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.
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.
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.
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.