What are the responsibilities and job description for the Mechanical Integrity Engineer position at INEOS?
INEOS was founded in 1998 and is one of the largest chemical companies in the world with about 25,000 employees globally. When joining INEOS, you join a large company that offers development opportunities through project and hands-on experience. You join a de-centralized structure that drives agility and autonomy within each business but with the resources of INEOS. INEOS values safety, challenges, creativity, ownership, manners, and spirit.
INEOS KOH is a leading producer of potassium-based chemicals in North America and a strategically located producer of chlorine. It safely and efficiently produces these by the membrane process: KCl salt is electrolytically converted to KOH and Cl2 by the application of electricity in INEOS membrane electrolysers. The site employs about 100 people mostly located at the site in Ashtabula, Ohio while some leadership & support functions are based out of the INEOS Enterprises office in Columbus, Ohio.
This newly created role will work closely with peers in Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, and SHE to ensure safe, reliable, efficient, and effective operations of the plant. This role will be critical in helping us build our integrity program.
Drive SHE Excellence
Promote the 20 principles of process and behavioral safety and adhere to life-saving rules
- Report incidents, near misses, and hazard identifications, and lead investigations onsite with appropriate conclusions and sustainable actions.
- Ensure workplace practices are in conformity with established guidelines (IGGN).
Performance Indicators – TRIR
Engineering Standard Maintenance:
Maintain plant mechanical and civil engineering standards to comply with defined statutory and INEOS standards.
Full understanding and implementation of relevant legal requirements, codes, and engineering standards / processes
Maintain list of coded vessels and associated documentation.
Ensure technical guidance for repair plans/designs meets local, national, and INEOS standards.
Key point of contact for regulatory bodies related to equipment design and codes.
Performance Indicators – Number of Audit findings, AsCare Score, 10P Audit Score (areas related to role)
Management of the Mechanical Integrity Program:
Define, implement, and manage programs to ensure assets and protective systems are maintained.
Maintain an updated list of critical assets and protective systems.
Ensure inspection regimens for critical assets and protective systems are defined and functioning as intended.
Evaluate and implement inspection findings to continuously improve maintenance of assets.
Performance Indicators – Downtime related to asset integrity, adherence to MI program budget
Asset Performance, Maintenance, and Asset Engineer:
Define and implement asset maintenance programs and procedures to maintain or improve asset condition and performance as well as develop plans to improve equipment integrity.
Manage preventative and predictive maintenance programs related to mechanical integrity.
Work with the operations and maintenance teams to fully understand breakdown issues and to support development of equipment-specific policies and design changes to improve asset integrity.
Execute an annual review of asset conditions for the purposes of maintaining an asset life plan.
Act as the asset engineer with overall responsibility for maintaining the site assets and protective systems integrity.
Level of education and Experience:
- B.S. degree in mechanical engineering or other engineering discipline.
- 5 years manufacturing experience, ideally in a chemical manufacturing plant preferred.
3 years of experience in a related reliability role preferred.
Technical skills
- Knowledge and associated engineering ability to apply technical engineering experience to implement global mechanical integrity standards to improve SHE and reliability performance.
- Knowledge of the key factors contributing to damage in plant equipment, piping, and tanks and the ability to use this knowledge to select suitable inspection methods, identify causes of failure, and recommend preventative methods.
- Knowledge of internal and external inspection and monitoring methods and procedures and the ability to use this knowledge to predict areas prone to corrosion or erosion and to recommend suitable remedial action.
- Knowledge of process safety management.
