Senior Maintenance Engineer

ECOVYST CATALYST TECHNOLOGIES LLC•Long Beach, CA

1d•$120,000 - $1,450,000

About The Position

The Senior Maintenance Engineer is responsible for ensuring the plant’s equipment operates safely, at the highest capacity, with the highest possible on-stream time, for the lowest long-term cost of ownership. This position requires sound mechanical knowledge and understanding of all equipment families to provide hands-on support to the maintenance team. The base salary range for this position in as for the job description criteria as listed is $120,000 to $145,0000 annually. Our salary ranges are determined by market data based on position and level. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum salaries for that position. Where an individual's pay falls within the range is determined by factors including, but not limited to, location, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. In some cases, compensation may fall outside of this range depending on factors, including a candidate's qualification, skills, competencies, experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Rewards package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from four-year college or university or equivalent combination of education and experience. Mechanical engineering preferred.
5 plus years of relevant maintenance and reliability experience, preferably in a chemical, petrochemical, or refinery production plants with emphasis on planning, scheduling, and executing maintenance activities.
API, ASME, ANSI Codes and Standards
Formal Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) training/certification
SAP experience
Strong knowledge of applicable HSE procedures/practices such as Permit to Work, Energy Isolation, Respiratory Protection, PPE, Emergency Response
Understanding of Maintenance/Process Technology to include vibration analysis, Lubrication, thermal imaging and temperature measurement, flow measurement,
Ability to work with all levels of organization and sell ideas through presentations.
Ability to instruct and train others.
Proven analytical troubleshooting/problem-solving skills; able to apply them to assess and improve equipment reliability.
Strong, clear, and concise communication (written and verbal).
Competent computer skills with working knowledge of MS Office programs and databases.
Team player able to build productive and positive working relationships with cross-functional teams.
Ability to handle multiple competing activities/projects simultaneously.
Works well under pressure – ability to meet tight deadlines with quality results.

Responsibilities

Being a change agent, inspiring discipline, efficiency, and accountability to the maintenance workforce in the overall execution of day-to-day activities.
Provide technical assistance to Maintenance Planners and Supervisors for creation of job packages for all classes of equipment such as fixed (i.e. tanks, pipe, etc.), rotating equipment (i.e. mechanical seals, turbine overhauls, bearing designs, etc.), I&E (i.e. analyzers, flow meters, switchgear, etc.).
Work with Planners/Schedulers/Maintenance Supervisors to establish work processes that will help improve efficiency of the scheduling and execution of daily, weekly, and monthly work orders to improve the management of the backlog – especially of regulatory PMs.
Performs field audits regarding planning and scheduling effectiveness.
Assist with Process Safety Management (PSM) compliance as it relates to mechanical integrity, engineering design, relief devices, process safety information, maintenance related procedures and all applicable document retention requirements.
Routinely reviews backlogs and/or MI compliance reports to ensure all critical PM/PDMs and MI inspections are scheduled/completed within established time limits.
Establish, track, communicate, and improve Maintenance KPIs and metrics that demonstrate the effectiveness of the Maintenance Work Processes
Be a custodian of the plant’s HSE policies and procedures, particularly as it relates to design, planning, and field execution of work.
Supports Reliability Engineer with optimization of preventative, predictive, and condition-based maintenance based on failure and inspection history. Coordinate the administration of the program including the control of all data and the specification of the content and frequencies of work and inspections.
Support Operations and Maintenance on troubleshooting failures, repairs and evaluating whether the equipment is designed to meet its intended or existing service conditions.
During repairs, closely follow jobs to ensure that repair details such as clearances, tolerances, materials of construction, welding procedures, etc. are provided and documented. Provide technical support and involve asset subject matter experts and suppliers/vendors as needed.
Coordinate and direct Predictive Maintenance activities such as vibration analysis, ultrasonic inspection, thermography, and oil analysis.
Provides equipment surveillance to assure performance as expected or impending issues are recognized and acted proactively. Works closely with the Condition Monitoring team to assure equipment health is monitored and when actions are necessary works closely with Condition Monitoring, Maintenance, and Operations to develop effective mitigation actions.
Recommend (to operations and maintenance) items to include in turnaround work. During turnarounds, ascertain conditions of mechanical equipment--working with Inspectors and Maintenance personnel. Provide input into post-turnaround reports.
Leads Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) teams to diagnose equipment failures and drive corrective actions utilizing expertise on failures and repair techniques.
Implement and monitor the effectiveness of corrective actions on a regular basis resulting from RCFA’s, audits, and assessments.
Work with operators to maintain/operate equipment in excellent working condition through the generation/updating of Standard Operating Procedures and training.
Identify, evaluate, and implement knowledge and good practice transfer between the plant engineers for technical optimization.