Production Engineer (58934)

LSB INDUSTRIES•Pryor Creek, OK

1d•Onsite

About The Position

LSB Industries is looking to hire a Production Engineer for our Pryor, Oklahoma facility. Reporting to the Manufacturing Manager and serving as a leader within the team. Production Engineer is the primary lead responsible for maximizing plant availability and capacity utilization (OEE). This Role serves as the “Operational Owner” of the assets. Production Engineer Uses Technical Oversight and cross departmental coordination to ensure the maintenance, engineering, and reliability efforts are focused on eliminating downtime and meeting production Targets.

Requirements

Experience within the PSM covered continuous Chemical/Process or Petrochemical Industry is required.
Working knowledge of fixed, rotating, and electrical equipment failure modes and works with operations team to perform failure mode analysis and root cause investigation with cross-functional team’s input.
The incumbent should have experience developing solid working relationships with operation personnel and must be willing to teach and mentor production personnel.
Physical ability to work around and on industrial equipment, including frequent climbing of stairs and ladders.
Willingness to work in a 24/7 continuous chemical processing facility around dust, chemicals, high temperature, loud noises, and running equipment.
Ability to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in designated areas (FRC, hard hat, safety glasses, gloves, steel-toed boots and hearing protection) in addition to full face respirator as necessary in emergencies.
Must be able to lift as much as 25 lbs.
This position is safety and security sensitive in nature.
This position deals with hazardous materials and/or industrial processes that can pose a risk to employees and the general public. This facility is required to comply with security standards under Department of Homeland Security (DHS) CFATS regulation 6 CFR Part 27.

Nice To Haves

Mechanical, Electrical, or Chemical engineering degree with 3 years’ experience

Responsibilities

Prioritize and communicate risks to equipment reliability and long-term operability of equipment. “Own the Potential Business Interrupters (PBI) process”.
Coordinates equipment strategies that improve long-term uptime of the plant. This includes identification of the critical spare equipment/spare parts and determination of their inventory parameters, based on asset care Strategy program.
Performs data analysis for lost production, correlates the reports with equipment reliability, and/or repair frequencies to identify bad actors and works with SME to develop measures to improve or replace the assets.
Leads or takes part in cross-functional teams, e.g., Reliability Centered Maintenance, Root Cause Analysis and Six Sigma Teams, Investigations, or Equipment Improvement Teams.
Prepares and submits monthly reports summarizing the status of reliability activities and PBI to the Manufacturing Manager.
Leads the Capital project input and budgeting process for his/her area of responsibility.
Supports Gate keeper to Develop and Prioritize maintenance outage and turnaround scopes. Coordinates with Maintenance & Reliability and project engineering teams for execution of work during outages
Manages Management of Change (MOC) process for assigned areas.
Supports Mechanical Integrity (MI) inspection program to own the risk and to coordinate strategies for mitigation/elimination of risk, including Piping, tanks, vessels and structural equipment. Prioritizes corrective actions and follow-up requirements identified.
Responsible for equipment improvement and complex maintenance repairs coordination with third party engineering partners.
Responsible for Turnaround (TA) scope, including scope development, prioritization, and change management in TA Preparation and execution.
Participate and engage in T2a, and T2b LSB Way process.