Facilities Engineer: Asset Integrity & Reliability Lead

Eastman; Kingsport, Northern (TN, KY); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Eastman in Kingsport, TN is seeking a Facilities Engineer to support Technology Operations. The role will report to the Maintenance Manager and serve as a liaison across divisions to ensure safe, reliable operation of Technology facilities and lead Asset Integrity initiatives.

The candidate will bring broad engineering experience across utilities, reliability, and standards, with strong communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills, and will collaborate with Operations, Maintenance,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline.
• 3+ years experience in an R&D, Engineering and/or Operations preferred.
• Familiarity with SAP and Microsoft Office is preferred.
• Strong leadership and communication abilities.

Responsibilities

• Takes the lead on reliability efforts for Technology to proactively assess and prioritize maintenance needs.
• Leads the Technology implementation of Corporate Asset Integrity (AI) standards and procedures – collaborate with corporate subject matter experts (SMEs) for technical content
• Works closely with Operations, Maintenance, Process Safety, and Engineering teams to provide technical support to identify and resolve issues related to Asset Integrity Management (AIM) programs
• Supports immediate Technology Operations facilities reliability events as they arise
• Participates in the weekly maintenance scheduling meetings to gain understanding of maintenance challenges and opportunities. Represent voice of Technology in these meetings.
• Performs detailed maintainability studies and calculations of complexity/system downtime. Help establish good maintenance practices.
• Identifies safety concerns and implement countermeasures to correct potential safety issues via engineering and administrative solutions
• Develops capital projects proposals (work with WWEC to develop preliminary scope & estimate)
• Serves as the Div Rep on any facilities-related capital projects for Technology
• Provides input to Capital Process Mgr (CPM) during capital planning cycle for facilities needs
• Assists CPM with execution of the Technology capital plan
• Facilitates incident investigations and completes corrective action associated with incidents
• Provides input to OMM (or Cost Center Mgr) during CSP Maintenance planning
• Leads or participates in shutdown and start-up activities

Skills

Leadership

Project leadership

Troubleshooting

Communication skills

Self-starter

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Office

Job description

Eastman in Kingsport, TN is seeking a Facilities Engineer to support Technology Operations. The role will report to the Maintenance Manager and serve as a liaison across divisions to ensure safe, reliable operation of Technology facilities and lead Asset Integrity initiatives.

The candidate will bring broad engineering experience across utilities, reliability, and standards, with strong communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills, and will collaborate with Operations, Maintenance,