Plant Reliability Engineer

Plant Reliability Engineer – Cabot Corporation

Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT) is a leading global specialty chemicals and performance materials company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Our businesses deliver a broad range of products and solutions to customers in every corner of the globe, serving the transportation, infrastructure, environment and consumer industry sectors. We bring the power of innovative chemistry to solve customers’ challenges today while preparing them to meet tomorrow’s needs.

Our commitment to innovation is driven by a passion to advance our customers’ businesses through our deep understanding of their applications and the global trends that impact their operations.

If you do not meet every requirement, or your experience is slightly different from what we have listed, we still encourage you to apply!

Cabot has an exciting opportunity for a Plant Reliability Engineer to join the team. This person will provide technical support and drive continuous improvements in manufacturing functions including production, packaging, and warehouse processes. They will help to improve capability, capacity and productivity at the site to ensure safe and optimal process utilization. They will implement capital and expense projects within scope, cost, time, and safety standards as well as identify and execute improvements in equipment reliability and process safety management.

The Plant Reliability Engineer will work on-site at the Tuscola, IL plant.

• Identify, recommend and implement improvements in plant performance to optimize product rates, yields, and quality in accordance with business needs and in alignment with SH&E requirements.
• Provide technical support to resolve problems. Use statistical techniques to improve process capability and control. Use failure analysis methodologies to identify root causes. Recommend and implement solutions. Work in collaboration with cross functional departments to achieve company goals.
• Provide support for the site mechanical integrity program by investigating equipment issues and eliminating the recurrence of failures that will improve plant performance and reliability. Review maintenance work plans to ensure optimum preventative maintenance scheduling and maintenance work practices. Develop Asset Care Plans to monitor the condition of plant equipment to maximize plant safety and reliability to reduce downtime.
• Assist in the design, procurement, and installation of new equipment. Recommend, develop, and coordinate capital improvements. Support and implement new product and process development. Create manufacturing Standard Operating Procedures for process and equipment operation.
• Conduct “end-of-life” assessments making recommendations for equipment repairs and replacements. Identify and implement improvements in equipment monitoring capabilities.
• Serve as Process Safety Management (PSM) custodian for manufacturing in coordination with site and regional PSM representatives in the evaluation of manufacturing process-related risks and incidents. Participate in Process Hazards Analysis (PHA) for key manufacturing and capital projects. Ensure all product and process changes are implemented in line with appropriate Management of Change (MOC) principles. Provide training as required for manufacturing personnel.
• Monitor maintenance and capital projects and external contractors in accordance with all site regulations and standards.
• Support efforts to implement and maintain the Responsible Care® Management System in line with the requirements of the RC14001® technical specification.

• Knowledge of chemical manufacturing process technologies, engineering principles, mechanical and instrumentation systems, calibration and maintenance, and local and distributed control systems.
• Knowledge of Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) methodologies and reliability analysis tools.
• Knowledge in areas such as confined space entry, lockout-tag-out, hot-work permitting, etc.
• Statistical analysis and equipment diagnostic skills.
• Project management skills including scheduling, safety oversight, and contractor management.
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