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Mechanical Reliability Engineer
Engineers and Constructors International, Inc. (ECI)New Orleans, United StatescontractVerifiedPosted 14 Jul 2026
About the role
Join the ECI Group's Professional Technical Services Network as a onsite Mechanical Reliability Engineer. This an 18- 24-month duration from award based in the New Orleans (Waggaman) area. Note: You must be a US Citizen or Permanent US Resident to qualify for this position.
About our Client
Our client is developing and operating a major chemical manufacturing facility in Waggaman, Louisiana, producing Dimethyl Carbonate (DMC) and Ethyl Methyl Carbonate (EMC) for the battery supply chain. The site is a petrochemical/chemical manufacturing operation requiring engineering support for construction, commissioning, startup, reliability, maintenance, and operations activities
Job Summary
The Mechanical Reliability Engineer is responsible for improving the reliability, availability, maintainability, and safety of fixed and rotating equipment within a petrochemical manufacturing facility. This role provides technical leadership for reliability programs, identifies and eliminates repetitive equipment failures, develops maintenance strategies, and supports plant operations to achieve production, safety, environmental, and business objectives.
The Mechanical Reliability Engineer works closely with Operations, Maintenance, Inspection, Engineering, Turnaround, and Capital Project teams to optimize equipment performance throughout the asset lifecycle.Key Responsibilities
Reliability & Asset Management
About our Client
Our client is developing and operating a major chemical manufacturing facility in Waggaman, Louisiana, producing Dimethyl Carbonate (DMC) and Ethyl Methyl Carbonate (EMC) for the battery supply chain. The site is a petrochemical/chemical manufacturing operation requiring engineering support for construction, commissioning, startup, reliability, maintenance, and operations activities
Job Summary
The Mechanical Reliability Engineer is responsible for improving the reliability, availability, maintainability, and safety of fixed and rotating equipment within a petrochemical manufacturing facility. This role provides technical leadership for reliability programs, identifies and eliminates repetitive equipment failures, develops maintenance strategies, and supports plant operations to achieve production, safety, environmental, and business objectives.
The Mechanical Reliability Engineer works closely with Operations, Maintenance, Inspection, Engineering, Turnaround, and Capital Project teams to optimize equipment performance throughout the asset lifecycle.Key Responsibilities
Reliability & Asset Management
- Develop, implement, and continuously improve equipment reliability programs for plant assets.
- Analyze equipment performance data and identify opportunities to improve reliability, availability, and maintainability.
- Lead root cause failure analyses (RCFA) for significant equipment failures and chronic reliability issues.
- Identify failure trends and implement corrective and preventive actions.
- Establish and monitor key reliability metrics including Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF), Mean Time To Repair (MTTR), and equipment availability.
- Support reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) and risk-based maintenance (RBM) initiatives.
- Provide technical expertise for pumps, compressors, turbines, blowers, fans, gearboxes, and other rotating equipment.
- Evaluate vibration, lubrication, thermography, and other predictive maintenance data.
- Investigate recurring mechanical failures and recommend corrective actions.
- Develop equipment standards and best practices for installation, operation, and maintenance.
- Support commissioning, startup, and performance testing of new rotating equipment.
- Support reliability improvements for pressure vessels, heat exchangers, piping systems, storage tanks, reactors, and related fixed assets.
- Collaborate with inspection personnel to evaluate equipment condition and integrity.
- Review inspection findings and recommend repair, replacement, or mitigation strategies.
- Participate in corrosion control and mechanical integrity programs.
- Develop preventive and predictive maintenance plans based on equipment criticality and failure modes.
- Optimize maintenance tasks to improve equipment performance and reduce lifecycle costs.
- Review and update maintenance procedures, job plans, and equipment strategies.
- Support spare parts optimization and critical spare identification programs.
- Provide reliability input during design, procurement, installation, and commissioning phases of projects.
- Participate in plant turnarounds, shutdowns, and major maintenance activities.
- Review engineering designs to ensure reliability and maintainability requirements are met.
- Support equipment upgrades, modifications, and replacement projects.
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