Maintenance Technician (Machinist) - LDPE

Company Overview for Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A.

Founded in 1978, Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A. (Formosa Plastics) is a growing, vertically-integrated supplier of plastic resins and petrochemicals. With annual revenues of more than $5 billion, we employ over 2,800 people who operate 20 production units in six business divisions - Olefins, Polyolefins, Vinyl, Specialty Polyvinyl Chloride, Chlor-Alkali, and Oil & Gas.

Formosa Plastics offers a full line of polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene and polypropylene resins, caustic soda and other petrochemicals that deliver the consistency, performance and quality that customers demand. We market our polypropylene and polyethylene resins under the Formolene® tradename; we market our suspension PVC and specialty (dispersion) PVC resins under the Formolon® tradename. We also produce and sell caustic soda, ethylene dichloride, commercial bleach and hydrochloric acid.

We are committed to supplying the highest quality products and services to our customers, providing a safe and healthy workplace for our employees and contributing to the quality of life in the communities where we operate. This commitment is made possible through our dedicated people, consistent products, continued protection of the environment and ongoing investments in new product development, quality control systems and safe, modern and energy-efficient production facilities.

Formosa Plastics is a privately held company headquartered in Livingston, New Jersey. Our core business, producing plastic resins and petrochemicals, takes place at three wholly-owned chemical manufacturing subsidiaries located in Delaware City, Delaware, Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Point Comfort, Texas.


I. POSITION OBJECTIVE
To rebuild, maintain, and repair LDPE high-pressure equipment and components in accordance with OEM specifications and the highest industry standards, while ensuring personal safety and maintaining a clean, organized, and safe machine shop, office, and immediate work areas.
II. MAJOR AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY
• Execute the work order assignment in an efficient and safe manner and quality
workmanship.
• Care and manage the tools necessary in work performance, theirs or the departments.
• Supply and have available the necessary tools for work performance per the FPC policy directives and purchase replacement tools in the event of loss or damage.
• Provide the engineers a root-cause diagnosis for each equipment failure.
• Provide information to the engineer and supervisor for observations in the field of abnormal situations and possible failure even if they fall outside the steward’s immediate area of responsibility.
• Cross training with another steward for the purpose of back-ups and coverage during vacation or time off.
• Complete required training to become qualified rigger and signal person.
• Review of historical file to ensure that your equipment history is accurate and representative of all failures, special notes and changes are inclusive for the benefit of any other steward who may be called out to perform work on your equipment.
• Accurately and neatly fill out work orders to ensure that engineer and data entry clerk can perform their responsibilities efficiently.
• Update P.M. work scope to accurately reflect the work performance.
• Modify each to fit the specific equipment for which the scope is assigned.
• Participate in total housekeeping management.
• Report any production loss, safety incident, or environmental spill resulting from performance of your work in the area of your responsibility.
• Study and suggest improvements that will lower costs in your individual area of responsibility, discuss with the supervisor and engineer to determine if they can be performed without effect to design or process and within the parameters and guidelines of FPC Policy.
• Study and maintain proficiency in technical responsibilities, be prepared to be tested and assessed in your abilities to perform your job skills, including knowledge of the department and equipment S.O.P.’s.
• Assume the responsibilities as a PIC (person in charge) of Contract or Unit Rate Work packages to direct their activities, monitor and update their progress, and ensure their work quality in order to complete their work scope as required.
• Adhere to all company policies and procedures including but not limited to, ISO, personnel, quality, environmental, health, safety, regulatory and company requirements.
• Work well with others in a team environment.
• Work outside normal shift hours as needed.
• Maintain regular and reliable attendance.
• Comply with NTG (Nothing Touching the Ground) requirements. Including daily audits.
• Be active in Operation Clean Sweep, and ensure employees are aware of and accountable for pellet loss prevention, containment, cleanup and disposal.