Maintenance Staff - Maintenance Center

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.


POSITION OBJECTIVE
This position exists to optimize the utilization of physical assets and technology resources to manufacture the highest quality products in the most efficient and effective manner, reduce costs, and increase operating profit. This position will strive to increase productivity and add value by integrating plant assets, personnel, technology, energy, effective maintenance, instrumentation, production, and material flow processes while sustaining a safe and healthful working environment that meets environmental, health, and safety regulatory and company requirements.
MAJOR AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY
Equipment Reliability: Provide Maintenance support to the operating units which will enable the Unit to achieve smooth operation, manufacture high-quality products, and avoid unscheduled process interruptions. This will be achieved by utilizing industries' best practices, benchmarking, and planning, abnormal analysis, initiation, and maintenance procedures.

Maintenance Performance: Communicate and work with operating units (maintenance and operations) continuously to establish equipment criticality and provide standby equipment for critical equipment. Historical files shall be established and well-maintained to correct diagnoses of equipment failures and performance of equipment maintenance.

Maintenance Support: Provide support to operating units to ensure proper knowledge on equipment. Provide maintenance support, including Preventative Maintenance, back-up programs, supporting technicians with necessary information and or scheduling training, and any other activity needed.

Initiate Action as the Critical Liaison: Coordinate with multiple departments, cross-functional representatives, and key external contacts/decision-makers on various decision-making processes to impact Department goals and optimal results.

Manage, Analyze, Integrate, and Administer Solutions to Improve Efficiency: Gather, compile, analyze, report, and make recommendations with critical impact on production planning, credit, quality, logistics, and customer service. Comply with company policy/procedures to streamline day to-day processes, workflow, and related practices.

THM: Promote cleanliness and order through the implementation of the Total House Keeping Maintenance program. Emphasize Nothing Touch Ground program and No Visual Pollution program. Maintain the plant in like new condition.

QUALIFICATIONS

Previous Related Experience Required
A minimum of ten (10) years of experience in the mechanical maintenance or similar field. Gearbox repair or rebuild experience is preferred.

Technical Skills Required to Perform This Job
• Personal computer and applicable software including the ability to learn new systems that the company introduces.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Good business writing ability.
• The ability to perform maintenance cost analysis, audits to maintenance departments.
• Prepare and review maintenance procedures.
Education
High school diploma or equivalent plus a minimum of 10 years of direct job-related experience required. A