Asset Engineer
About The Position
Shell is seeking an Asset Engineer to join its team in Monaca, Pennsylvania. The Asset Engineer provides front-line technical and equipment support for the Production Unit (PU), helping ensure safe, reliable, and efficient operation of the asset. Embedded within the PU technical team, the role translates operational priorities into structured technical work and supports troubleshooting, threat resolution, and operational improvement focused on the unit’s critical reliability, safety, and optimization needs. The role has a strong field presence and broad equipment perspective. It works closely with Operations and technical resources to identify emerging equipment issues, understand operational impacts, support near-term resolution, and escalate issues requiring deeper technical expertise. The Asset Engineer focuses on the physical condition, reliability, and near-term technical needs of equipment in the area, making risk-based technical judgments and connecting equipment condition to safe and reliable operation. The role resolves issues within the PU’s capability and time horizon and engages Site Technical when advanced troubleshooting, engineered solutions, specialized discipline support, root cause analysis, recurring equipment issue resolution, or longer-term intervention is required. Production focuses on near-term operations, while Site Technical addresses deeper technical issues and systemic reliability problems. The Asset Engineer also supports Management of Change by providing unit requirements, operating context, and equipment knowledge to help define safe and effective changes.
Requirements
- Legal authorization to work in the US on a full-time basis for anyone other than the current employer.
- Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline relevant to industrial asset or equipment support.
- At least 5 years of relevant experience.
- Strong understanding of equipment reliability, mechanical integrity, troubleshooting, and safe operation in a manufacturing or process environment.
- Ability to recognize developing equipment problems, assess technical risk, and translate observations and data into practical recommendations.
- Strong field orientation and willingness to spend time where the equipment and work are located.
- Ability to work effectively across engineering disciplines and escalate when deeper specialization is required.
- Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to make sound technical judgments using incomplete or evolving information.
- Working knowledge of equipment integrity, reliability, Management of Change, technical assurance, and risk-management principles.
- Ability to communicate technical issues clearly to Operations, Maintenance, engineering specialists, and leadership.
- Strong collaboration and influencing skills, with the ability to bring multiple disciplines together around safe, practical solutions.
- Ability to balance immediate operational needs with equipment integrity and reliability considerations.
- Proactive mindset, curiosity about how equipment performs and fails, and commitment to identifying issues before they become operational events.
Responsibilities
- Provide day-to-day equipment engineering support to the Production Unit, maintaining close engagement with Operations and the frontline technical team.
- Monitor equipment condition and performance, identify developing reliability or integrity concerns, and support troubleshooting of near-term equipment issues.
- Maintain a regular field presence to understand equipment condition, changing operating conditions, and potential safety or environmental concerns.
- Support development of practical mitigation plans for on-stream equipment issues, engaging appropriate discipline engineers when specialized engineering is required.
- Monitor upcoming inspection and equipment integrity requirements and identify obstacles that could affect near-term compliance or execution.
- Provide operating and equipment context to Site Technical when issues exceed PU capability and require advanced troubleshooting, root cause analysis, or an engineered solution.
- Support Management of Change activities by providing unit requirements, operating context, and equipment knowledge needed to define safe and effective changes.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Business Travel Accident Insurance
- Occupational Accidental Death Benefit programs
- Company pension plan
- 401(k) plan
- Up to 6 weeks of paid vacation
- Up to 11 paid holidays
- Paid parental leave: 16 weeks for birthing parents and 8 weeks for non-birthing parents
- Short-term disability leave for up to 26 weeks at 100% or 50% of base pay
- Long-Term Disability insurance
- Financial reimbursement for adoption, wellness, education, and personal learning expenses
- Discretionary long-term incentives for some roles
- Flexible working hours and possibility of remote/mobile working
- Annual performance-related salary increase
- Training and development programs
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
