Mechanical Engineer - Rotating Equipment

2350-The Chemours Company FC, LLC; Corpus Christi (TX); On-site; USD 90,091 - 140,767; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Compensation

Comprehensive Benefits Packages

401(k) Match

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Tuition Reimbursement

Learning and Development Opportunities

Strong Inclusion and Diversity

Company-paid Volunteer Day

Job summary

The Chemours Company FC, LLC in Corpus Christi, TX is hiring a Mechanical Engineer specializing in Rotating equipment to support Thermal & Specialized Solutions operations. You will troubleshoot, maintain and optimize rotating systems, lead reliability initiatives, and collaborate with maintenance teams on safety and efficiency.

Requirements include a ABET-accredited B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, 2+ years rotating equipment experience, and strong problem-solving and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from an ABET accredited university.
• 2+ years of experience in Rotating equipment in industrial/manufacturing environments.
• Experience with rotating equipment, alignment, basic materials science, lubrication/tribology, pumps, seals.
• Strong problem-solving with data-based decisions and effective communication.
• Experience with field personnel and operations troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Provide mechanical expertise for troubleshooting, maintaining, and modifying operating equipment and facilities.
• Lead and participate in safety, reliability and quality investigations.
• Support maintenance and reliability networks and share best practices.
• Perform failure mode and effect analyses to develop maintenance plans.
• Provide shift/weekend coverage for start-ups, tests, and non-routine needs.

Skills

Rotating equipment

Troubleshooting

Data-driven decisions

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Education

ABET-accredited Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

SAP

Job description

About Chemours

As we create a colorful, capable and cleaner world through chemistry, we invite you to join our team to harness the power of chemistry to shape markets, redefine industries and improve lives for billions of people around the world. CREATING ESSENTIAL CHEMISTRY THAT THE WORLD NEEDS At Chemours, our people are redefining how the world thinks of chemistry by approaching everything we do with a commitment to delivering Trusted Chemistry that creates better lives and helps communities thrive. That begins with how we use our science, data, and unmatched technical expertise to develop market-leading products with the highest levels of performance, sustainability, and safety in the industry. Powered by chemistry, our products are used in applications that make the products we rely on, processes, and new technologies possible. In key sectors such as clean energy, advanced electronics, high-performance computing and AI, climate friendly cooling, and high-quality paints and coatings for homes and industrial infrastructure-sustainable solutions and more modern living depend on Chemours chemistry.

The Chemours Corpus Christi facility located in Ingleside, TX is hiring a Mechanical Engineer with Rotating proven expertise within the Thermal & Specialized Solutions Business.

This position will report to the site Manufacturing Technology Manager. This role will serve as a Plant Support Engineer for one or more areas of the Chemours Assets at this facility.

Responsibilities

• Provide mechanical expertise for troubleshooting, maintaining, and modifying operating equipment and facilities
• Provide technical troubleshooting and training to the operating and maintenance teams
• Provide Mechanical expertise for project work to ensure its compliance with specifications, engineering standards and quality assurance
• Lead PSM criticality assessment process to ensure adequate rationale is provided to develop and manage the MIQA effort, including critical spare parts, SAP data, inspection plans and frequencies, and maintenance procedures
• Analyze equipment trends, historical data, and uptime data to recommend and justify improvements to obtain lowest life cycle cost on different classes of equipment
• Leads and participates in Safety, Reliability and Quality Investigations
• Participate in maintenance and reliability networks and share best practices, successes, and failures
• Perform failure mode and effect analyses to develop appropriate equipment maintenance plans to include equipment checks and predictive preventative maintenance (PPM) performed by operations and mechanics. Provides support for both cost and capital projects, including scoping out, justifying, and coordinating installation of new/modified facilities
• Maintain personal level of technical expertise in key technologies via training, seminars, and professional organizations
• Provide shift/weekend coverage for start-ups, tests, maintenance Turnarounds or other non-routine needs
• Travel requirements are <15%>

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from an ABET accredited university
• 2+ year of experience working in related industrial / manufacturing work experience in Rotating equipment (will consider degree relevant intern / co-op experience counting toward this requirement)
• Rotating equipment and alignment techniques, and basic materials science including material selection and properties.
• Lubrication fundamentals and tribology techniques.
• Basic pumps principles, understanding performance curves.
• Mechanical seals API plans.
• Demonstrated knowledge of mechanical engineering rotating equipment principles
• Demonstrated skill to diagnose and solve technical problems – making data-based decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to work both independently and in a team environment
• Demonstrated excellent oral and written communication skills with strong customer focus and ability to conceptualize customer needs based on customer input.
• Proven ability to effectively communicate through all levels of an organization
• Prior experience working with technical resources and/or field personnel in operations troubleshooting activities
• High degree of initiative and flexibility to move projects forward safely and in a timely manner
• Proven ability to prioritize and manage short duration deadlines, emergency situations, and multiple priorities
• Willing and able to wear required PPE (personal protective equipment) such as steel toes, hard hat, Nomex, eye protection, respirators, etc.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience working as Mechanical Engineering - Rotating equipment related activities.
• Already well experienced with strong background in the following:
• Maintenance and reliability best practices including the work management process fundamentals of interpreting oil analysis results, vibration analysis and data interpretation, and fundamentals of nondestructive testing
• Experience in working with rotating equipment such as air compressors or large industrial refrigeration equipment
• Root cause failure analysis (RCFA) and failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA), data analysis techniques and statistical interpretation skills, failure analysis including preservation of evidence techniques, engineering design standards and their application, Cost/Capital analysis and justification
• Strong Process Safety Management (PSM) background
• Previous experience working with SAP
• Experience applying Lean methodologies to maintenance processes and supporting the implementation of business systems

Benefits

• Competitive Compensation
• Comprehensive Benefits Packages
• 401(k) Match
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Learning and Development Opportunities
• Strong Inclusion and Diversity
• Company-paid Volunteer Day

Pay

Pay Range (in local currency): $90,091.00 - $140,767.00

Chemours Level: 24

Annual Bonus Target: 6%

Employment Information

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Chemours we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace for our employees.

In our pursuit to be the greatest place to work, we know that a critical element to enhancing our employee experience is to assure we’re operating with a solid foundation of trust. At Chemours, this means being transparent about how we pay our employees for the work that they do.

Chemours is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, religion, color, gender, disability, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, marital status, family status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. Jurisdictions may have additional grounds for non-discrimination, and we comply with all applicable laws.

Chemours is an E-Verify employer. Candidates must be able to perform all duties listed with or without accommodation. Immigration sponsorship (i.e., H1-B visa, F-1 visa (OPT), TN visa or any other non-immigrant status) is not currently available for this position.