Company:

INEOS Oligomers

Job title

Mechanical Engineer

Location

Chocolate Bayou, Alvin, TX - USA

Organizational context and job purpose

Organizational Context:

With LAO manufacturing facilities in Canada and Belgium, INEOS Oligomers is one of the large merchant suppliers of Linear Alpha Olefins (LAO).

LAO is used in a variety of industries, with the main markets being comonomers for polyethylene, feedstock for the production of lubricants, surfactants, lubricant additives, paper sizing chemicals, and base stock for drilling fluids. PAO is a synthetic lubricant.

As part of its growth strategy, INEOS Oligomers invested $500 million in a new world-scale LAO & PAO production facility to be located on INEOS Olefins & Polymers site in Chocolate Bayou, Alvin, Texas.

INEOS Oligomers is hiring a Mechanical Engineer that will report to the Maintenance and Reliability Manager

Purpose of the job:

the Mechanical Engineer will report to the Maintenance and Reliability Manager and act to:

achieve a safe and trouble-free commissioning and start-up,
support Operations and Maintenance in their day-to-day activities,
facilitate implementation of a preventive maintenance culture,
continuously improve maintenance organization capabilities to achieve best in class reliability,
maintain consistency and integrity of the static equipment components and systems, particularly in supporting plant modifications and minor betterment projects, and
support the implementation of a plant wide comprehensive technical and behavioral safety culture.
work with plant inspector to ensure continuous mechanical integrity of the plant fixed equipment.

Environment/Context:

Internal factors:

Safety performance, specifically shop and field execution safety performance
Plant Reliability & Availability
Maintenance organizational capabilities, knowledge base and know-how of maintenance technicians and planners.

External factors:

HSE compliance
Vendor support and know-how

Responsibilities AND Accountabilities

Major responsibilities for the Mechanical Engineer include but are not limited to the following:

Accountability 1: Act as static equipment technical Subject Matter Expert in support of Maintenance and Operations.

Be on call to provide technical support when needed,
Perform root cause failure analysis (RCFA) on static equipment component and system failures, develop and recommend corrective action proposals.
Work with plant inspector to ensure continuous mechanical integrity of the plant fixed equipment.
Advise and assist on-site mechanical technicians, planners and maintenance supervisors on static equipment component and system re-conditionings and repairs. Advise on modifications and improvements of maintenance re-conditioning and repair procedures and practices.

Accountability 2: Maintain consistency and integrity of all mechanical components and systems.

Take ownership of all mechanical related specifications and standards related to static equipment, and develop new ones where required or missing,
Ensure specifications and standards are followed for plant modifications and minor betterment projects,
Evaluate adequacy of plant inspection and testing programs to ensure integrity and availability of mechanical components and systems.

Accountability 3: Induce preventive maintenance, maintain and expand static equipment knowledge base, and drive continuous improvement of organizational capabilities to achieve best in class Reliability.

Keep all relevant re-conditioning and repair procedures, vendor information, specifications, and standards up to date, adapt to evolutions in available technology & lessons learned from corrective maintenance where appropriate,
Develop a risk-based inspection program proposal,
Monitor critical equipment and assist in the development and implementation of Preventive Maintenance programs,
Gather and classify all data and information pertaining to static equipment component and system failures and failure frequencies,
Perform all necessary analysis, conduct all necessary investigations involving vendors and subject matter specialists as needed to identify failure modes, and classify all findings,
Develop and implement action plans to eliminate identified failure modes, including but not limited to modifications and changes to:
- Static equipment component and system specifications and standards,
- Inspection, reconditioning and repair procedures, and
- Mechanical technician training documents and programs,
Develop and deliver refreshment training for mechanical technicians.

Accountability 4: Support plant modifications and minor betterment projects.

Review and approve all mechanical aspects of specifications of new equipment, and develop specifications for all new static equipment components and systems as introduced by such minor betterment projects,
Participate in pre-start-up safety reviews, and assist in punch listing, pre-commissioning, and commissioning of all plant modifications and minor betterment projects.
Participate as a technical advisor on maintenance turnarounds and minor betterment projects.

Accountability 5: Promote plant-wide Safety Culture.

Understand and apply company HSE practices, policies, and procedures,
Pro-actively demonstrate safe behaviors and demand safe behaviors from everybody associated with the Plant,
Comply with Process Safety Management requirements,
Participate and rigorously apply Management of Change procedure,
Participate where applicable in Job Risk Analyses (JRA), Process Hazard Analyses (PHA), HAZOP studies, Incident Investigations, and other safety studies,
Develop and document mechanical discipline specific JRAs,
Participate in plant safety observations, near miss and incident reporting, and other plant wide initiatives designed to drive Behavioral Safety.

Skills Required

Level of education & Experience in general

Minimum BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from an ABET accredited university.
5 or more years as a Maintenance or Reliability Engineer in a petrochemical plant or refinery.

Technical skills (preferred)

Strong engineering skills with a thorough knowledge of static equipment including piping, pressure vessels, heat exchangers, and storage tanks.
Experience with static equipment inspection and repair techniques.
Detailed knowledge of mechanical standards as applied in petrochemical industry and knowledge of various Codes (e.g. API, ASME, ANSI, NFPA).
Complete understanding of the engineering documents associated with mechanical design and equipment,
Demonstrated technical capability to assess vendor quotes against project objectives,
Demonstrated capabilities to assess work sequencing, optimize project planning, scheduling, and cost is a plus.
Experience with project cost and schedule control practices is a plus.
Knowledge and experience in setting up preventive maintenance plans on static equipment.
Ability to read P&IDs.
Prefer experience with SAP.
Fluent in English.

Behavioral skills (required)

Safety minded, demonstrated strong safety and environmental performance,
Good people management skills (leadership, delegation and particularly networking and influencing skills),
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,
Stress resistant and methodical,
Problem solver and change agent,
Inspiring and motivating,
Self-motivated, self-starter; able to work with minimal supervision.

Must be able to acquire a TWIC card

ADA Physical requirements, visual acuity requirements and environmental conditions

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to lift at least 50lbs, walking, climbing ladders/stairs, bending, reaching, pushing, and pulling. Must be able to perform climbing, lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling and manual operation of various size valves and equipment.
The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication parts at distances close to the eyes.
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.

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.