Maintenance Millwright Technician

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?

Organizational Context and Job Purpose

INEOS Organization:

INEOS is a global manufacturer of petrochemicals, specialty chemicals and oil products. It comprises 15 businesses each with a major chemical company heritage. Its production network spans 65 manufacturing facilities in 16 countries throughout the world. INEOS products make a significant contribution to saving life, improving health and enhancing standards of living for people around the world. Its businesses produce the raw materials that are essential in the manufacture of a wide variety of goods: from paints to plastics, textiles to technology, and medicines to mobile phones - chemicals manufactured by INEOS enhance almost every aspect of modern life.

BUSINESS CONTEXT:

Ethylene oxide (EO) is an important building block for the preparation of a wide variety of EO derivatives (EODs), including various surfactants, as well as a host of other chemical intermediates including Glycol Ethers, Polyethlene Glycols, Ethanolamines, and Alkyl Alkanolamines. 

INEOS Oxide is one of the world’s leading producers of Ethylene Oxide (EO) and Ethylene Oxide Derivatives (EODs).  We currently have a total EO and EOD capacity of 920 kta spread across five different production units throughout Europe and the US. These units have leading cost economics, due to economies of scale, state-of-the-art technology, strategic locations, etc. Our EO project in the US is targeting the fast-growing merchant EO market, building on our experience and leadership position in Europe.

Purpose of the Job:

The Maintenance Millwright Technician will apply their technical expertise daily to ensure the safe and reliable operation of site mechanical equipment by executing assigned work according to plan and schedule, noting any job plan deviations, and providing input on improvement opportunities. 

The candidate is responsible for safe, efficient, quality repairs of mechanical equipment to maintain reliable plant operations. The Maintenance Millwright Technician will report to the Maintenance Supervisor as well as interact with Maintenance Planners, Reliability Specialist, and Reliability Engineer. 

Responsibilities and Accountabilities

Accountability 1: 

SHE

• Visibly supports and promotes the INEOS 20 Principles and the Culture of Prevention.
• All activities performed in accordance with established company, local, state, federal, and health safety, and environmental regulations and procedures.
• Safety improvement recommendations on all pre-existing processes.
• Verifies clear understanding of work scope, carefully reviews the type of work and potential safety or process reliability hazards.
• Takes appropriate action to initiate proper safety reviews (e.g., temporary job plan, confined space, hot work, etc.) when reviewing the work scope.
• Is aware of and responds to emergency protocols during shutdowns and startups

Accountability 2: 

Manufacturing Excellence

• Responsible for executing work per maintenance procedures in area of discipline and making recommendations for procedure improvements or noting discrepancies to the Maintenance Supervisor where applicable.
• Supports maintenance of asset condition per INEOS Asset Care guidelines.
• Responsible for coordinating with Asset Work Execution Supervisors on larger, more complex jobs including review of work scope with Operations, Execution Forces, Planner/Schedulers to verify clear understanding and development of timelines as needed.
• Trouble shoots failed/underperforming equipment to identify and/or eliminate root cause with the oversight of the Reliability Specialist or Reliability Engineer. 
• Serve as elevated technical resource in maintenance repair techniques for the asset. 

• Is accountable for maintaining PM compliance, schedule compliance, backlog management for mechanical asset. Provides support to engineering project teams that install, modify, or will affect mechanical equipment in the plant.
• Follows the progress of the projects ensuring that the mechanical equipment is installed correctly with all parameters being properly set for reliable operation.

Skills/Competencies

Level of Education & Experience in general

• High School Diploma/GED required
• At least 3 years of maintenance-related experience in a chemical, refinery, or industrial environment
• NCCER Millwright Certification preferred
• Possess a current, valid license to operate a motor vehicle

Technical Skills

• SAP experience in areas of Plant Maintenance
• Ability to utilize Microsoft Office Suite tools
• Ability to demonstrate a strong working knowledge of the process and personal safety and health practices applicable in the petrochemical industry.  This includes energy isolation, lockout tagout, work permitting, confined space entry, working from heights, hazard communication, lifting and hoisting, incident reporting and investigation, and MOC.
• Working knowledge of mechanical systems
• Knowledge of and experience with rotating equipment installation, inspection, maintenance and troubleshooting to include process centrifugal pumps, positive displacement pumps (gear and rod), diaphragm pumps, reciprocating and screw compressors, axial fans, centrifuges, centrifugal blowers, and gearboxes.
• Read and interpret work orders, equipment manuals, and drawings to perform required maintenance.
• Apply rigging and lifting devices as needed to remove and install equipment.
• Disassemble, repair, refurbish, and reassemble mechanical equipment per OEM specifications.
• Install and troubleshoot mechanical seals, bearings, and gaskets.
• Align shafts and couplings using laser and dial alignment.
• Install and align belt and pulley driven equipment.
• Lubricate mechanical equipment using best practices to prevent contamination.
• Participate in Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) and Incident Investigations.

Behavioral Skills

• Safety minded, demonstrated strong safety and environmental performance.
• Strong verbal as well as written communication skills (upward, lateral, and downward).
• Strong ability to work with others, team builder.
• Strong bias for action to identify potential problems and co-ordinate their resolution before they become an issue.
• Ability to manage work priorities to deliver performance improvements and reliability in a demanding work environment.
• Good analytical and organizational skills.
• Problem solver and change agent.
• Self-motivated, self-starter; able to work with minimal supervision.

ADA Physical requirements, visual acuity requirements and environmental conditions

Outside

Heavy Work:  Exerting up to 75 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects

• The worker is subject to inside environmental conditions:  Protection from weather conditions, but not necessarily from temperature changes.
• The worker is subject to outside environmental conditions:  No effective protection from the weather.
• The worker is subject to both environmental conditions:  Activities occur inside and outside.
• The worker is subject to extreme cold:  Temperatures below 32 degrees F for periods of more than one hour.
• The worker is subject to extreme heat:  Temperatures above 100 degrees F for periods of more than one hour.
• The worker is subject to noise:  There is sufficient noise to cause the worker to shout in order to be heard above the ambient noise level.
• The worker is subject to hazards:  Includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, electrical current, working on scaffolding and high places, exposure to high heat or exposure to chemicals working in tight or confined spaces.
• The worker is subject to atmospheric conditions:  One or more of the following conditions that affect the respiratory system or the skin:  fumes, Odors, dusts, mists, gases, or poor ventilation.
• The worker is subject to oils:  There is air and/or skin exposure to oils and other cutting fluids.
• The worker is required to wear a respirator.
• The worker is required to don a gas mask.

Inside:

Heavy Work:  Exerting up to 75 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects

• Subject to inside environmental conditions:  Protection from weather conditions, but not necessarily from temperature changes
• Employee must have the ability to see written documents, computer screens, and to adjust focus.
• Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction.   Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication and to make discriminations in sound.

PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

• Achieve SHE metric targets for safety and environmental incidents
• Meet or exceed plant production goals through efficient and effective equipment repairs
• Meet or exceed production reliability through efficient and effective equipment repairs
• AsCare, 20P, MOC/PSM compliance achieved
• Meet or exceed efficiency targets through quality equipment repairs
• Maintain effective schedule compliance
• Achieve plant department and personal metrics as defined in annual performance assessment

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.