Senior Reliability Engineer

Job description

U.S. Silica Holdings Inc. is a global performance materials company and is a leading producer of commercial silica used in the oil and gas industry and in a wide range of industrial applications. Over its 124year history U.S. Silica has developed core competencies in mining processing logistics and materials science that enable it to produce and costeffectively deliver more than 800 diversified products to customers across our end markets.

U.S. Silicas wholly owned subsidiaries include EP Minerals and SandBox Logistics . EP Minerals is an industry leader in the production of products derived from diatomaceous earth perlite engineered clays and nonactivated clays. SandBox Logistics is a stateoftheart leader in proppant storage handling and wellsite delivery and is dedicated to making proppant logistics cleaner safer and more efficient. The company has 26 operating mines and processing facilities and two additional exploration stage properties across the United States and is headquartered in Katy Texas.

The Sr. Process Engineer plans and manages capital growth maintenance and process related improvement projects associated with US Silica operations. Location for this role is in the Central region.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS :

• Plan and safely execute multiple assigned capital projects through management of all components of the project from scope development engineering construction and cost control through commissioning training operation and documentation.
• Identify and evaluate productivity and cost improvements for US Silica operations and work with the CI / operations team to implement those that result in improved process yield higher throughput improved operating efficiencies recognizable cost savings and best practices.
• Track and monitor key productivity metrics to assure plant operates per design conditions projects deliver on forecast goals / expectations and to help identify further opportunities.
• Document work in a structured manner to ensure Change Management is captured and conveyed in updated operating procedures drawings etc. Capture Best Practices so that they can be shared and implemented across sites.
• Ensure that all plant upgrades and installations of equipment are properly engineered to fully integrate within existing sites and achieve designed functionality.
• Work with operating sites to define and assess mechanical integrity of process equipment and infrastructure to develop a replacement timeline for capital budgeting.
• Identify and respond to opportunities to improve safety environmental compliance throughput quality costs housekeeping and employee commitment. Assist in prioritization of improvement needs while developing and implementing improvements.

EXPERIENCE KNOWLEDGE SKILLS & ABILITIES :

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS : 50%

U.S. Silica is an equal opportunity employer for all without regard to race gender color religion national origin disability veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal state or local law. U.S. Silica is a smoke and drugfree workplace. The above description is intended to capture the essential functions of the job nature and level of work as of the preparation date. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties that may be required of the position. This job description may be modified at any time with or without notice.