Maintenance / Project Engineer

Ergon, Inc - Refining & Marketing; Vicksburg (MS); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Ergon Refining, a family-owned company in Vicksburg, seeks a Maintenance/Project Engineer. The role focuses on coordinating maintenance activities, providing engineering support, and ensuring safety standards. Ideal candidates are motivated engineering graduates with a background in maintenance or petrochemical environments, committed to continuous improvement and teamwork.

Benefits

401(k) matching

Health insurance

Life insurance

Dental insurance

Holidays

Vacation

Sick Leave

Tuition Assistance

Profit Sharing

Qualifications

• Preferably 1-2 years of experience in a petrochemical or manufacturing environment.
• Self-motivated with strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate daily maintenance activities and provide technical support.
• Monitor the initiation and completion of maintenance work orders.
• Maintain a computerized preventive maintenance system.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Organizational Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil or Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Ergon Refining in Vicksburg currently has an opening for a Maintenance/Project Engineer. This position monitors and coordinates daily maintenance activities, provides technical/ engineering support to maintenance groups as needed, striving to continually identify and implement means of predicting and preventing equipment failures.

We are a great company with great pay and great benefits. Ergon Refining, Inc. is a relationship-driven company that values each employee's willingness to learn and contribute to the team. We are family owned with locations in Flowood and Vicksburg, MS; we pride ourselves on maintaining a small company feel.

Maintenance / Project Engineer Responsibilities

• Keep safe work habits as the highest priority at all times
• Maintain a clean and well-organized workspace at all times
• Strive to develop good working relationships with all co-workers, customers and associates
• Exemplify high levels of moral and ethical standards and values
• Monitor the initiation, development, assignment and completion of general maintenance work orders and strive to identify areas in which improvement can be made to decrease failure and increase the efficiency of repairs.
• Provide technical / engineering support on a continual basis to the Mechanical Maintenance and IEC Maintenance Departments to coordinate work that involves multiple departments and to ensure that all maintenance-related tasks are completed in a professional and timely manner.
• Coordinate and / or schedule non-routine maintenance work including maintenance and emergency shutdowns.
• Maintain updated files for all plant equipment containing summaries of major repairs, purchasing documentation showing parts, etc. ordered and associated costs, and any other documentation related to the equipment that may be needed.
• Maintain and develop a computerized preventive maintenance system to periodically provide maintenance to plant equipment as needed to reduce equipment failures.
• Coordinate Plant Turnarounds
• Participate in all aspects of miscellaneous project and maintenance engineering as necessary to meet the needs of the Maintenance / Engineering Department.

Maintenance / Project Engineer Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in Civil or Mechanical Engineering, is required.
• One (1) to two (2) years of experience in a petrochemical and / or manufacturing environment is preferred

The person selected must be self-motivated with strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills and successfully complete and pass a Functional Job Capacity Evaluation (FCE).

Must be able to pass a pre-employment drug screen and background check. A clean MVR is required.

Ergon offers a competitive benefits package: 401(k) matching, Health, Life, Dental, Holidays, Vacation, Sick Leave, Tuition Assistance and Profit Sharing

We are an EEO/AAP employer.

Job Role: Maintenance / Project Engineer

Location: Vicksburg, MS