Reliability EngineerRequisition Number: PPSV17392
Job Title: Reliability Engineer
Area of Interest: Engineering
Division: Plant Services
Country: United States
State/Province: Arkansas
City: Magnolia
Job Description: The Shaw Group provides premier engineering, design, construction, and maintenance services to government and private-sector clients in a wide array of industries, including the energy, environmental, infrastructure, and emergency response markets.
Summary:
Under the general direction of the Reliability Manager and in coordination with the operations and engineering departments, the Reliability Engineer provides technical support for the maintenance department. This must be performed with universal compliance to HS&E procedures/regulations. The goal is to optimize the on-stream efficiency of the facility within budget or agreed upon deviations without sacrificing the long term objectives.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. The individual must personally set a good example with all rules and regulations to achieve 100% universal compliance with Health, Safety & Environmental Procedures/Regulations.
2. The individual is responsible for setting long and short term objectives goal and plans.
3. The individual must ensure that the personnel assigned to him know their job function and they are held accountable for actions. Works at developing their knowledge base and given the opportunity to grow.
4. Develop and coordinates the PPM (Predictive/Preventive Maintenance) programs to insure all HS&E (Health Safety & Environmental) procedures/regulations are met.
5. Insure the personnel perform quality work and address/correct any deficiencies.
6. Insure compliance with state, local and LaRoche codes which shall include but not limited to pressure vessels, safety relief valves and boilers.
7. Monitor and document findings during scheduled maintenance outages. Provide analysis on equipment life and recommendations for correction.
8. Must have a working knowledge of the appropriate ANSI, API, ASME, ASTM and NFPA codes to make valid decisions/recommendations.
9. Analyze and evaluate on-stream deficiencies to improve reliability for the facility and insure compliance with HS&E.
10. Evaluate current plant equipment and make recommendations to standardize equipment. This shall include but not limited to selecting the correct materials of construction, safety factor, design to handle the design condition upsets, eliminate plant bottlenecks and meet plant strategic goals.
11. Evaluate, monitor and modify downtime reports as required to improve plant operation.
12. Evaluate and make recommendations based on downtime trends to eliminate deficiencies.
13. Use Pareto Analysis when analyzing downtime statistics to analyze the top ten major problems.
14. Work with the maintenance personnel to understand the key issues and identify ways to improve the operation by using good engineering judgments and solutions.
15. Evaluate the high cost maintenance issues and make recommendations to reduce costs. Look at the total cost of maintenance including direct and indirect. Use the Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ) for maintenance issues to insure the total cost is considered when making a decision also considering the total replacement value.
16. Trouble shoots equipment problems, evaluates failures, provide technical assistance to modify the system using good engineering and maintenance practices.
17. Determine the Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) for on-stream deficiencies and evaluate all options and make recommendations to optimize the reliability while evaluating the economic impact.
18. Document the findings and cost analysis to justify the recommendations.
19. Conducts the preliminary planning to define the scope of work based on the facilities while working with other groups to insure the plants objectives are met. This must include the identification of plant rate limitations to prevent from meeting strategic goals.
20. Establish working budget, schedule and other work control procedures, including safety. Issue regular progress reports and other information to reflect on going work.
21. Prepare design information and the documentation for the assigned capital expenditures, major maintenance and/or construction activities they are assigned.
22. The individual should stay abreast of the latest technology through professional organizations, periodicals, consultants, sales personnel, etc. to insure the plant remains competitive.
23. Provides training and re-training as required
KNOW-HOW:
Education: A Bachelor of Science in Engineering, preferable a mechanical, electrical or chemical engineering; is required.
Job Experience: Desirable to have a minimum of 5 years experience in a chemical process facility with exposure to maintenance practices with exposure to supervisor responsibilities. Must have experience with PPM programs, problem solving RCFA, and identifying priorities. Must have a working knowledge of appropriate ANSI, API, ASME, ASTM and NFPA codes.
Skills Required: Must recognize from a human relations standpoint, that the maintenance and production personnel can be his greatest asset and fully involve them in the decision making process. Must have the ability to plan, schedule and prioritize multiple activities to insure they met the defined objective. Must have the skills to effectively convey and communicate what is required for their job. Adept at learning process implications and working under minimal supervision.
Human Relations: Strong human relation skills are required to work with both technical and non-technical personnel in diverse jobs from maintenance to operations to support staff personnel.
PROBLEM SOLVING:
Nature of Thinking: Solving problems require a familiarity of the plants operations and available support functions. It requires human relations skills. Most problems have historical precedents which can be used as reference but must investigate other alternatives. Must not be bound by pervious approaches to problems or methods of operation. Must be able to recognize the Root Cause of Failures and not deterred by non relevant findings.
Thinking Environment: Consultation with the Reliability Manager is readily available during the normal work week and can be called at home or called out other times. However, emergency situations may not allow time to consult before decisions must be made.
ACCOUNTABILITY:
Impact: Is accountable for making technically correct decisions and calculations. Must effectively analyze the situation and weigh the options prior to making the decision. The decision can have a major impact on HS&E issues as well as costs and operation of the facility.
Thinking Environment: Their job is basically unstructured. He/she can decide when and where to spend his time to most effectively do their job. They will consult with the Reliability Manager and other plant management for priorities.
CONFIDENTIALITY:
Proprietary technical and strategic information must be guarded as well as performed.
OTHER FACTORS:
Is expected to be on call to come out to the plant at any time to help with problems.
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