Maintenance Mechanic

Texas, United States of America

Job Family Group:

Production and Manufacturing Downstream

Worker Type:

Regular

Posting Start Date:

Business unit:

Downstream and Renewables

Experience Level:

Experienced Professionals

Job Description:

What’s the Role?

The Shell Houston Lube Oil Blending Plant (LOBP) is in Texas, Galena Park, USA. HLP is the world’s largest Lubricant Blending and Packaging plant and produces branded products such as Pennzoil, Quaker State, Rotella T, Helix, and other Shell branded lubricants. HLP is committed to a world class maintenance and engineering team to meet our overall strategy.

Shell is seeking for Maintenance Mechanic to join us at the Shell Lubricants Plant in Galena Park, TX.

The Mechanic will be responsible for safely performing maintenance on Production Equipment within the facility. This role includes preventative, reactive, routine, and non-routine Maintenance.

Responsibilities:

• Comply with all HSSE regulations, policies, standards, practices and actively participate in improving plant safety culture

• Operate tools and machinery to affect assigned work. This may include welding, rotating equipment, solids & liquids transfer systems, chemical hazards, and other work in an industrial facility

• Perform preventive and corrective maintenance work as assigned. Can include, but not limited to: Pump rebuilds, piping rebuilds, filter changes, and other repairs to plant equipment. This will include using a laser alignment tool, sheave alignment tools, belt tension tools

• Use computer in daily routine, including data entry into computerized management maintenance system

• Read and comprehend drawings including, but not limited to plant layout, P&ID, equipment drawings

• Understand piping systems and their uses, including knowledge of and adherence to plant piping standards

• Work in a lubricants manufacturing environment

• Identify and implement equipment improvements to increase plant reliability

• Communicate to operations employees, supervisors, and others regarding the identification of problems and completion of jobs in their area both verbally and in writing

What we need from you

• Must have legal authorization to work in the US on a full-time basis for anyone other than current employer

• Must have a minimum of 2 years of current and continuous industrial mechanic, or millwright experience, preferably in the high-speed packaging industry

• Must possess one of the following in a mechanical craft discipline:

  • Union/Company Apprenticeship

  • An associate degree in a mechanical field

  • Military Maintenance A School

  • Trade school certificate

• Preferred minimum of 2 years’ experience with high-speed packaging and rotating equipment including but not limited to::

  • Fillers, (volumetric and weight)

  • Cappers

  • De-palletizers

  • Stretch Wrappers

  • Conveyors (overhead)

  • Drum Filling equipment

  • Bottle checking equipment.

  • Chains, Sprockets, shafts, bearings, gear boxes etc.

  • Drop Packers

  • case erectors

  • Bottle squeezers

  • Photo eyes

  • Proximity switches

  • HMIs

  • PLCs

  • Electrical troubleshooting

  • Pumps, Motors and Gearboxes

  • Hydraulic equipment

• Must have the ability to use Hand Tools

• Must have the ability to read drawings

• Must have the ability to take field measurements

• Must have the ability to install and remove equipment

• Must have the ability work off JLG and scissor lifts

• Must have the ability to operate a forklift

• Have the ability use welding and torch are a plus

Additional Requirements:

• Must be at least 18 years old

• Willing to work outside in inclement weather with or without accommodation

• Able to communicate effectively with colleagues, customers and stakeholders

• Willing to work in compact and confined spaces with or without accommodation

• Willing to climb ladders, and scaffolding, walk up and down steps, and work at heights with or without accommodation

• Willing to work overtime

• Possess a current, valid license to operate a motor vehicle in the United States

• As a part of the pre-employment selection process, candidates are required to submit to and receive satisfactory results from all pre-employment background, drug,