Sr Reliability Specialist

Delek USBig Spring, TX
Onsite

About The Position

The Reliability Specialist is responsible for providing technical guidance on operating units and equipment that maintains and improves the safety, environmental standards, overall reliability, and operating cost. The reliability specialist will demonstrate accountability for increasing equipment reliability by improving time between failures of industrial equipment while reducing equipment downtime and manufacturing costs. This role works collaboratively with the engineering functions as well as other departments to develop, implement and maintain standard mechanical and/or electrical processes incorporating industry best practices. The reliability specialist creates maintenance technical standards and standardized work practices in collaboration with subject matter experts. This role develops strategies to manage assets at peak performance, optimize lifetime return on investment, mitigate reliability risk, and supports capital improvements in support of long-term sustainable performance.

Requirements

  • 2 year / Associate Degree (Required) or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Six (6) or more years Oil & Gas or related experience.
  • Reliability Management
  • Asset Management
  • Fixed Equipment
  • Rotating Equipment
  • Oil & Gas Refining
  • Pipeline Knowledge (DKL)
  • Pressure Control Devices
  • Pressure Vessels
  • Process Piping
  • Process Safety
  • Turnarounds
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Communication
  • Analysis
  • Influencing

Nice To Haves

  • Lead Maintenance Technician-level trainer
  • Supervises newer reliability specialist work and onboarding
  • DKL - Participates in maintenance critical spare parts program

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical guidance on operating units and equipment to maintain and improve safety, environmental standards, overall reliability, and operating cost.
  • Increase equipment reliability by improving time between failures and reducing equipment downtime and manufacturing costs.
  • Collaborate with engineering and other departments to develop, implement, and maintain standard mechanical and/or electrical processes incorporating industry best practices.
  • Create maintenance technical standards and standardized work practices in collaboration with subject matter experts.
  • Develop strategies to manage assets at peak performance, optimize lifetime return on investment, and mitigate reliability risk.
  • Support capital improvements in support of long-term sustainable performance.
  • Act as a site incident investigation team member.
  • Participate in the Maintenance Strategy Process, including FMEA sessions, preventative maintenance task development, and one-time task design development.
  • Assist in writing maintenance execution procedures.
  • Collaborate to develop turnaround and unit shutdown planning and execution through participation in scope development, providing justification for work items, and providing technical support during shutdown/startup and outage timeframe.
  • Lead implementation of changes in maintenance procedures.
  • Develop equipment standards, procedures, and documentation, and resolve issues with repeat equipment failures.
  • Review and update P & ID’s and electrical one-line diagrams.
  • Serve as a trainer for Maintenance Technician-level personnel.
  • Supervise the work and onboarding of newer reliability specialists.
  • Participate in the maintenance critical spare parts program.

Benefits

  • Up to a 10% match on 401K on your hire start, with a vesting timeline of only one year.
  • Medical benefits that start on day one with a 30% premium rebate annually.
  • Access to the Calm app for FREE (meditation, stress management, better sleep).
  • Additional annual incentives through performance management program.
  • Pay for performance culture.
  • High bonus payouts.
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