  The position is responsible for coordinating shutdown planning and execution, maintenance management systems, and supervision of maintenance.  This site is a diverse specialty chemical operation with approximately 100 people including the 30 unionized maintenance craft personnel.

Responsibilities

• Works closely with the Maintenance Manager and others in the Maintenance department to establish and achieve specified goals and objectives.
• Supervise maintenance crafts who perform maintenance service and repairs in I&E, Machinist, Pipefitter, Heavy Equipment Operator and Generalist areas and all outside contractors to ensure the overall safe maintenance and efficiency of the plant.
•  Assist with planning and support for special demands i.e. shut-downs, turnarounds, or other projects.  Assist engineering groups with problem areas.
• Maintains High Safety Standards by Observation and Safety Meetings.
• Operates within the parameters of the Contract and Government Regulations.
• Works with Production and other Maintenance Crafts in scheduling and work execution.
• Troubleshoots equipment and implement new methods, materials to reduce failure frequency.
• Seeks methods to reduce cost.
• Ensures harmonious working relations within the crafts.
• Trains people in Safety, Work Methods, Regulations, Etc.
• Works on Special Projects
• Recognizes the successful efforts of employees to increase productivity, reduce costs and improve work processes.
• Participates in Safety and Environmental initiatives that will contribute to compliance of State/Federal regulations and improve existing Company programs.
• Performs other related duties as assigned for the purpose of ensuring the efficient and effective functioning of the department.

• BS ME or EE preferred
• 8+ Years Chemical and/or Refining Industry Experience
• Minimum of 4 years of maintenance experience in the chemical and/or refining industry
• Minimum of 2 years planning experience or maintenance supervisor experience (step-up supervisor experience is acceptable)
• Knowledge and experience of how to specify, troubleshoot, install and maintain plant mechanical equipment
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (both oral and written) with the ability to effectively interact and communicate with all departments and levels of the organization
• Must be proactive, self-motivated and demonstrate ability to handle multiple projects, changing priorities and frequently heavy workloads which may require work in addition to normal working hours.
• Think clearly and solve multifaceted problems in the field with personnel of various degrees of skill levels, education and training.
• MS Office Suite

The role of the Mechanical Integrity Lead is to develop, implement, and manage a Mechanical Integrity program that will assure and improve the quality, integrity, reliability and service life of plant equipment and systems.  Understand and implement applicable company, government and industry codes and standards so that plant equipment and systems are designed, built, operated and maintained safely.  Monitor compliance of outside service providers.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain a solid Mechanical Integrity Program driving continuous improvement.
• Continuous evaluation of inspection scopes and frequencies based upon inspection results and other techniques such as Risk Based Inspection.
• Maintain list of PSM covered equipment.
• Manage outage inspection activities (scope development, cost, scheduling, and timely completion of reports and repair scopes).
• Evaluate equipment fitness for service against applicable industry and plant standards.
• Develop repair scope and initiate INFOR process for equipment deficiencies identified during the inspection process.
• Maintain list of deficiencies and raise proper awareness to ensure timely completion of temporary and permanent repairs.
• Evaluate design of new equipment against applicable industry and company standards.
• Develop applicable Mechanical Integrity procedures.
• Perform RCFA analysis on stationary equipment failures.
• Manage, obtain and maintain equipment data and systems information including manufacturer’s, engineering, design, fabrication, inspection, testing and maintenance repairs records that will provide current and accurate information for training, planning, procurement, evaluation and analysis.
• Manage, set-up, and update equipment in INFOR Technical Objects.  Establish links for equipment in INFOR to reports, inspection prep scopes and other useful information.

Requirements

• Minimum  B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering or similar field.
• Minimum of 2 – 3 years of Mechanical Integrity experience including budget and team responsibilities.
• 10+ years of substantial petro chemical maintenance experience.
• Certified in APR 510 Pressure Vessel Inspector, API 570 Piping Inspector, and API 653 Above Ground Atmospheric Vessel Inspector.
• Excellent computer skills in Microsoft Suite.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Management of 3rd party contractors.  Ability to generate a scope of work, write a purchase requisition, and oversee field work performed by 3rd party contractors.
• Ability to learn, understand and apply new technologies.

Responsibilities:

The Senior Mechanical Maintenance/Reliability Engineer will be responsible for providing daily technical support for the plant maintenance organization including equipment design, troubleshooting, failure analysis, and repair plan preparation. Equipment preventive and predictive maintenance strategies will be developed and/or optimized for new and existing equipment. Focus areas also include improving equipment performance/reliability, and reducing costs via reduced equipment failure and improved maintenance efficiency.

Requirements:

• Development and implementation of mechanical reliability programs
• Experience with design and maintenance of rotating and fixed equipment
• Strong troubleshooting and well versed in Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA)
• Experience with Preventative/Predictive Maintenance Technologies
• Knowledgeable and experienced in Six Sigma process
• Good interpersonal skills with the ability to interface with employees at all levels
• Self directed with a strong customer focus
• Good written and verbal communications skills
• Demonstrated history of Proactive relationships and self motivation
• Experienced in SAP/CMMS and Microsoft Office

• Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering
• Minimum of 5 years experience in the field of mechanical maintenance/reliability in a chemical manufacturing setting.