Engineer Integrity Mechanical

ALLY Energy; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

ALLY Energy is seeking a Mechanical Integrity Engineer to oversee the maintenance and performance of plant assets. The successful candidate will ensure compliance with engineering standards, manage inspections, and improve reliability across operations, requiring a B.S. in engineering and relevant experience in manufacturing.

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably chemical.
• 3 years in a related reliability role is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Maintain engineering standards and ensure compliance.
• Manage the Mechanical Integrity Program and asset maintenance.
• Define and implement maintenance programs to improve asset performance.

Skills

Technical engineering experience

Knowledge of mechanical integrity standards

Knowledge of plant equipment damage factors

Process safety management

Education

B.S. degree in mechanical engineering

Job description

About the job

This newly created role will work closely with peers in Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, and SHE to ensure safe, reliable, efficient, and effective operations of the plant. This role will be critical in helping us build our integrity program.

Drive SHE Excellence

• Report incidents, near misses, and hazard identifications, and lead investigations onsite with appropriate conclusions and sustainable actions.
• Ensure workplace practices are in conformity with established guidelines (IGGN).

Engineering Standard Maintenance:

Maintain plant mechanical and civil engineering standards to comply with defined statutory and company standards.

Full understanding and implementation of relevant legal requirements, codes, and engineering standards / processes.

Maintain list of coded vessels and associated documentation.

Ensure technical guidance for repair plans/designs meets local, national, and company standards.

Key point of contact for regulatory bodies related to equipment design and codes.

Performance Indicators – Number of Audit findings, AsCare Score, 10P Audit Score (areas related to role)

Management of the Mechanical Integrity Program:

Define, implement, and manage programs to ensure assets and protective systems are maintained.

Maintain an updated list of critical assets and protective systems.

Ensure inspection regimens for critical assets and protective systems are defined and functioning as intended.

Evaluate and implement inspection findings to continuously improve maintenance of assets.

Performance Indicators – Downtime related to asset integrity, adherence to MI program budget

Asset Performance, Maintenance, and Asset Engineer:

Define and implement asset maintenance programs and procedures to maintain or improve asset condition and performance as well as develop plans to improve equipment integrity.

Manage preventative and predictive maintenance programs related to mechanical integrity.

Work with the operations and maintenance teams to fully understand breakdown issues and to support development of equipment-specific policies and design changes to improve asset integrity.

Execute an annual review of asset conditions for the purposes of maintaining an asset life plan.

Act as the asset engineer with overall responsibility for maintaining the site assets and protective systems integrity.

Level of education and Experience:

• B.S. degree in mechanical engineering or other engineering discipline.
• 5 years manufacturing experience, ideally in a chemical manufacturing plant preferred.

3 years of experience in a related reliability role preferred.

Technical skills

• Knowledge and associated engineering ability to apply technical engineering experience to implement global mechanical integrity standards to improve SHE and reliability performance.
• Knowledge of the key factors contributing to damage in plant equipment, piping, and tanks and the ability to use this knowledge to select suitable inspection methods, identify causes of failure, and recommend preventative methods.
• Knowledge of internal and external inspection and monitoring methods and procedures and the ability to use this knowledge to predict areas prone to corrosion or erosion and to recommend suitable remedial action.
• Knowledge of process safety management.

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