Senior Mechanical Engineer

Job Summary / Overview

The Senior Mechanical Engineer will provide technical knowledge and support with respect to the planning, maintenance, troubleshooting, project, and installation work on all plant mechanical systems. This includes the development and implementation of routine preventive and maintenance programs on plant systems and equipment. The Senior Mechanical Engineer will act as a SME (Subject Matter Expert) in performing technical evaluations of mechanical, quality assurance and quality control on equipment repairs andjobs performed by Contractors and Technicians.

This role is a mentorship/leadership position that supports an overall team effort to develop and implement a policy and plan which may include budgets;
Health, Safety, Security & Environmental matters;
Organizational & Cultural development of the Engineering Department; as well as other aspects of the company’s business.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and competencies.

• Develop and implement maintenance engineering activities to ensure the reliability and availability of static and rotating equipment.
• Lead the discussion concerning engineering solutions to routine plant maintenance problems.
• Troubleshoots equipment related/efficiency problems.
• Review reports produced by Junior engineers and support them in completion of activities and troubleshooting.
• Develop and mentor Junior Engineers.
• Reviews plant equipment operating parameters and initiate technical discussions with operations as related to optimal operability.
• Leads plant trip assessment teams for determination of root cause and providing recommendations.
• Ensures that equipment history records are updated in terms of equipment downtime, cause codes, priority codes, man hours, materials utilized, and costs incurred to achieve an efficient and reliable source of historical and analytical data.
• Review and recommend/implement changes to the annual review of the planned maintenance programs and equipment audits to influence programs for the following year.
• Coordinates and ensures capital and operational projects as well as routine work activities are conducted safely, within budget, established time frames, required quality and in accordance with good governance, procurement policies and procedures.
• Act as subject matter expert to provide input for the development and implementation of programs regarding equipment long term planning such as end of life and repair or replace decisions for plant equipment and assets.
• Develops, coordinates and directs equipment preventive, condition monitoring and reliability engineering programs to ensure activities are carried out in accordance with schedule, budget and specifications
• Identifies plant threats by execution of Condition Monitoring programs and analysis of trends.
• Assists in the development and implementation of maintenance and inspection policies for equipment modifications/upgrades, as well as long term planning inclusive of end of life and repair or replace decisions, to ensure successful lifecycle management of major/critical plant equipment and assets.
• Reviews and prepares accurate and timely reliability reports based on completed inspections and analysis, to ensure learnings are captured and facilitates implementation of any recommendations to address/avoid identified issues.
• Directs, coordinates and performs the annual review of the planned maintenance and inspection programs, as well as equipment audits to ensure improvements are made to achieve future maintenance targets.
• Coordinates and provides in-depth analysis, troubleshooting and diagnostic inspection of plant equipment and determines problem root causes and…