Maintenance & Reliability Engr

Nouryon•LaPorte, IN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Nouryon is a global, specialty chemicals leader. Markets and consumers worldwide rely on our essential solutions to manufacture everyday products, such as personal care, cleaning goods, paints and coatings, agriculture and food, pharmaceuticals, and building products. Furthermore, the dedication of approximately 7,650 employees with a shared commitment to our customers, business growth, safety, sustainability and innovation has resulted in a consistently strong financial performance. We operate in over 80 countries around the world with a portfolio of industry-leading brands. Maintenance & Reliability Engineer At Nouryon, our global team takes positive action every day, to reach higher collectively and individually. We create innovative and sustainable solutions for our customers to answer society’s needs – today and in the future. We are looking for team members who bring ideas forward, champion others and work together to do better. Does that sound like you? About the job Battleground primarily produces metal alkyls, sold primarily as co-catalysts to major thermoplastic resins and rubber manufacturers (producers of polyethylene, polypropylene, and EPDM). The product line is complex with over 30 metal alkyl products (plus formulations) produced at Battleground. Products are extremely hazardous (pyrophoric, meaning they ignite on contact with air) and are highly reactive with water. The site also manufactures High Purity Metal Organics (HPMO) for the semi-conductor and LED industries.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering.
Minimum 1 year of experience in Maintenance/Reliability Engineering in the chemical or refinery industry.
Knowledge pumps, seals, gearboxes, agitators, and lubrication is necessary.

Nice To Haves

Working knowledge of SAP Plant Maintenance Module.
Project management experience with small replacement projects for reliability improvements a plus.
Strong communication skills and problem-solving ability.
Ability to work independently and in teams that are multidisciplinary.
Knowledge of API 510, API 653, and API 570 a plus.

Responsibilities

Perform monthly bad actor analysis; establish proposals for bad actors to be eliminated in month to come.
Drive bad actor elimination by organizing and facilitating weekly RCPS workshops, updating asset strategies, and implementing technical improvements to equipment design and repair methods.
Provide troubleshooting support to operating units on equipment reliability including emergency work reviews.
Facilitate Root Cause Failure Analysis efforts for events/ incidents.
Facilitate disciplined and systematic equipment maintenance strategy development efforts; e.g by using criticality assessment and FMEA.
Actively participate in the capital projects process including providing reliability input to the Engineering Group for equipment design, specification and purchase.
Support Hazard Studies by providing reliability data of equipment and components.
Provide technical support and expert knowledge as required.
Actively support equipment improvement initiatives with technical knowledge.
Participate in and execute root cause problem solving; developing and implementing technical solutions.
Design and execute technical modifications.
Manage the Preventive Maintenance/Repair of a specified group of equipment such as HVAC/Chiller equipment.
Provide the necessary foundation for the maintenance team to perform precision maintenance and set the expectation.
Actively participate in MOC, Site Incident Investigation, and Environmental Compliance processes.