Plant Engineer

Position Title: Plant Engineer

Reports to: Chief Plant Engineer/Plant Engineering Supervisor

Location: Iowa

Department: Engineering

Position Description:

The Plant Engineer provides engineering support in order to maintain continuous plant operations and high efficiency. This position serves as a key technical resource in solving problems relating to stationary and rotating equipment, covering daily plant needs as well as program and project responsibilities. The Plant Engineer implements solutions to continuously improve reliability and reduce maintenance cost. This position supports plant safety and mechanical integrity through development of procedures and predictive/preventative maintenance plans.

Key Job Elements:

Serves as a lead site technical resource for piping systems, stationary equipment, and rotating equipment

Leads efforts to ensure site practices & documentation are in compliance with PSM Mechanical Integrity standard

Assists site Mechanical Integrity Engineer and inspectors with planning, scheduling, execution, and documentation of stationary equipment and piping inspections

Works with site maintenance team, inspectors, and contractors to ensure repairs are performed according to specifications and properly documented

Provides input for equipment condition monitoring onsite, including vibration analysis, oil sampling and analysis, thermography, and ultrasonic inspection techniques

Supports reliability technicians and inspectors with analysis of data gathered during condition monitoring rounds, and issues recommendations based on this information

Develops, reviews & updates site maintenance and mechanical integrity procedures

Leads troubleshooting efforts related to equipment issues onsite and documents findings

Conducts failure analyses & reports on findings to avoid recurrence

Provides technical support for emergency maintenance work off-hours as needed

Manages projects for upgrade or replacement of site mechanical equipment

Assists in the specification and review of new equipment prior to purchase and recommends proper selections including spare parts lists

Acts as the mechanical acceptance specialist on newly installed equipment to assure proper installation and that the equipment will be mechanically reliable

Designs & implements predictive & preventive maintenance programs for critical equipment

Assists the maintenance department with planning of site turnarounds, shutdowns, and special projects. Provides input with regards to schedule, development of job lists, ordering of parts and materials, sequencing of jobs around a critical path, and sizing of work crews based on job estimation

Performs reviews of inventory spare parts and submits recommendations for inventory adjustments

Effectively communicates reliability concerns to management and other affected personnel

Position Requirements:

Bachelor’s Degree in engineering from an ABET accredited school required, preferably Mechanical Engineering

A minimum of 3 years of maintenance/reliability engineering experience is preferred. Experience required working for an operating company in the chemical manufacturing, refining, or oil and gas industry.

Solid working knowledge of rotating equipment, piping systems design and maintenance, pressure vessel specifications and maintenance, inspection techniques, and manpower coordination

Strong verbal and written communication skills

Proficiency in basic computer software such as Microsoft Office Suite, Avantis or other CMMS

Knowledge of industrial codes & standards (API, ASME, ANSI, OSHA, State)