Senior Mechanical Maintenance Lead

Nextdecade; Brownsville (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

NextDecade is seeking a Maintenance Supervisor, Mechanical to lead mechanical maintenance activities across the LNG facility. You will drive safe, reliable operations by guiding a skilled team through preventative, corrective, and turnaround maintenance while ensuring compliance with SCE and federal regulations.

You will mentor technicians, coordinate with other disciplines, and optimize materials and tooling to minimize costs and maximize tooltime during scheduled work.

Qualifications

• SME for all Mechanical Maintenance activities.
• 5+ years LNG Export Facility experience in a Mechanical Maintenance Execution lead role, supervising maintenance personnel, with 10+ years in LNG/Oil & Gas/Petrochemical industries in a supervisory position.
• Interpreting Engineering Drawings and Documentation.
• GOAL setting and performance management.
• Experience with CMMS (SAP or Similar).
• Experience developing and reviewing critical Maintenance procedures.
• Experience in MOC process.
• Frontline leadership during Turnarounds.
• Mechanical LNG experience including Turbo machinery, compressors, loading arms, PSV’s, pumps, motors, vessels, valves, actuators, fin fans and flange management.
• LNG Pipefitter maintenance including fabrication/repair of piping using SMAW, GTAW, GMAW; welding and pipe joining.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate proactive safety leadership to the Maintenance team.
• Responsible for safety and wellbeing of execution team; set positive safety culture.
• Coach, mentor and lead Maintenance team to reach full potential.
• Ensure competent labor availability to cover critical activities.
• Oversee and maintain team training and competency requirements.
• Provide oversight to all maintenance disciplines (Electrical, Controls, Mechanical, Plant Services).
• Stakeholder in Integrated Activity Planning & Scheduling for RGLNG.
• Support Preventative & Corrective Maintenance Plans for selected equipment.
• Lead execution of all SCE, statutory and federal regulatory compliance; manage deferals/backlog.
• Manage mechanical maintenance for breakdown, corrective and preventative activities.
• Support Turnaround leadership; lead major plant shutdowns.
• Safely complete planned activities on schedule; maximize tooltime, minimize costs.
• Review materials and parts optimization.
• Deliver maintenance execution meetings (HSSE, pre-starts, toolbox talks).
• Attend daily execution work fronts; manage tooling inventory and calibration.

Skills

Maintenance leadership

LNG experience

Engineering drawings

SCE compliance

CMMS SAP

Turnarounds

Pipefitter welding (SMAW/GTAW/GMAW)

Turbo machinery / pumps / valves

Safety leadership

Education

Technical degree in Industrial Mechanical

NCCER certifications preferred

Tools

SAP CMMS

Job description

NextDecade is seeking a Maintenance Supervisor, Mechanical to lead mechanical maintenance activities across the LNG facility. You will drive safe, reliable operations by guiding a skilled team through preventative, corrective, and turnaround maintenance while ensuring compliance with SCE and federal regulations.

You will mentor technicians, coordinate with other disciplines, and optimize materials and tooling to minimize costs and maximize tooltime during scheduled work.