Maintenance & Reliability Engineer

LaPorte, Texas, United States Apply until: Open until further notice

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.

In your future role as Maintenance & Reliability Engineer you will

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.

We believe you bring

Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering.

• Minimum 1 year of experience in Maintenance/Reliability Engineering in the chemical or refinery industry.

Great if you have

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 pumps, seals, gearboxes, agitators, and lubrication is necessary.

• Knowledge of API 510, API 653, and API 570 a plus

Have we got your interest?

This is an onsite permanent position on a full-time basis, reporting to the Maintenance Manager and based in the Battleground site.

Please apply via our online recruitment system. We will not accept applications via e-mail. Once it's with us we will review to see if we have a match between your skills and the role! For more information about our hiring process, visit: nouryon.com/careers/how-we-hire/

We look forward to receiving your application!

We kindly ask our internal candidates to apply with your Nouryon email via Success Factors.

About Nouryon

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If you’re looking for your next career move, apply today and join Nouryon’s worldwide team in providing essential solutions that our customers use to manufacture everyday products such as personal care, cleaning, paints and coatings, agriculture and food, pharmaceuticals, and building products. Our employees are driven by the wish to make an impact and actively drive positive change. If that describes you, we will gladly make way for your ambitions. From day one we support you with your personal growth, through challenging positions and comprehensive learning and development opportunities, in a dynamic, international, diverse, and proactive working environment.

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Vacancy data

Closing date

Open until further notice

Vacancy number

N0014188

Organization

Continent

North America

Country

United States

State/Region/Province

Texas

Site

LaPorte

Business

Integrated Supply Chain

Job characteristics

Job area

Engineering (all roles)

Hierarchy level

Professional/Experienced/Specialist

Full time/part time

Fulltime

Contract type

Permanent