Reliability Engineer

Reliability Engineer

Koch Methanol St James is currently seeking a motivated Reliability Engineer to join the Reliability team. This role creates significant value for the site by ensuring the reliability, integrity, and safety of all assets in our facility.

At Koch Methanol, we strive to be the partner of choice to our customers, employees, our customers & our community. We are looking for individuals who are contribution motivated, driven by the ability to add value to existing systems & processes. We want employees with a creative, entrepreneurial spirit to challenge the status-quo & drive transformational change.

• Lead root cause analyses to identify the underlying causes of high impact equipment failures and recommend corrective actions to the site leadership team
• Collect and analyze reliability metrics to identify bad actors
• Develop and implement reliability programs to eliminate fixed equipment threats
• Support preventive and proactive maintenance planning activities for critical assets
• Conduct fitness-for-service (FFS) and risk-based inspection (RBI) analysis to ensure equipment is operated in compliance with industry standards and regulations
• Support capital projects related to fixed equipment, including scope development, materials selection, engineering design review, and construction oversight
• Serve on cross site tech teams to ensure Koch's internal fixed equipment engineering practices are competitive and up to date with industry practices
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including maintenance, operations, and other engineering disciplines to identify and address equipment-related challenges

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field with at least 5 years of reliability engineering experience, or a minimum of 10 years of reliability or industrial manufacturing experience providing equivalent technical proficiency.
• Experience in MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)

• Ability to wear PPE in designated areas.
• Ability to climb up to 150 ft on occasion

• Experience with maintenance/reliability associated with medium/high pressure steam turbines
• Relevant certifications such as API 510, API 570, API 653, API 610, API 580, and API 581 are desirable
• Proficiency in using reliability software and tools for data analysis and predictive maintenance
• Experience with inspection techniques, NDE methods, and fitness-for-service assessments
• Knowledge of industry codes and standards such as ASME, API, and ANSI
• Experience in reliability engineering in an industrial manufacturing industry

This position is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship.

As a Koch Ag & Energy Solutions company, Koch Methanol produces and supplies the methanol that has become an essential part of our daily lives – and is a key ingredient in products like clothing, cosmetics, paints, plywood and adhesives – in addition to fueling ships, buses, trucks, fuel cells and cooking stoves. Our goal is to be the preferred supplier of methanol to our customers who depend on us for our reliability and quality of service.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.