Mechanical Integrity Engineer

Job Title: Mechanical Integrity Engineer

Location: Lake Charles, LA

Industry: Chemical Manufacturing

Essential Job Functions

Develops and/or reviews fixed equipment repair plans, rerates and modifications, including calculations and drawings

Performs Level 1 and 2 Fitness for Service per API 579

Provides engineering support to maintenance organization executing repairs or improvements in Fixed Equipment

Provides engineering support to API Inspectors reviewing inspection plans and inspection reports on Fixed Equipment

Provides recommendations based on inspection findings

Provides input in developing Annual Maintenance and Turn Around work lists

Participates in long term reliability and risk based life assessments for fixed equipment

Ensures that all technical recommendations follow industry accepted sound engineering practices and are in accordance with industry best practices

Identifies and implements strategies to improve safety, asset reliability and overall asset effectiveness

Root-Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA)

Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM)

Failure Reporting, Analysis and Corrective Action (FMEA)

Collaborates with Operations, Maintenance and Technical groups, identifies and corrects bad actors, drives root cause failure analysis (RCFA), implements corrective actions

Leads Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) efforts, develops corrective actions and track results

Responsible for performing Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) on facility assets, predicting potential failure modes, prioritizing by risk, develop plans to reduce the likelihood of failure according to risk ranking

Requirements

3+ years previous experience as a mechanical engineer in petrochemical or refining industry

Manufacturing site experience preferred

Strong interpersonal, leadership and organizational skills

Knowledge of applicable codes and standards (ASME Sec VIII, B31.3, API 510, 570, 579)

Familiarity with fixed equipment design software (Caesar II, PV Elite, Compress, Sage+)

Basic knowledge of metallurgy and corrosion associated with refinery/petrochemical process