PMX Maintenance Coordinator

Company:

INEOS US CHEMICALS COMPANY

Interested in joining a winning team? A team whose employees share in the ownership of the business and are empowered to make a difference?

INEOS Aromatics

From soft drink bottles to packaging trays, from clothing to carpet, INEOS Aromatics makes the chemicals used to produce many of the things we use in our daily lives.

Our main products include paraxylene (PX) and purified terephthalic acid (PTA). PTA is a raw material used in the manufacture of polyesters used to make fibers, textiles, film, and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles. PX is a feedstock for PTA production. We also produce meta xylene, a feedstock for PX production.  

We are comprised of a diverse team of engineers, scientists and business professionals dedicated to discovering practices to confront some of the world’s biggest issues. We are looking for people who can contribute to our passion for reinvention, have a collaborative spirit and challenge our thinking in our ambition to achieve net zero.

We care about how we deliver these essential products to the world. Above everything, the safety, reliability, and excellence in our operations is fundamental to our success.

Our sites and offices can be found around the world, in the United States, United Kingdom, China, Belgium, Indonesia and Taiwan.

In return for your excellent skills and abilities, we offer a competitive benefits package including health, dental & vision insurance, 401K match (up to 9%), STD/LTD, paid dependent care days, Life Insurance/Accidental Death and Dismemberment, 9 paid holidays, 2 personal days and paid vacation.

Job Title:

Maintenance Coordinator

Role synopsis:

The Maintenance Coordinator manages maintenance activities and operations interfaces that occur in their assigned unit or area. These include day-to-day, emergencies, planned and unplanned unit outages and any other maintenance related activities. They are the key contributor toward ensuring the maintenance identification/planning/scheduling/execution of work processes are adhered to and ensuring alignment of maintenance priorities with the objectives of delivering 100% compliance and high asset availability. This position has fixed budgetary responsibility.

Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Must be aware of the operating status and equipment issues in respective operating area.
• Manage all maintenance related activities for assigned area to support safety, cost control and reliability
• Ensure all maintenance preparation activities are properly communicated to and executed by Operational teams as aligned with the daily/weekly maintenance schedules
• Manage and prioritize notifications in area – Ensure high productivity of operating personnel by screening notifications and managing backlog and aging notifications
• Manages Operating area work backlog.
• Communicate weekly and daily maintenance schedule to the shift teams
• Provides input and priority of jobs related to the 3 week look-ahead schedule for operating area
• Supports fixed costs control of direct Maintenance spending for assigned area
• Coordinate with shift team to ensure equipment is prepared for maintenance as required and unit operational needs are considered when maintenance is planned
• Participate in weekly scheduling meetings
• Accountable for accurate leak repair management plan is in place and that temporary MOCs are managed for temporary repairs
• Supports operations and maintenance to ensure environmental compliance is maintained (LDAR, DOR, Temporary Repair, etc.) to minimize impact on the environment and support site Environmental Management System (EMS)
• Unit SAP representative
• Provides support and verification for isolation/blinding activities and approve permitting (Hot work/Entry) for routine day-to-day (M-Thu) maintenance activities
• Supplemental emergency unit operations support as needed on day shift and provide 24-hour (on-call) assistance
• Recommend improvements to plant maintenance processes
• Accountable for creation safety action plans per TCC policies
• Must develop and maintain Shift Leader capability to support backfill capability on a scheduled or an emergency basis.

Operations/Reliability

• Recognize opportunities for defect elimination and/or repeat failures and engage the unit engineers
• Prioritize maintenance activities (tactical, strategic, break-in) through defined maintenance work processes
• Performs responsibilities as outlined in the site Maintenance Work Process
• Ensure effective interface with maintenance in order to support an efficient maintenance work process
• Maintains priority for long-term infrastructure of the complex, including fireproofing, steam tracing, asbestos abatement, electrical integrity, insulation, painting, lighting, corrosion protection, and operator facilities repairs
• Provide input to annual maintenance scope
• Assures required maintenance items in Meridium exception reports are entered in SAP and prioritized
• Assures creation and execution of LOTO procedures in conjunction with procedure developers
• Take action to sustain or improve operation performance based on output from unit health monitoring and equipment performance monitoring activities

Troubleshooting

• Supports troubleshooting all equipment-related unit problems.
• Contributes to determine the root cause when the source of an upset or problem is not immediately obvious by providing necessary maintenance support/input

TAR / Project Management

• Represents assigned unit on maintenance/turnaround related issues and at related meetings
• Serves as unit TAR core team member for planning and unit supervisor team member during TAR execution
• Responsible for TAR work list development and management
• Operations representative for all sustaining, gap closure, reliability, safety and environmental projects including during field execution.

Education/Experience:

• Degree required:  HS Diploma or GED
• Number of Years’ Experience Preferred for Entry: 8+ years in plant operations
• Number of Years’ Experience Required for Competency: 8+ years
• Certifications Required: ability to obtain unit/area qualifications
• Language(s) Needed: Must have excellent communications skills in English

Technical Skills:

• Technical Discipline
• Unit Specific Competencies
• Operations Competencies

Behavioral Skills:

• Performance Bias
• Wise Decisions
• Business Insight
• HSSE Skills
• Taking the Lead
• Interpersonal Skills
• Partnership & Teamwork
• Digital Skills
• Innovation

Legal Disclaimer:

 If you are selected for a position in the United States, your employment will be contingent upon submission to and successful completion of a post-offer/pre-placement drug test (and alcohol screening/medical examination if required by the role) as well as pre-placement verification of the information and qualifications provided during the selection process. 

Safety remains and always will be our number one priority in INEOS. Our US locations now require all new hires to provide one of the following as a condition of employment:

• Proof of Covid-19 vaccination, or

• Willingness to obtain the vaccine before hire date (under this option, proof of vaccination is a condition to any offer of employment and must be provided prior to commencement of employment), or

• Validation of your religious or medical exemption

INEOS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other prohibited ground of discrimination.

Our culture is one of honesty and integrity with an emphasis on safety, health and environmental performance.On our team, people are acknowledged for embracing new practices that help create real value for customers.