Louisville - Mechanical Integrity/Reliability Engineer

Overview:

Purpose:

Responsible for implementing and managing a predictive maintenance program to support manufacturing plants in Kentucky, Mississippi, and Texas. Please note this job is based in the Louisville, KY plant.

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Responsibilities:

• Implement and manage a predictive maintenance program including vibration analysis, infrared, ultrasonic, and oil analysis
• Manage the existing Mechanical Integrity program. Work with maintenance leaders at all sites to ensure 100% compliance.
• Manage the corporate risk insurance program and coordinate audits at all sites.
• Work with site maintenance leaders to evaluate MI reports, fitness for duty, and repair plans as necessary.
• Maintain long term replacement plan and ensure budget inclusion of major equipment in MI program.
• Review and monitor rotating equipment conditions including vibration data, lube oil results, IR and Ultrasound data. Utilize critical operating process data to evaluate equipment health.
• Manage ZCLP PdM and MI databases.
• Perform analysis of equipment histories, maintenance costs and system failures; develop a refined asset management strategy
• Provide relevant vibration, oil analysis, and other PdM data history to support root cause analysis efforts
• Lead the Corporate Reliability Team
• Corporate manager of 3rd party MI inspection services contractor.
• Recommend and purchase predictive equipment with emerging technologies. Standardize across all sites.
• Participate in equipment design ensuring reliability and maintainability are emphasized.
• Report PdM KPI’s for asset management including cost avoidance, cost savings, PdM monitoring compliance, and corrective actions in Reliance database.
• Act as a resource in identification and correction of potential equipment problems.
• Develop corporate rotating equipment reliability procedures
• Recommend and monitor continuous remote monitoring systems and applications.
• Facilitate equipment root cause failure analysis / pro-active FMECA (RCM)
• Recommend and implement PM optimization
• Identify and recommend capital project testing and monitoring equipment.

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Qualifications:

Education:

Bachelor’s in mechanical or chemical engineering required.

Experience:

• 5 years of related experience, which must include experience with:
• Predictive maintenance of rotating equipment with data analysis and database management in chemical/petrochemical facility.
• Evaluating tank, piping and heat exchanger condition in accordance with ASME, API or STI standards.

Special Qualifications:

• Prefer certifications or minimum of 5 years’ relevant experience in Vibration Analysis, oil analysis, thermography, and ultrasound analysis.
• Proficiency in SAP CMMS preferred.
• PSM experience preferred.

1. 20% domestic travel.

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