Technician, Mechanical

NextDecade•Brownsville, TX

29d•Onsite

About The Position

The Maintenance Technician, Mechanical conducts daily mechanical maintenance execution activities, ensuring safe, quality work practices while maximizing equipment availability across the facility. The role participates in mechanical maintenance for breakdowns and corrective and preventive work, supports turnarounds as required, and completes assigned activities safely and to a high standard. The Senior Technician is part of the Mechanical extended leadership team and may provide coverage and support to the Supervisor during absences or periods of high volume. The position is located in Brownsville, Texas. The technician helps review preventive and corrective maintenance plans and maintenance documentation, including work instructions, job safety analyses, safe work method statements, permits, and document markups. The role works with Engineering, Operations, Safety, Procurement, Training, Planning, specialist vendors, contractors, apprentices, and other departments. It includes permit-holder responsibilities, maintaining training and competency compliance, participating in required maintenance and HSSE meetings, and serving on the Emergency Response Team to support on-site emergencies. The position operates in a complex construction environment, indoors and outdoors, with exposure to weather, mechanical parts, electrical circuits, and distracting noise. Work may involve confined spaces and elevated structures. The role requires wearing necessary PPE, moving throughout the facility, and meeting the stated physical demands, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Experience executing mechanical maintenance activities.
Competence interpreting engineering drawings and documentation.
Exceptional working knowledge of CMMS systems such as SAP or similar.
Experience developing and reviewing critical maintenance procedures.
Exceptional working knowledge of an MOC process.
Experience in frontline leadership during turnarounds.
Relevant LNG mechanical pipefitter maintenance experience, including piping fabrication or repair using welding processes as required (SMAW, GTAW, GMAW), and blinding pipes, vessels, tanks, and exchangers for operations and maintenance.
Mechanical LNG experience with turbomachinery, compressors, loading arms, PSV's, pumps, motors, vessels, valves, actuators, fin fans, and flange management.
Computer literacy in word processing, spreadsheet, and database applications.
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
Hands-on approach to work.
Ability to obtain Transportation Worker Identification Credentials (TWIC).
Ability to lift up to 40 pounds unassisted, push or pull with up to 50 pounds of force, and grip objects with up to 50 pounds of force.
Ability to perform frequent standing, walking, balancing, and stair and ladder climbing; regular reaching, bending, stooping, handling, and spinal twisting; and use of hands, arms, and legs to lift and move machinery or mechanical components.
Ability to wear necessary PPE and work in indoor and outdoor weather conditions, including hot, cold, wet, humid, or windy conditions, and around moving mechanical parts, electrical circuits, and potentially distracting noise.
Ability to stand and/or sit continuously and perform job functions for a full shift; retain full mechanical motion and use of all extremities; and walk, stand, bend, stoop, kneel, reach, twist, lift, push, pull, climb, balance, crouch, handle, and lift items weighing up to 20 pounds without assistance.
Visual acuity, corrected as needed, to perform job functions, including close, distance, color, peripheral, and depth vision and ability to adjust focus.
Ability to communicate clearly by radio, phone, and verbally.
Ability to enter confined spaces and work at elevated heights or access elevated structures without assistance, if required.

Nice To Haves

Technical degree in Industrial Mechanical or a similar field.
NCCER certification in Millwright, Pipefitter, or Boilermaker.
Five or more years of hydrocarbon or petrochemical experience in a Mechanical Maintenance Technician role.

Responsibilities

Demonstrate a proactive safety attitude and follow safe work practices, lifesaving rules, and permitting processes.
Promote safety and wellbeing for the execution team, set a positive safety culture, and support compliance and continuous improvement for apprentices and contractors.
Communicate and collaborate with Engineering, Operations, Safety, Procurement, Training, Planning, specialist vendors, contractors, and other departments.
Provide initial support and ongoing review of preventive and corrective maintenance plans.
Participate in reviewing maintenance documentation, including work instructions, job safety analyses, safe work method statements, permits, and document markups.
Participate in mechanical maintenance execution for breakdowns and corrective and preventive maintenance at the facility.
Provide support to turnarounds as required.
Safely complete assigned activities to a high standard.
Perform permit-holder requirements for work execution at RGLNG.
Maintain personal training and competency compliance.
Participate in required maintenance meetings, including HSSE meetings, pre-start meetings, and tailgates.
Participate as a member of the Emergency Response Team to support on-site emergencies.
Drive to other Company work locations as required and move throughout the facility, including to designated muster points during emergencies.