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Title: : Mechanical Reliability Engineer III
Location: 340 Meadow Road Edison NJ 08817 (Onsite)
Duration: 6 Months Contract with possible to get extension or to hire
Timings: 7:00AM to 4:00 PM
OSHA PPE? If yes, what PPE? Yes, Steel toe shoes and Nomex. Hard hat, gloves, glasses will be provided by the site
Is there any site-specific training we need to be aware of? COP on site will be provided.
Top 3 Must-Have Skills
1. Must have experience in troubleshooting rotating equipment
2. Must understand industry codes and standards (e.g., ASME, API, ANSI)
3. Must be able to support both expense and capital projects
Basic Function
Location: 340 Meadow Road Edison NJ 08817 (Onsite)
Duration: 6 Months Contract with possible to get extension or to hire
Timings: 7:00AM to 4:00 PM
OSHA PPE? If yes, what PPE? Yes, Steel toe shoes and Nomex. Hard hat, gloves, glasses will be provided by the site
Is there any site-specific training we need to be aware of? COP on site will be provided.
Top 3 Must-Have Skills
1. Must have experience in troubleshooting rotating equipment
2. Must understand industry codes and standards (e.g., ASME, API, ANSI)
3. Must be able to support both expense and capital projects
Basic Function
- This role focuses on supporting plant operation and reliability improvement efforts for both rotating and fixed assets at the site.
- Working in a team environment, it carries responsibility for implementing reliability best practices, developing, and optimizing preventive maintenance tasks, and supporting maintenance activities.
- The position interacts with other technical groups on site (process engineering, maintenance), corporate technical networks and peers, and vendors/suppliers as needed to resolve problems and improve plant reliability and performance.
- This position reports to the Reliability Manager.
Roles & Responsibilities
- Provides technical support to both operations and maintenance.
- Supports the Maintenance-Operations Workflow Process (MOWP) by developing or reviewing rotating machinery and fixed equipment scope for routine maintenance.
- Leads or participates in investigations and performs RCFA as appropriate.
- Supports Bad Actor identification and elimination.
- Shepherds the implementation of reliability improvements through operating and maintenance disciplines or implementation of expense and capital projects.
- Supports Turnarounds and Capital/Expense projects through scope development, engineering package reviews, drawing reviews, installation, and commissioning.
- Provides direction to planning on the necessary spare parts required for new/modified equipment installations.
- Utilizes specific procedures, programs, and methods to ensure unit needs are met and maintained.
- Updates and maintain equipment files as needed.
- Provides input to create or change BOM's.
- Leads the development of discipline specific MOCs and participate in PHA & MOCs that require cross-functional review.
- Ensures that rotating equipment reliability threats that cause a process safety concern are mitigated in an effective manner.
- Ensures procedures are in place for construction and repairs to comply with Recognized and Generally Accepted Good Engineering Practices.
- Monitor equipment performance and make improvement recommendations.
- Apply data analysis techniques to develop engineering solutions to repetitive failures and other problems that adversely affect plant operations including capacity, quality, cost, safety, environmental, and regulatory compliance issues
- Provide technical support/expertise within your discipline in the design and installation stages of projects for new assets and modification of existing assets to minimize life cycle cost and maximize asset availability
- Lead or participate in incident investigations and root cause analysis.
- Systematically define, design, develop, monitor, and refine an asset maintenance plan that includes:
- Value-added preventive maintenance tasks
- Effective utilization of predictive and other non-destructive testing methodologies designed to identify and isolate inherent reliability problems.
- Apply value analysis to repair/replace, repair/redesign and make/buy decisions.
- Participate in interdisciplinary reliability improvement teams to guide efforts to ensure reliability and maintainability of equipment, processes, utilities, controls, and safety systems.
- Provide technical support within your discipline to production, maintenance, project, and process engineering groups.
Min. Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field with minimum of Eight years of experience in the chemical or refinery industry.
- Basic understanding of industry codes and standards (e.g., ASME, API, ANSI)
- Strong interpersonal leadership skills are critical due to the requirement for effective communication of complex issues across the organization as well as for mentoring and consensus building.
- The successful candidate must exhibit an understanding of business drivers, management of change requirements, reliability processes, and maintenance workflow.
- The successful candidate must have strong commitment to safety, a high level of personal integrity, and dedication to conducting business in an ethical way.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience providing day to day Rotating Equipment technical support to a manufacturing unit.
- Experience providing technical support for projects, turnarounds, and outages.
- Predictive (PdM) and preventive Maintenance (PM) concepts
- Can support Component failure analysis and Reliability data analysis techniques.
- Ability to apply computer software tools (SAP and Meridiam are a plus)
Competencies
- Builds effective teams
- Collaborates
- Cultivates innovation
- Customer focus
- Demonstrates courage
- Drives results
- Ensures accountability
- Instills trust and exemplifies integrity
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Activities and duties will vary dependent upon functional area assigned.
- Activities may include but are not limited to: Discipline engineering lead: manage technical team for the discipline, provides expertise in defining technical requirements and complete design.
- Monitors the proper operation of mechanical equipment.
- Ensures proper maintenance to maximize reliability.
- Oversees the installation and maintenance of mechanical equipment.
- Prepares designs, specifications and technical documentation for Mechanical Engineering projects.
- Designs mechanical equipment by interpreting process design.
- Participates in the selection of suppliers and contractors.
- Performs the evaluation and inspection of Mechanical Engineering projects to ensure that standards and requirements are met.
- Reviews vendor design and documentation.
- Tests the functionality of mechanical equipment.
- Works with engineering support and equipment providers to address equipment shortfalls; recommends modifications.
- Performs engineering duties; develops, designs, and tests mechanical devices.
- Writes technical reports, handbooks, and bulletins for use by staff or customers.
- Estimates time and cost to complete projects. Research designs and makes recommendations based on appearance, safety, budget, and function.
Education, Experience, Skills and Knowledge.
- 10+ years of experience in the design of chemical plants and refineries, including furnaces, gas turbines, steam turbine design and thermal and combined cycle power plant system design.
- BS Degree P. E License.
- Note: The above major outgoing responsibilities describe only the essential job functions and are not intended to be a complete list of all duties and responsibilities.
- All job functions must be performed in accordance with Client Corporate policies and procedures.
