Careers atTexas Petrochemicals

Texas Petrochemicals (TPC) is a premier chemical company, headquartered in Houston with $2 billion in annual sales. TPC is a growing company that provides quality C4 chemical products and services to both local and global industry companies. TPC has manufacturing facilities in the industrial corridor adjacent to the Houston Ship Channel, operations in Baytown and Port Neches, Texas and a product terminal in Lake Charles, Louisiana. TPC has the largest butadiene and butene -1 extraction capacity in North America. In addition, the Company is one of North America's largest producers of isobutylene and derivatives of isobutylene such as polyisobutylene, diisobutylene and isobutylene concentrate. TPC products are widely used as chemical building blocks for synthetic rubber, nylon carpets, adhesives, catalysts and additives used in high-performance polymers. TPC offers excellent benefits, incentive plans, career growth and opportunities for advancement. For more information, please visit us at www.texaspetrochemicals.com

Job Description:

This position will be responsible for oversight of the facility's rotating and fixed equipment mechanical integrity programs with duties including the following:

• Leads failure analysis (RCI) and shares leanings with appropriate plant personnel.
• Responsible for driving improvements in the top 20 threats to production within their responsibility.
• Tracks equipment failures and implements changes as needed.
• Responsible for Preventative Maintenance (PM) development and ownership.
• Responsible for coordinating and reporting pressure vessel, storage tank, process piping, power boilers, loading dock, pipeline, refractory brick & related materials’ inspections to meet Mechanical Integrity (MI) and other regulatory requirements.
• Reviews and audits MI programs.
• Performs technical advisory role on mechanical equipment operational, engineering, and repair issues and defines mechanical repair work scopes and supervises repairs as needed, ensuring quality check points.
• Maintains Mean Time Between Repair (MTBR) data on equipment.
• Reviews new equipment technologies and how they may be applied, ensure that technology is applied uniformly throughout the facility.
• Reviews equipment standards for understanding and implementation.
• Implements Maintenance strategies (Run to failure, Condition Based Monitoring, etc).
• Creates work plans for condition monitoring system.
• Interfaces with Procurement to identify inventoried parts and source new parts when needed.
• Analyzes vibration and Lubrication data. Creates work requests for inspection that are not Preventive Maintenance (PM).
• Responsible for maintaining current status on State boiler operating permits.
• Updates and manages information via existing Equipment (asset) databases.
• Provides equipment reliability input to capital projects.

Required Skills:

• Communication skills both written and verbal are essential
• Computer skills related to Microsoft Office Products and knowledge of computer managed maintenance systems (Oracle, SAP or other)
• Organizational skills to be able to multi-task various projects
• Field equipment troubleshooting skills

Experience Required:

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering
• 7+ years’ work experience within the petrochemical or refinery process industry as an equipment engineer or in an equipment reliability role.
• Desired (but not required) to have mechanical integrity inspection certification (API-510,570 or 653). Candidate must be willing to obtain these certifications as part of job expectations.
• Ability to interpret construction drawings, maintenance manuals, equipment design standards, etc.. is required.
• Experience in design, procurement, installation and maintenance of rotating and fixed equipment assets.
• Thorough working knowledge of applicable codes and standards is required, e.g., API, ANSI, etc., (to be considered in function rating).

Qualified candidates should apply at:
http://hostedjobs.openhire.com/epostings/submit.cfm?fuseaction=app.dspjob&jobid=215772&company_id=15935&jobboardid=613

Texas Petrochemicals is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Principals Only - No Recruiters Please.