Reliability & Maintenance Engineer Job

Arkema has established itself as France’s leading chemical producer and a world leader in specialty chemicals and advanced materials. With annual sales of €8.8 billion and 20,000 people employed in some 55 countries, the Group pursues ambitious recruitment objectives both in France and around the world. Arkema offers diverse employment opportunities in 200 job functions and professions in four major fields: industrial, R&D, business, and support functions.

Reaching far beyond your discoveries!

Regarded as one of the world’s leading innovators, Arkema has made research one of the pillars of its strategy. For example by discovering new solutions to help reduce the weight of materials, hence cut down consumption. By developing innovative thermal insulation systems that can optimize the energy performance of buildings. Or by seeking new applications for its biosourced products at the service of greater sustainable development.

Innovative and durable solutions

Our high performance products have applications in wide-ranging areas, from new generation car batteries or telephones to recyclable wind turbine blades, from adhesives for the protective backsheets of solar panels to drinking water filtration systems, from running shoes and acrylic resins with no solvent and no volatile organic compound for 3D printing to molecular sieves for portable oxygen devices used by people suffering from respiratory failure… Joining Arkema means being part of a Group enjoying sustained growth that in little more than a decade has built up an exemplary achievement record, setting high ambitions for itself and for its employees. All our job opportunities are open to people with disabilities at equal merit or with equal skill levels.

SITUATION IN ORGANIZATION:

This position reports directly to the Reliability Engineering and Projects Manager.

JOB DIMENSIONS:

The Reliability & Maintenance Engineer will interface with the appropriate Arkema and contractor resources at the Houston site, support the development of new and improve existing plant reliability and maintenance systems.  In this role, the engineer serves as a site mechanical technical resource for equipment repair strategies and drive reliability & maintenance work processes.  Collaborates with plant leadership, process engineers, maintenance/production supervisors, plant operators, plant unit inspectors and maintenance craftsmen.

Responsible for complying with all AIMS HESQ policies & practices including ISO-9001, OHSAS-18001 and RCMS. Responsible for overall plant mechanical integrity, repair strategies and overall enforcement of best practice and regulatory/ industry standards – e.g. For example, ASME, API, NBIC, NACE, OSHA, EPA TCEQ, etc.  Supports the continual development of the plant Reliability program and assist maintenance & operations with day-to-day plant support.  Responsible for supporting the development of technical scope for plant turnarounds & outages.

KEY ACTIVITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

SAFETY HESQ: (5%)

• Participates in plant safety processes and programs.
• Participates in the investigation of mechanical related incidents.  This position may be assigned as the incident owner for incidents most likely caused by a mechanical equipment failure.
• Ensure plant projects are designed and installed in compliance with all applicable Codes and Standards.
• Support Management of Change (MOC) protocols for plant projects or reliability improvements.

Major responsibilities for the Reliability & Maintenance Engineer include but are not limited to the following:

• Provide technical support for plant projects, which includes, supporting project scope development, equipment specification, accepted good engineering design, and meeting client requirements. 10%
• Develops designs and specifications for plant equipment & parts. 5%
• Supports the plant’s rotating equipment program to reduce repair frequency. 10%
• Supports repair scope development for rotating and fixed equipment. 10%
• Supports the plant’s mechanical integrity program. 10%
• Assists in developing the plant workforce in techniques related to equipment reliability. 5%

• Trouble shoots equipment failures and tracks reliability/maintenance KPIs and trends. 10%

• Supports the development of maintenance strategies by troubleshooting/diagnose equipment failures, support development of repair scopes and support equipment selection for service conditions. (10%)
• Supports the maintenance planning and execution process. 5%
• Drives plant reliability improvement teams and supports continual development of plant reliability systems. (10%)
• Participate in the planning and execution of the plant turnarounds. 10%

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