Reliability Engineer

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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.

• 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.

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance.

Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please  for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information , aqui, or tu).