Senior Maintenance Engineer

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Our people are at the heart of our solutions. They reflect the communities we live in and the world where we do business. Their diversity is our strength. We’re a community of relentless problem solvers that offers the daily opportunity to contribute with your perspective, transform industries and shape the future. Our purpose is simple - to deliver a sustainable future for the world through science and collaboration. If you’re looking for a challenge and meaningful role, you’re in the right place. 

About you and this role

As the Maintenance Engineer, you provide engineering support to address plant issues that are impacting production over a short period of time. You also provide technical expertise which may be equipment based or repair technique based that impacts the availability and maintainability of the facility. This role requires expanded conceptual and practical knowledge in own job discipline and broadens capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a subject matter expert in equipment failures and repair techniques during root cause investigations.

• Develop maintenance operating discipline.

• Provide technical expertise to plant personnel on troubleshooting failures, repairs, and evaluating whether equipment is designed to meet its intended or existing service conditions.

• Ensure that work requests include engineering input on repair details and if necessary, provide onsite/offsite technical support for deviations from this data, for equipment that is critical for the process.

• Ensure repairs, repair techniques and equipment specific training are documented and made available.

• Provide maintainability input to Global Project Methodology activities.

• Support the preventive maintenance coordinator, as required, in reviewing spare parts list for existing equipment.

• Enter quality, service and product performance information into the reporting system.

• Participate in developing the maintenance budget to support the maintenance strategy.

• Provide engineering input for work packages to ensure standards are followed, as required. Provide input on development of work orders during development of turnaround work particularly on critical equipment requiring engineering review or input.

• Provide equipment reliability and performance data to the technical resource networks for input into equipment purchasing requirements, evaluation of equipment performance, vendor performance, and modifications to MET.

• Complete EH&S orientation and all required training. Exhibit safe work behaviors and works safely without injury or insult to the environment. Fulfill all requirements of the production area and/or maintenance area EH&S.

• Support Industrial Hygiene and other EH&S work process activities. Incorporate safety considerations in planning and maintenance implementation. Understand impact of process chemistry with respect to materials of construction or lubrication.

• Use maintenance spending, reliability, and maintenance metrics for assigned area. Understand objectives of the Facility Maintenance Strategy for assigned areas and relevant history of equipment failures.

• Analyze impact of equipment failures on maintenance spending to identify improvement opportunities. Initiate reliability related MOCs and effectively implement change in own area of responsibility in coordination with appropriate leadership. Understand principles of Long-Term Cost of Ownership. Analyze and troubleshoot maintenance spending in assigned area with coaching.

Qualifications

• A minimum of a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or related field OR relevant military experience at or above a U.S. E6 ranking or Canadian Petty Officer 2nd Class (PO2/Sgt) Military ranking.

• 2 or more years of maintenance, engineering, manufacturing or related experience required.

• This role does involve elevated work greater than or equal to four feet above the ground.

• Must possess a TWIC card or be eligible to obtain a TWIC card. For information on TWIC eligibility requirements, please see: https://www.tsa.gov/for-industry/twic (If unable to access link, copy and paste in your browser).

• A minimum requirement for this U.S. based position is the ability to work legally in the United States.  No visa sponsorship/support is available for this positi