Reliability Engineer

Westlake•Plaquemine, LA

About The Position

Westlake offers you the potential to enrich your work life and career experience in an entrepreneurial environment. We work together to enhance peoples' lives through our products and presence in the communities in which we operate. SUMMARY This position will independently evaluate, select, and apply standard engineering techniques, procedures, and criteria, using judgment in making minor adaptations and modifications.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering required
0 – 2 years of experience, preferably in maintenance/reliability/engineering; industrial or plant experience preferred
Excellent organizational, interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written
Proficient computer skills, with good working knowledge of all standard company applications (i.e., Microsoft Word, Excel, etc.)
Ability to lead groups of people
Ability to make sound decisions based upon technical information

Responsibilities

Demonstrates strong safety culture through personal behavior and commitment to environmental, health & safety.
Participates in the PACE culture of safety.
Works with PVC operations and maintenance departments to develop and initiate projects to improve unit reliability
Serve as technical support for the maintenance group for day to day operations
Work with unit maintenance planners and validator to plan improvements and place on weekly schedules
Generate front-end scope packages for capital projects, including generating heat and mass balances, marked-up P&ID’s, PFD’s, project justification, piping and equipment sizing, instrumentation requirements, materials of construction, and clearly communicate plans to operations and maintenance personnel
Works with PVC maintenance to initiate, plan, schedule, install and commission (start to finish) small projects and unit equipment improvements.
Size and recommend relief valves as needed.
Attend process hazard reviews as required.
Create and implement solutions to action items identified in PHA’s, audit findings, and root cause analysis.
Promote and support Westlake’s Continuous Improvement Process (CIP) activities as part of the department team.
Prepare monthly and other reports required to keep management informed on progress of projects, improvements made and other items as necessary
Use Statistical Process Control in the continuous improvement effort.
Maintain working knowledge of the plant operations and technology in order to identify improvement opportunities and assist operations in resolving problems.
Maintain information (files and documentation) for plant process, equipment and technology.
Assist in the preparation of capital requests necessary to improve plant operations.
Other duties as assigned.