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Senior Reliability Engineer - Geismar, LA
Employer:
Shell Chemical LP
Updated: Jan 31 2012
Desired Expertise: Reliability Engineer
Experience: 8+ years
Minimum Education: Bachelors/3-5 yr Degree
Location: Geismar, LA, US
Reference Code: 26607
Job Status: Closed - No longer accepting applications
Job Description:

Responsibilities :

  • This role will support the implementation and further development of the Site Reliability Improvement Plan at the Geismar Chemical site.
  • This role has a very broad area of influence that can cover all aspects of site Reliability.
  • The primary goal of this role is to reduce unplanned controllable production losses without compromising safety.
  • This position also plays a pivotal role in assuring reliability of the future by coordinating site wide development of long range infrastructure plans.
  • Focus areas are reliability threats and bad actors particularly associated with Rotating Equipment and Pressure Equipment. Strength in both of these areas is a must.
  • Perform Analysis and Response to Reliability Data. Enhance the Bad Actor work process. Support integration of Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) and the RCM living Program.
  • Support/develop select Operational Availability projects. Utilize Reliability Engineering tools (Barringer,FMEA,AvSim,Causal Learning (RCA)).
  • Assist with risk assessments for projects,Budgets,T/As. Support the site production planning process.
  • Facilitate investigations and causal learning events.
  • This role will support the whole site and therefore requires a strong strategic enabling approach as opposed to a purely tactical approach. The successful candidate must be willing to coach and influence across the entire site in order to be successful.
  • Some involvement with the broader Shell Reliability Network should be expected based on individual ability and drive.
  • Geismar is located within 15 minutes of The Convent Refinery and approximately 60 minutes from the Norco Refinery such that F2F collaboration with other sites is enabled. Additonally Deerpark,Port Arthur and Mobile are all within a four hour drive. These locations also provide convenient Gulf South future opportunities.
  • The successful candidate will be responsible to support Production,Technology,Maintenance and Engineering in their reliability efforts. The focus shall be for the long term and not day to day firefighting.
  • This role is not a Maintenance Reliability Engineer role.
  • The primary result metric is unplanned downtime <2% by 2013. A secondary metric is Bad Actor mitigations.
  • The key to this role will be to understand the current site needs,capabilities and barriers in order to enable improvement.

Desired Skills:
Requirements :

  • Must have legal authorization to work in the US on a full-time basis for anyone other than current employer.
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field. Mechanical or Chemical Engineering degree preferred.
  • Minimum eight (8) years experience in production, manufacturing and or operations/maintenance in a refinery or petrochemical plant.
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite.
  • Experience with Pressure Equipment and Rotating Equipment.
  • Proven experience with Root Cause analysis and risk ranking work items preferred.
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to lead and build consensus in cross-functional teams.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with an ability to function in a self-directed environment.
  • Proven experience prioritizing work and effectively handling multiple assignments to consistently meet deadlines.

The Shell Group offers an outstanding benefits package. No phone inquiries will be accepted.

Employment Type: PERMANENT
Hours: FULLTIME


This Position Is Closed to New Applicants

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