Production Reliability Engineer

Calca Solutions; Westlake (LA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Calca Solutions in Lake Charles, LA, is seeking a Chemical/Mechanical Engineer to lead process improvements across our manufacturing operations. You will identify capacity increases, reduce costs, enhance safety and quality, and oversee capital projects from idea to startup.

The role requires 5–7 years in chemical plant environments, with hands-on experience in equipment design, troubleshooting, and reliability.

Qualifications

• BS degree in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering
• 5-7 years of chemical plant experience
• Experience with mechanical equipment design, troubleshooting, function, and reliability

Responsibilities

• Track operating performance and product quality of production units; identify causes of deviations and initiate corrective actions
• Troubleshoot existing processes and initiate corrective actions to improve operating efficiency
• Identify and implement improvements to processes and procedures to increase capacity, reduce production cost, and improve safety and quality
• Provide technical coverage for plant trials and startups
• Write operating procedures and provide training for chemical operators
• Propose changes in programming logic to improve process safety, quality, or production efficiency
• Develop in-depth expertise on process equipment (reactors, agitators, heat exchangers, pumps, filters)
• Lead or participate in PPA, JSA and PHAs
• Provide mechanical engineering support to maintenance and operations
• Develop PFDs, P&IDs, mass and energy balances for modified processes
• Develop project scopes for small capital projects
• Lead capital projects through full lifecycle from design to commissioning and startup
• Specify new process equipment; collaborate with vendors and operations
• Lead mechanical predictive maintenance program
• Coordinate manufacturing, installation, maintenance, testing to meet specs and codes
• Perform data and statistical analysis for processing decisions
• Provide relief coverage for supervision in production units
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Lean Six Sigma

Troubleshooting

Process optimization

Data analysis

Project management

Process safety

Education

BS in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering

5-7 years chemical plant experience

Experience with mechanical equipment design, troubleshooting, function, and reliability

Tools

PFDs & P&IDs

Job description

Location - US - TX - Calca Solutions - Lake Charles, LA

Overview

Identify and implement improvements to processes and procedures that will increase capacity, reduce cost; improve safety and quality of Calca's global supply chain manufacturing processes. Troubleshoot existing processes to improve operating efficiency. Work in a team environment with operations, maintenance, and administrative Teams. Oversee capital projects from conceptual idea to commissioning. Identify opportunities to improve mechanical and instrumentation reliability. Utilize process improvement methodologies including Lean Six Sigma to increase Calca's profits.

Responsibilities

• Track operating performance and product quality of production units Identify causes of departure from standard and initiate corrective actions
• Troubleshoot existing processes and initiate corrective actions to improve operating efficiency
• Identify and implement improvements to processes and procedures that will increase capacity, reduce production cost, improve safety and quality of chemical manufacturing processes
• Provide technical coverage for plant trials and startups
• Write operating procedures and provide training for chemical operators
• Propose changes in programming logic that will lead to improved process safety, quality, or production efficiency
• Develop in depth expertise on process equipment used at the plants such as reactors, agitators, heat exchangers, pumps, and filters
• Lead or be a member of PPA (potential problem analysis), JSA (job safety analysis) and PHAs (process hazard analysis teams)
• Serves maintenance crafts, operations and projects by assisting with mechanical engineering support
• Develop PFDs, P&IDs, mass and energy balances for modified processes
• Develop project scopes for small capital projects
• Lead capital projects through the full project lifecycle, from project design to commissioning and startup
• Specify new process equipment including updating/revising equipment specification sheets. Work with equipment vendors and operations to aide in selection
• Leads mechanical predictive maintenance program
• Direct and coordinate manufacturing, installation, maintenance, support, documentation, and testing activities to ensure compliance with specifications, codes, and customer requirements
• Perform data and statistical analysis to make sound processing decisions
• Provide relief coverage for supervision in production units
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• BS degree in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering
• 5 - 7 years of chemical plant experience
• Experience with mechanical equipment design, troubleshooting, function, and reliability

Working at Calca

Who We Are - We are a diverse, family of individuals, who share a passion for developing innovative solutions.We build our professional relationships on respect, integrity and a commitment to safety and quality. Just as these values apply to our professional relationships, they also apply to the way we feel about our neighbors and communities.

Benefits / Compensation - We offer competitive compensation and benefit packages that reflect our commitment to our employees.Our employees are our most treasured asset, and we have dedicated resources that allow us to reward our employees for their commitment on an ongoing basis - ensuring our compensation packages are competitive in the industry.

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Travel Required

No .

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