I&E Reliability Engineer

Interested in joining a winning team? A team whose employees share in the ownership of the business and are empowered to make a difference?

INEOS is a global manufacturer of petrochemicals, specialty chemicals and oil products. It comprises 15 businesses each with a major chemical company heritage. Its production network spans 65 manufacturing facilities in 16 countries throughout the world. INEOS products make a significant contribution to saving life, improving health and enhancing standards of living for people around the world. Its businesses produce the raw materials that are essential in the manufacture of a wide variety of goods: from paints to plastics, textiles to technology, and medicines to mobile phones - chemicals manufactured by INEOS enhance almost every aspect of modern life.

Ethylene oxide (EO) is an important building block for the preparation of a wide variety of EO derivatives (EODs), including various surfactants, as well as a host of other chemical intermediates including Glycol Ethers, Polyethlene Glycols, Ethanolamines, and Alkyl Alkanolamines.

INEOS Oxide is one of the world’s leading producers of Ethylene Oxide (EO) and Ethylene Oxide Derivatives (EODs). We currently have a total EO and EOD capacity of 920 kta spread across five different production units throughout Europe and the US. These units have leading cost economics, due to economies of scale, state-of-the-art technology, strategic locations, etc. Our EO project in the US is targeting the fast-growing merchant EO market, building on our experience and leadership position in Europe.

This role is part of the Bayport Reliability Group supporting plant operation and reliability improvement efforts. Working in a team environment, it carries responsibility for implementing reliability best practices, developing and optimizing preventive maintenance tasks, and supporting maintenance activities. The position interacts with other technical groups on site (process engineering, maintenance, and capital project groups), corporate technical networks and peers, and vendors/suppliers as needed to resolve problems and improve plant reliability and performance.

The candidate is responsible for safe and efficient operation of assigned production unit using established operating discipline and procedures. The I&E reliability Engineer is responsible for maintaining the plant assets and protective systems integrity and to deliver established production targets set by the business.

• Maintain the safe and efficient operation of the production unit using established operating disciplines and procedures. Ensure safety and environmental compliance is achieved.
• Responsible for maintaining the plant assets and protective systems integrity.
• Assist in defining and maintaining the correct operating envelopes for the organization. Investigate when deviations outside of the operating envelopes occur.
• Participate in the development of operating procedures and training materials.
• Support PSM and Environmental efforts including Process Hazard Analyses (PHAs), Management of Change process, Risk Assessments and incident investigations.
  • Input, evaluate and approve MOCs
  • Conduct PSSRs for MOCs
  • Participate in PHAs as the instrumentation and reliability engineering representative
• Understand and lead by example for all safety and environmental programs.
• Report and address SHE near misses.
• Complete all assigned action items from PHAs, incidents, audits, etc in a timely manner and keep status and plans for action items updated.
• Maintain safety as the highest priority of the plant
• Maintain the 20 Principles of Safety
• Conduct routine AsCare tours and participate in audits.
• Adhere to and uphold all safety policies and standards

• Apply data analysis techniques to develop engineering solutions to repetitive failures and other problems that adversely affect plant operations including capacity, quality, cost, and regulatory compliance issues
• Consult with peers at the site and across the company
• Serve as a resource and conduit to share best…