Mechanical Reliability Specialist

INEOS Belgium; Ashtabula, Northern (OH, KY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Paid time off

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

Life & AD&D insurance

401(k) with company match

Job summary

INEOS Pigments in Ashtabula, Ohio operates a two-plant complex near Lake Erie with over 45 years of manufacturing excellence. The role focuses on mechanical and rotating equipment maintenance, predictive maintenance, and adherence to process safety and ISO standards.

A strong background in precision measurement, troubleshooting, and CMMS (SAP) is required. The company offers a competitive salary with annual bonus and comprehensive benefits including PTO, medical, dental, vision, disability, life

Qualifications

• HS diploma or equivalent;Associates degree in engineering preferred.
• Journeyman mechanic/millwright/machinist/field service technician experience.
• Minimum 10 years in maintenance of mechanical and rotating systems in industrial manufacturing.
• Knowledge of relevant API codes.
• Analytical decision making and troubleshooting abilities.
• Familiarity with chemical/industrial equipment function, design, and regulatory requirements; PSM & ISO systems.
• Proficiency with MS Office and CMMS (SAP).
• Six Sigma training is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot technical problems across mechanical, electrical, systems, and operational domains.
• Install, troubleshoot, inspect, and repair industrial mechanical and rotating equipment (pumps, compressors, rotary blowers).
• Apply predictive maintenance techniques including vibration, infrared thermography, and oil analysis.
• Capitalize on precision lubrication techniques and accurate measuring tools.
• Conduct root cause failure analyses and implement corrective actions.
• Ensure compliance with standards, policies, and procedures; document information clearly.
• Maintain process safety management practices and ISO systems.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Rotating equipment maintenance

Predictive maintenance

Precision measuring tools

Precision alignment

Root Cause Analysis

Process Safety

Analytical thinking

MS Office

CMMS (SAP)

API knowledge

Quality & procedures

Education

HS diploma or equivalent

Associates degree in engineering preferred

Journeyman mechanic / millwright / machinist / field service technician experience

Tools

CMMS (SAP)

Microsoft Office

Job description

At INEOS Pigments, we value the contribution of our people in making us one of the largest producers of titanium dioxide in North America. Providing numerous products and services to industries around the globe, from coatings to plastics to paper and other end-uses, we invest in employee development and offer a wide range of career opportunities, offering everyone the chance to broaden their experience and build a professionally rewarding career. Performance in Role:

• Troubleshooting Technical Problems: Knowledge of approaches, tools and techniques for anticipating, recognizing and resolving technical (mechanical, electrical, systems or operational) problems.
• Experience installing, troubleshooting, inspecting, and repairing industrial mechanical and rotating equipment such as Pumps, Compressors and Rotary Blowers
• Experience with Predictive Maintenance techniques including vibration, infrared thermography and oil analysis
• Knowledge of precision lubrication techniques
• Experience with using Root Cause Failure Analysis methodologies
• Knowledge of preventive and predictive maintenance of industrial mechanical and rotating systems and equipment.
• Demonstrates ability to use all precision measuring tools such as micrometers, calipers, dial indicators
• Demonstrates ability to perform precision alignment of rotating equipment using lasers or dial indicators
• Standards, Policies & Procedures: Knowledge of and ability to use and influence organization's policies, standards and procedures guiding operational or technical processes.
• Information Capture: Knowledge of the processes and the ability to identify, capture and document relevant business information in an auditable, organized, understandable and easily retrievable manner.
• Process Safety Management: Knowledge of Process Safety Management, which provides sufficient controls and/or redundancies to avoid a set of conditions that can lead to loss of containment of hazardous substances or uncontrolled energy releases.

Level of education & experience preferred:

• Required HS diploma or equivalent. Preferred Associates Degree in engineering desired or equivalent study.
• Alternatively, must have experience with Mechanical industrial maintenance as a journeyman mechanic, millwright, machinist, or field service technician.
• Possess a minimum of ten (10) years experience in the maintenance of mechanical and rotating systems and equipment in an industrial manufacturing environment.
• Knowledgeable of relevant API codes
• Be able to use analytical processes (appraise a situation, develop supporting plans, make decisions, generate innovative ideas, analyse and troubleshoot mechanical issues).
• Working knowledge of chemical/industrial equipment function, design, and regulatory requirements and Process Safety Management and ISO systems and procedures.
• Functionality with various computer programs, specifically Microsoft Office Suite and CMMS (SAP).
• Six Sigma training a plus.

Our Ashtabula, Ohio Complex, consisting of two plants just south of Lake Erie, is a state of the art manufacturing complex with leading technology and more than 45 years of manufacturing excellence.

INEOS Pigments offers a competitive salary with an annual bonus and a comprehensive benefits package, including paid time off, medical, dental, vision, short-term disability, long-term disability with the buy-up option, basic life & AD&D insurance with a buy-up option for self and dependents, 401(k) with company match.