Sr Supervisor, Rotating Equip

Nutrien; Augusta (GA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Nutrien, a leader in crop inputs and services, is seeking an experienced Mechanical Engineer in Augusta, Georgia. The role focuses on ensuring compliance with safety and environmental programs while enhancing infrastructure reliability.

Ideal candidates will possess a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering and 10 years of industry experience. Key tasks include leading inspections, conducting failure analysis, and introducing reliability programs, all aimed at improving plant effectiveness. Nutrien values a diverse work environment and ensures equal opportunity for all applicants.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in chemical or related operations.
• Direct exposure to various maintenance disciplines.
• Familiarity with Process Safety Management.

Responsibilities

• Lead compliance with site safety and environmental programs.
• Ensure equipment inspections and corrective actions.
• Champion failure analysis and develop plans to reduce losses.

Skills

Reliability improvement processes

Mechanical Engineering

Root cause failure analysis

CMMS

Microsoft Office

Education

B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Nutrien is a leading provider of crop inputs and services, and our business results make a positive impact on the world. Our purpose, Feeding the Future, is the reason we come to work each day. We're guided by our culture of care and our core values: We put safety first. We act with integrity. We are stronger together. We deliver with excellence.

Through the collective expertise of our nearly 26,000 employees, we operate a world‑class network of production, distribution, and ag retail facilities. We efficiently serve growers' needs and strive to provide a more profitable, sustainable, and secure future for all stakeholders. Help us raise the expectation of what an agriculture company can be and grow your career with Nutrien.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead and ensure compliance with site safety and environmental programs and departmental procedures consistent with Company policy, goals and objectives, regulatory compliance, and industry best practice, i.e. PSM compliance, mechanical integrity, supplier & services integrity and integration.
• Ensures long term plant infrastructure reliability and integrity efforts and end of life tracking and replacement of major machinery, equipment, and processes.
• Ensure equipment inspections, inspection documentations and recommendations of any corrective action judged to be necessary, quality control and technical direction of maintenance of critical equipment, determination of economical solutions for repetitive equipment failures, and development of term predictive and preventive maintenance programs to ensure optimum plant reliability and availability and repair.
• Provide engineering support as required for the following:
  • Correction of repetitive equipment failures via upgrade modification or replacement of process equipment.
  • Provide effective preventive/predictive/reliability maintenance programs and spare parts recommendations.
  • Equipment troubleshooting/repairs during plant forced outages due to breakdown or malfunctions.
  • The maintenance and updating of plant engineering specifications, maintenance technical specification manuals, and engineering drawings.
• Coordinate the conditioning monitoring program (Rotating equipment).
• Manage the site's Bad Actor program by providing reports based on Maintenance spend and loss of production.
• Champion failure analysis and vulnerability studies and develop a plan to eliminate or reduce loses through root cause analysis. Apply value analysis to make maintenance decisions, i.e., repair/replace and repair/design.
• Review downtime reports and equipment histories to identify reoccurring maintenance problems requiring engineering attention.
• Identify opportunities for technologies to be updated or better utilized in order to achieve production cost savings, improved throughput or product quality improvements.
• Utilize KPIs to identify reliability bottlenecks and work with Operations and Maintenance personnel to improve availability.
• Develop Training Plan for increasing skill levels and technical competency of personnel.

What You’ll Bring:

• B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in the chemical, Petro-chemical or related continuous process operations with direct exposure to the various maintenance disciplines.
• Experience with reliability improvement processes: planning/scheduling, root cause failure analysis, PM Optimization, key performance indicators, and reliability engineering.
• Familiarity with Process Safety Management.
• Experience with industry codes and RAGAGEP.
• Understanding of ASME and API codes relating to procurement, testing, and repair of rotating equipment.
• Experience with CMMS and Microsoft Office.

Nutrien is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected categories.

This job will remain posted until filled. In accordance with Nutrien policies, you will be required to undergo a background check, and may be required to undergo a substance test. While we appreciate all applications we receive, only candidates under consideration will be contacted. Applicants must meet minimum age requirements, as permitted by law.

Our Recruitment Process: Application > Resume Review > Pre-screen/Interview > Offer > Pre-Employment Conditions > Welcome to Nutrien

Please apply directly for this job at the employer’s website.