What are the responsibilities and job description for the Reliability Engineer position at Methanex Geismar?
Position Summary
Responsible for providing plant equipment maintenance strategies, systems and engineering advice to allow the Maintenance department to cost effectively achieve plant availability and reliability requirements, comply with all relevant and statutory legislation and meet the requirements of all internal Methanex standards and procedures.
Position Responsibilities
• Works under general direction from the Reliability Supervisor and is responsible for ensuring equipment is properly designed, selected and installed based on a life-cycle philosophy of an asset.
• Collaborates with Operations personnel in troubleshooting problems from a mechanical perspective and provides guidance and training as appropriate to promote proper operation and maintenance of pressure vessels, storage tanks, piping, rotating equipment, instrumentation and control systems.
• Maintains and improves plant reliability through identifying/correcting operational reliability opportunities.
• Collaborates with Maintenance and Reliability groups to identify and correct bad actors, drive root cause failure analysis, meet mechanical integrity requirements and implement preventive/predictive maintenance programs.
• Provides expertise for turnarounds from a mechanical operations perspective. Helps to set strategies, schedules, objectives, manage scope and operational services as requested.
• Accountable for documentation of files, records, databases and drawings to meet Methanex requirements utilizing other functional groups as applicable.
• Accountable for creating preventative maintenance plans. Validates the frequencies and required time needed to complete PM work, with assistance from the appropriate personnel (i.e., Planners, Craft Supervisors, etc.), and documents within Maximo.
• Serves as the focal point for developing and monitoring Key Performance Indicators (KPI) for the Maintenance department.
• Reviews and contributes to programs for critical equipment analysis and condition monitoring techniques.
• Reviews deficiencies noted during corrective maintenance activities to continually evaluate the effectiveness of preventative and predictive maintenance programs.
• Provides technical guidance for Maximo usage to ensure the type and amount of data collected meets the needs of the plant maintenance strategy.
• Promotes equipment standardization to reduce the amount of needed spare parts, amount of training necessary and reduce the maintenance budget.
• Consults with Maintenance Technicians on technical problems including advanced troubleshooting and equipment redesign.
• Ensures compliance with all applicable pressure equipment, pipeline and statutory requirements.
• Assists with the development of the long-term maintenance strategy for the Methanex USA LLC assets.
• Facilitates investigation to determine root cause of failure for serious, major and potentially major reliability incidents.
• Develops and maintains equipment repair, inspection, construction and selection standards.
• Reviews engineering design packages to ensure all maintenance requirements are met.
• Provides input into the capital and major maintenance plan.
• Prepares and executes Process Change Requests (PCRs) as required.
• Aids in the design review of any temporary leak repairs and piping systems.
• Assists with other disciplines (Rotating, I/E, etc.) as required.
• Performs other work as assigned.
• Contributes to the organizational vision of Global Methanol Leadership and as a team member demonstrates the core values of integrity, trust, respect and professionalism.
• Conducts all business in a manner which supports the Responsible Care® ethic.
• Networks with other Methanex sites to the mutual benefit of all sites.
• Participates as a member of the Methanex Global Team.
• Ensures awareness of all controlled documents relating to this position as per Document Awareness Report from Document Management Database.
• Contributes to the ‘operational excellence’ for Methanex USA as an effective member of the Maintenance department.
• Collaborates with Operations personnel in troubleshooting problems from a mechanical perspective and provides guidance and training as appropriate to promote proper operation and maintenance of pressure vessels, storage tanks, piping, rotating equipment, instrumentation and control systems.
• Maintains and improves plant reliability through identifying/correcting operational reliability opportunities.
• Collaborates with Maintenance and Reliability groups to identify and correct bad actors, drive root cause failure analysis, meet mechanical integrity requirements and implement preventive/predictive maintenance programs.
• Provides expertise for turnarounds from a mechanical operations perspective. Helps to set strategies, schedules, objectives, manage scope and operational services as requested.
• Accountable for documentation of files, records, databases and drawings to meet Methanex requirements utilizing other functional groups as applicable.
• Accountable for creating preventative maintenance plans. Validates the frequencies and required time needed to complete PM work, with assistance from the appropriate personnel (i.e., Planners, Craft Supervisors, etc.), and documents within Maximo.
• Serves as the focal point for developing and monitoring Key Performance Indicators (KPI) for the Maintenance department.
• Reviews and contributes to programs for critical equipment analysis and condition monitoring techniques.
• Reviews deficiencies noted during corrective maintenance activities to continually evaluate the effectiveness of preventative and predictive maintenance programs.
• Provides technical guidance for Maximo usage to ensure the type and amount of data collected meets the needs of the plant maintenance strategy.
• Promotes equipment standardization to reduce the amount of needed spare parts, amount of training necessary and reduce the maintenance budget.
• Consults with Maintenance Technicians on technical problems including advanced troubleshooting and equipment redesign.
• Ensures compliance with all applicable pressure equipment, pipeline and statutory requirements.
• Assists with the development of the long-term maintenance strategy for the Methanex USA LLC assets.
• Facilitates investigation to determine root cause of failure for serious, major and potentially major reliability incidents.
• Develops and maintains equipment repair, inspection, construction and selection standards.
• Reviews engineering design packages to ensure all maintenance requirements are met.
• Provides input into the capital and major maintenance plan.
• Prepares and executes Process Change Requests (PCRs) as required.
• Aids in the design review of any temporary leak repairs and piping systems.
• Assists with other disciplines (Rotating, I/E, etc.) as required.
• Performs other work as assigned.
• Contributes to the organizational vision of Global Methanol Leadership and as a team member demonstrates the core values of integrity, trust, respect and professionalism.
• Conducts all business in a manner which supports the Responsible Care® ethic.
• Networks with other Methanex sites to the mutual benefit of all sites.
• Participates as a member of the Methanex Global Team.
• Ensures awareness of all controlled documents relating to this position as per Document Awareness Report from Document Management Database.
• Contributes to the ‘operational excellence’ for Methanex USA as an effective member of the Maintenance department.
Position Qualifications
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Mechanical Engineering preferred; or other relevant Engineering discipline.
• 2 years Maintenance/Reliability Engineering experience.
• Experience with turnarounds (TARs).
• Experience with development and implementation of Maintenance Equipment Strategies.
• Experience with Predictive and Preventative Maintenance Programs.
• Experience with Autodesk Fusion 360 or other similar tool to develop drafting.
• Experience with Root Cause Analysis.
• Experience with developing repair plans.
• General awareness and experience with rotating assets
• Experience with static equipment.
• General awareness of DCS and related systems.
• General awareness of Pressure Safety Valves and Pressure Relief Valves (PSVs/PRVs).
• Fully proficient in computer software such as MS Excel, MS Word. Experience with PI and Maximo (or other similar ERP/CMMS) would be advantageous.
• Experience in internal consulting and presentations, including strong interpersonal communication skills.
• Effective analytical and problem-solving skills and the ability to formulate and communicate sound recommendations.
• Excellent decision-making skills.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Good learning agility.
• Self-motivated, Innovative and Flexible.
• 2 years Maintenance/Reliability Engineering experience.
• Experience with turnarounds (TARs).
• Experience with development and implementation of Maintenance Equipment Strategies.
• Experience with Predictive and Preventative Maintenance Programs.
• Experience with Autodesk Fusion 360 or other similar tool to develop drafting.
• Experience with Root Cause Analysis.
• Experience with developing repair plans.
• General awareness and experience with rotating assets
• Experience with static equipment.
• General awareness of DCS and related systems.
• General awareness of Pressure Safety Valves and Pressure Relief Valves (PSVs/PRVs).
• Fully proficient in computer software such as MS Excel, MS Word. Experience with PI and Maximo (or other similar ERP/CMMS) would be advantageous.
• Experience in internal consulting and presentations, including strong interpersonal communication skills.
• Effective analytical and problem-solving skills and the ability to formulate and communicate sound recommendations.
• Excellent decision-making skills.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Good learning agility.
• Self-motivated, Innovative and Flexible.
