Fixed Equipment Engineer

Altivia; Institute (WV); In loco; USD 90.000 - 130.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Altivia is seeking a Fixed Equipment Engineer to provide technical expertise and engineering support for inspection, reliability, maintenance, repair, and lifecycle management of fixed equipment throughout the chemical manufacturing facility in Institute, West Virginia.

The role aims to improve equipment reliability, maintain mechanical integrity, investigate failures, and ensure compliance with codes and company standards.

Competenze

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or closely related discipline.
• Understanding of pressure vessels, piping, heat exchangers, tanks, and fixed equipment.
• Familiarity with mechanical integrity and inspection programs in PSM facilities.
• Ability to interpret P&IDs, equipment drawings, inspection reports, and specifications.

Mansioni

• Provide technical expertise and engineering support for fixed equipment across the facility.
• Support outages and turnarounds, equipment inspections, and repair recommendations.
• Contribute to root cause investigations and long-term reliability improvements.
• Collaborate with Operations, Maintenance, Inspection, Process Engineering, EHS and capital project teams to ensure safe operation.

Conoscenze

P&ID interpretation

Mechanical integrity knowledge

Codes & standards knowledge

Root cause analysis

Formazione

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Strumenti

Chempax CMMS

Descrizione del lavoro

Position Summary

The Fixed Equipment Engineer provides technical expertise and engineering support for the inspection, reliability, maintenance, repair, and lifecycle management of fixed equipment throughout the chemical manufacturing facility. This position improves equipment reliability, maintains mechanical integrity, investigates equipment failures, and helps ensure fixed equipment is operated and maintained in accordance with applicable codes, recognized and generally accepted good engineering practices (RAGAGEP), and company standards.

The engineer works closely with Operations, Maintenance, Inspection, Process Engineering, EHS, and capital project teams to support the safe and reliable operation of pressure vessels, piping systems, heat exchangers, storage tanks, reactors, boilers, and other stationary process equipment. The role also supports plant outages and turnarounds, equipment inspections, repair recommendations, root cause investigations, and long-term reliability improvements.

Education and Experience

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a closely related engineering discipline from an accredited institution.
• General understanding of pressure vessels, process piping, heat exchangers, tanks, and other fixed equipment.
• Familiarity with mechanical integrity and inspection programs in PSM-covered facilities.
• Ability to interpret P&IDs, equipment drawings, inspection reports, engineering specifications, and applicable codes.

Preferred

• Experience in fixed equipment, mechanical integrity, inspection, or reliability engineering in a chemical or petrochemical facility.
• Experience troubleshooting mechanical equipment problems and developing practical engineering solutions.
• Knowledge of corrosion and degradation mechanisms encountered in chemical processing environments.
• Experience supporting major plant turnarounds.
• Experience with Chempax or another computerized maintenance management system.