I&E Reliability Engineer

INEOS•Pasadena, TX

About The Position

This role is part of the Bayport Reliability Group supporting plant operation and reliability improvement efforts. Working in a team environment, it carries responsibility for implementing reliability best practices, developing and optimizing preventive maintenance tasks, and supporting maintenance activities. The position interacts with other technical groups on site (process engineering, maintenance, and capital project groups), corporate technical networks and peers, and vendors/suppliers as needed to resolve problems and improve plant reliability and performance. The candidate is responsible for safe and efficient operation of assigned production unit using established operating discipline and procedures. The I&E reliability Engineer is responsible for maintaining the plant assets and protective systems integrity and to deliver established production targets set by the business.

Requirements

BS degree in Electrical Engineering with a minimum of 5-10 years relevant experience in the refining, petrochemical, chemical process, or power generation industries.
Strong interpersonal leadership skills are critical due to the requirement for effective communication of complex issues across the organization as well as for mentoring and consensus building.
The successful candidate must exhibit an understanding of business drivers, management of change requirements, reliability processes, and maintenance workflow.
The individual must have or develop basic proficiency in the following areas with the ability to develop into a subject matter expert in particular areas:
Basic understanding of industry codes and standards (i.e. IEEE, ISA, NFPA, NEC)
Instrumentation and measurement technology
Medium and low voltage power distribution, equipment, and controls
Safety Instrumented System specification, design, calculations, and implementation
Analysers and sample systems
Component failure analysis
Project Management
Basic Flow Calculations
Reliability Engineering concepts
Reliability data analysis techniques
Familiarity with Electrical Area Classification
Root Cause Failure analysis and Incident investigations
Basic knowledge in DCS Control systems and PLCs
Basic knowledge in SAP system
Predictive and Preventive Maintenance concepts
Ability to apply computer software tools (SAP, Microsoft Office, ExSILentia, Conval)
Strong understanding of Plant Instrumentation
Exceptional communication skills, both oral and written
Strong mechanical aptitude
Safety role model
Problem solving skills with data analysis ability
Ability to work cross functionally

Responsibilities

Maintain the safe and efficient operation of the production unit using established operating disciplines and procedures.
Ensure safety and environmental compliance is achieved.
Responsible for maintaining the plant assets and protective systems integrity.
Assist in defining and maintaining the correct operating envelopes for the organization.
Investigate when deviations outside of the operating envelopes occur.
Participate in the development of operating procedures and training materials.
Support PSM and Environmental efforts including Process Hazard Analyses (PHAs), Management of Change process, Risk Assessments and incident investigations.
Input, evaluate and approve MOCs
Conduct PSSRs for MOCs
Participate in PHAs as the instrumentation and reliability engineering representative
Understand and lead by example for all safety and environmental programs.
Report and address SHE near misses.
Complete all assigned action items from PHAs, incidents, audits, etc in a timely manner and keep status and plans for action items updated.
Maintain safety as the highest priority of the plant
Maintain the 20 Principles of Safety
Conduct routine AsCare tours and participate in audits.
Adhere to and uphold all safety policies and standards
Apply data analysis techniques to develop engineering solutions to repetitive failures and other problems that adversely affect plant operations including capacity, quality, cost, and regulatory compliance issues
Consult with peers at the site and across the company
Serve as a resource and conduit to share best practices and leverage operating improvement opportunities across the site and company
Provide technical support/expertise within your discipline in the design and installation stages of projects for new assets and modification of existing assets to minimize life cycle cost and maximize asset availability
Participate in the development of design and installation specifications and commissioning plans.
Participate in the development of criteria for and evaluation of equipment and technical MRO suppliers and technical maintenance service providers.
Develop acceptance tests and inspection criteria
Maintain awareness of emerging technology, assessing applicability to improve reliability and performance, or to reduce maintenance cost
Lead or participate in incident investigations and root cause analysis
Provide input to a risk management plan that will anticipate reliability-related and non-reliability- related risks that could adversely impact plant operations
Systematically define, design, develop, monitor, and refine an asset maintenance plan that includes:
Value-added preventive maintenance tasks
Effective utilization of predictive and other non-destructive testing methodologies designed to identify and isolate inherent reliability problems
Apply value analysis to repair/replace, repair/redesign, and make/buy decisions
Provide technical support to production, maintenance, project, and process engineering groups
Implement Safety Instrumented Systems that meet availability requirements by translating Process Hazard Analysis requirements into technical design specifications and preventive/predictive maintenance plans.
Provide backfill coverage for I/E engineers during absences or peak workloads.
Develop both short-term and long-term I&E reliability strategies, benchmarks, and continuous improvement plans.
Lead reliability improvement initiatives and identify reliability opportunities.
Perform root cause failure analysis (RCFA) and develop corrective action plans.
Support hazard and risk assessments, PHAs, MOC/LOPA, PSSR and other Process Safety Management programs
Ensure compliance with applicable industry codes and standards (ISA, IEC 61511, NFPA, NEC, API, etc.) in design, maintenance, and reliability practices.
Oversee I&E calibration programs, optimize spare parts inventory, and refine PdM/PM tasks based on reliability data.
Serve as a technical resource to operations, technicians, contractors, vendors, etc.
Develop and monitor asset management plans and reliability metrics (e.g., failure frequency, MTBF), and report findings to stakeholders.