Reliability Engineer Job

JOB SUMMARY

This position is in the Engineering and Reliability Department and reports to the Engineering and Reliability Manager.

Plant refrigeration system reliability engineer:

• Provides guidance on refrigeration equipment design.
• Drive continuous improvement of refrigeration equipment reliability.
• Develops 5-year capital plan for refrigeration equipment.   
• Perform Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for refrigeration equipment.
• In conjunction with Capital Project team, Process and Production Engineers implement refrigeration system improvement projects.
• Support other plant reliability initiatives as needed. 
• Supports Arkema Clear Lake Mechanical Integrity, Maintenance, Operations, Turnaround, Capital Project, Process Technology, and HES teams.
• Accountable for interaction in a team environment and works closely with plant personnel and contractors.
• Must provide metrics and accountability driven leadership and show a high degree of self-motivation and initiatives.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Daily refrigeration system reliability activities - 40%
  • Leadership- accountability for development, implementation, and continuous improvement of the Clear Lake Plant refrigeration equipment reliability program to become model for other plants in Coating Solutions Platform
  • Responsible for establishing appropriate team to set targets and continuously improve for refrigeration equipment reliability to ensure static equipment reliability is managed at acceptable risk levels.
  • Drive refrigeration equipment reliability program to ensure timely completion of the action items and incident investigations due to fixed equipment failure.
• Communication -5%
  • As part of corporate CFME pool of resources, facilitate refrigeration equipment reliability Best Practice Sharing across Arkema North America (where appropriate)
  • Works effectively with several cross-functional teams and communicating effectively with all levels of the organization.
  • Accountable to assist plant management in establishing an acceptable level of risk for refrigeration equipment reliability across the plant.
  • Provides strategic insight to the site refrigeration equipment annual operating cost, strategic plan, and capital budget.
  • Being the recognized expert of refrigeration equipment reliability, standards, and maintenance
  • Accountable for communication of refrigeration equipment reliability status to appropriate stakeholders
• Failure Analysis - 15%
  • Leadership accountability to ensure that data collected is accurate and addresses the appropriate failure modes for refrigeration equipment at the facility.
  • Responsible to ensure that adequate resources are available to perform any required fitness for service evaluations or failure analyses.
  • Provide management team with well written and oral presentations with necessary information and supporting analysis to make appropriate business decisions.
  • Develop/approve equipment repairs per local/national codes and RAGAGEPs.
• Evaluate failure areas to propose material of construction and other design changes to be used in the capital plan- 5%
  • Leadership accountability to ensure that procedures are in place to define static equipment reliability strategies based on evaluated or expected risk.
  • Utilizing proper Arkema documentation systems as the location for all records in static equipment reliability program
• HES Support and MOC Action Items – 5%
  • HSE responsibilities include but are not restricted to those outlined in Leadership expectations such as reporting any incident in a timely manner.
  • Ensuring safe procedures and processes followed by all team members.
  • Championing continuous improvement for the department in all areas of HES
  • Ensure static equipment reliability program meets/exceeds local/national regulatory compliance/RAGAGEPs.
• Plant Support – 30%
  • Provide input into the plant fixed and capital budgets to ensure refrigeration equipment improvement plans are budgeted.
  • Accountable to ensure equipment reliability falling below acceptable level is mitigated in a timely fashion.
  • Fostering a productive working relationship between Engineering and Reliability, production, maintenance, HES, and process technology departments.
  • Developing an effective look ahead program to manage refrigeration equipment reliability and integrate into Turnaround (TAR) planning and capital project budgeting.