Area Maintenance Planning Engineer

Job Title

Supports the area in achieving key outcomes in safety, reliability, efficiency, compliance, cost, and customer service by:

• Providing technical, troubleshooting, and maintenance support for all production facilities within the area including all ASU, CO2, H2, and He.
• Working with Area Controls engineers, Mechanical engineers, Electrical & Instrument engineers, as well as National Reliability Engineers to support any respective initiatives or projects.
• Supporting the maintenance and continuous improvement of the preventative maintenance plans in SAP PM, including lessons learned from RCFA, RCM studies, and Work Order feedback.
• Evaluating the area's Preventive Maintenance Programs through routine review of each site's scheduled maintenance strategies as well as the available global maintenance strategies capable of being scheduled.
• Planning and scheduling Preventive Maintenance activities including Condition Based Monitoring programs for the area.
• Assuring that all Condition Based Monitoring corrective maintenance recommendations are properly planned, scheduled, and executed.
• Providing regular review of the CMMS equipment hierarchy of the sites within the area and making updates to the equipment as necessary.
• Leading the Turnaround planning process in the area through scope development, budget management, planning, scheduling, and executing of the turnaround activities in a safe, efficient, and timely manner.
• Assuring that all materials and spare parts are available as needed for all major maintenance and Turnaround activities within the area.
• Ensuring that applicable material and contract labor procurement and control processes are consistent with Messer standards and policy.
• Leading post turnaround evaluation sessions to review compliance of Turnaround objectives and lessons learned.
• Assuring that critical spare parts are identified and stocked within the area and that consumed critical spare parts are replaced or repaired and returned to the appropriate warehouse.
• Supporting the Root Cause Analysis process and ensuring timely action item closure for any assigned actions.
• Developing an understanding of basic plant operational management in terms of process, budgeting, reliability, maintenance, and personnel management.
• Developing an understanding of the various types of equipment found in process plants such as compressors, pumps, electrical systems, process control and instrumentation, piping and vessels, and heat exchangers.
• As assigned by the Area Reliability and Maintenance Manager, performs engineering and managerial functions that could include:
• Conduct Training sessions on CMMS processes for Technicians at various plant locations
• Participate in the development and implementation of equipment specific maintenance plans from Messer standards
• Provide maintenance support for unplanned emergent events
• Continuous operational performance improvement management
• Represent the plant and/or area for turnarounds, commissioning, projects, and general business meetings and events
• Additional duties as assigned

Internal interfaces:

• Health Safety Environmental & Quality Team
• Area Production Director
• Area Reliability and Maintenance Team
• National Reliability and Maintenance Team
• Plant Managers and Technicians
• Area Maintenance Planning Engineers – peers
• Process Engineering Team
• Remote Operations Center
• Project Execution Team

External interfaces:

• Related Vendors, Contractors, and Service Providers

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering required – Mechanical, Electrical, or Chemical

Preferred

• 10 years of experience with at least 5 years in maintenance planning, scheduling, and execution in a production plant environment

• Excellent technical and clear communication skills with solid interpersonal skills
• Exhibited attention to detail and ability to challenge the norm
• Demonstrated ability to follow through to completion on projects and solutions
• Demonstrated exceptional operational safety leadership

Other

• Self-started and self-directed with the ability to manage multiple activities at once and achieve results with minimal supervision
• Knowledge and experience of predictive maintenance methodologies and technologies (Vibration Monitoring, Oil Analysis, Thermography, etc.)