Senior Reliability Engineer - Rotating Equipment

Position Summary

Responsible for reliability strategies, design systems and providing engineering advice to allow the Maintenance Department to cost effectively achieve plant availability, reliability requirements, comply with all relevant and statutory legislation and meet the requirements of all internal Methanex standards and procedures.

Employs Process Machinery experience to support rotating equipment reliability strategies; provides systems and engineering advice to allow the Maintenance Department to cost effectively achieve plant availability and reliability requirements, complies with all relevant and statutory legislation and meet the requirements of all internal Methanex standards and procedures.

Position Responsibilities

Works under general direction from the Reliability Supervisor and is responsible for performing detailed reliability/engineering studies and detailed calculations of Rotating Machinery components.

Applies Rotating Machinery experience to recommend paths forward on maintenance plans.

Originates and develops analysis methods for determining reliability of components, equipment and processes.

Maintains lifecycle evaluations of Rotating Equipment to proactively determine, in a timely fashion, opportunities for dealing with time-based maintenance and/or equipment obsolescence.

Acquires data and analyzes the data. Prepares diagrams, charts, drawings, calculations and reports for defining reliability problems and makes recommendations for improvements.

Collects, analyzes, and contrasts condition monitoring system data to recommend action plans and evaluate conditions for a reliable and safe service.

Conducts analysis of reliability problems, investigates to determine the solutions required for the situation, taking into consideration the cost limitations for equipment up/down time, repair/replacement costs and availability of materials/equipment.

Determines the cost advantages of alternatives for developing action plans to comply with internal/external customer demands for reliability processes/equipment to avoid failures.

Considers impact of costs on recommended action plans for avoiding/correcting problems during the design phase or remedial action for correcting reliability problems on installed equipment.

Advises on the development and content of the Preventative Maintenance program (PM’s), focused on Rotating Equipment.

Assists with the development of the long-term maintenance strategy for the Methanex USA LLC assets.

Facilitates investigations to determine root cause of failure for all serious, major and potentially major reliability incidents.

Reviews engineering design packages to ensure all maintenance requirements are met, as required.

Provides input into the capital and major maintenance plan.

Recommends and evaluates risk for spare parts strategies, utilizing the global experience to optimize inventories and expenditure.

Stays informed of developments and issues with new products and standards used in methanol plants and similar industries through technical literature and conferences.

Supports Rotating Equipment projects during TARs and capital projects, as required

Develops training modules for discipline specific learning.

Contributes to the organizational vision of Global Methanol Leadership and as a team member demonstrates the core values of integrity, trust, respect and professionalism.

Conducts all business in a manner which supports the Responsible Care® ethic.

Networks with other Methanex sites to the mutual benefit of all sites.

Participates as a member of the Methanex Global Rotating Equipment Team and Local Reliability Team.

Contributes to the ‘operational excellence’ for Methanex USA as an effective member of the Maintenance Department.

Position Qualifications

Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineer, Mechanical Engineering preferred; or other relevant Engineering discipline.

10 years’ experience in methanol or chemical manufacturing facilities.

10 years’ experience with large Rotating Equipment.

10 years’ steam turbines and centrifugal Compressor maintenance experience.

Experience with Reliability techniques and analysis.

Experience with Predictive and Preventative Maintenance programs.

Experience with Root Cause Analysis.

Knowledgeable in Dry Gas Seal and conditioning system design, operational parameters and troubleshooting.

Broad knowledge in Oil Seal, Lube Oil and Control Oil systems, operational parameters and troubleshooting.

Proficient in computer software such as MS Excel, MS Word, and Maximo (or other similar ERP).

Experience in internal consulting and presentations, including strong interpersonal communication skills.

Effective analytical and problem solving skills and the ability to formulate and communicate sound recommendations.

Excellent decision-making skills.

Effective verbal and written communication skills.

Good learning agility.

Self-motivated, innovative, and flexible.