Reliability Engineer #1733
Location: Houston, TX
Salary: 100 – 120k with profit share, full relo with home buy option, 401k, pension, 9/80 work week
Responsibilities:
Our client operates a large and diverse petrochemical complex in the Houston area. They are adding to the reliability department as a strategic emphasis to expand production at the site. They are seeking Reliability engineers with proven track records in refining or large scale petrochemicals process who have a good grasp on reliability methodologies and techniques. Key responsibilities include:
- Analyze Plant reliability performance data and provide reliability data to site personnel.
- Knowledge / skill of Reliability Engineering Principles, practices and application and ability to discern appropriate application including but not limited to: Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA),Causal Learning investigation techniques (level 1 and 2),Fault Tree Analysis (FTA),Reliability Block Diagram (RBD),Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA), Weibull analysis, etc.
- Inquire on systems perspectives when engaged in discussions throughout the organization
- Help link the different facets of Reliability into one strategy.
- Resource for risk assessment of threats in the database, providing a common link across the organization to help ensure consistency.
- Knowledgeable in the following areas and available to the department and the organization to provide skills in Investigation facilitation / Causal Learning: Risk Assessment, After Action reviews, Systems Thinking.
- Define asset availability and capability gaps.
- Assist in development of the site’s Reliability Strategy to close gaps in availability, capability and competence.
- Perform Deep Dives on equipment and processes based on performance, risk, and criticality Techniques to employ here include FMEA and Fault tree.
- Equip individuals and teams in the knowledge, concepts, and skills to analyze and mitigate equipment failures.
- Use Reliability Engineering Principles and Reliability Centered Maintenance tools (RCI, Weibull, FMEA, Fault Tree) to increase production and eliminate bad actors.
- Evaluates and quantifies the impact of capital projects such as design changes, or equipment quality that will have an impact on reliability.
- Ensure that the Production team is using Top threats and Bad Actor lists to drive what they work on.
- Perform Asset utilization and cost data analysis to develop and prioritize a list of reliability opportunities – top threats and bad actors
Requirements:
- Must have legal authorization to work in the US on a full-time basis for anyone other than current employer.
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
- Minimum five (5) years experience in Discipline Engineering, production team support engineering, maintenance support both Turnaround and routine, causal learning or other investigatory analysis techniques.
- Demonstrated experience leading multi-discipline engineering teams.
- Proven experience in a manufacturing process plant setting including specific process units, industry plant design standards, and management of change.
- Proven experience in process management and or project management.
Location: Houston, TX
Job #: 1733
Posted Mar 8, 2012
