Mechanical Reliability Engineer

Solstice Consulting Group is seeking an experienced Mechanical Integrity Engineer for our chemical client located in East Houston. The role is in office on a 9/80 schedule with 10% domestic travel.

· Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering and 10+ years of experience required

· 8+ years of mechanical integrity and maintenance experience in the oil and gas, refining, or chemical industries required

· PE License strongly preferred

· Base salary of $130k - $160k DOE plus bonus opportunity and excellent benefits

The Mechanical Integrity Engineer will oversee the mechanical integrity program, provide and support Risk analysis, perform equipment assessments and assist with repair plans, supervise general mechanical work, provide expertise on equipment design/selection and enforce plant policies and procedures. Own and maintain pipe specification.

Role Responsibilities:

- In collaboration with the Engineering Manager, develop Maintenance plans

- Own, coordinate and implement all MI related activities and program documents.

- Develop Equipment Strategy to maximize equipment lifetime and minimize unplanned downtimes

- Scope of responsibility:

- Static equipment: Pressure vessels, Piping, Valves, Heat Exchangers, Boilers and Fired Heaters; Storage Tanks, PSVs, PVSVs, ERVs, boilers

- Machinery equipment: pumps, blowers, compressors, Agitators,

- Provide and support Risk Based Inspection analysis, perform pressure equipment damage assessments

- Provide engineering expertise in troubleshooting equipment issues, evaluation of equipment failures and technical recommendations for repairs/upgrades

- Assists in developing key metrics to measure the site maintenance performance and develop improvement plans

- Responsible to support critical spare parts/inventory program to optimize production downtime

- Project Leadership:

- Responsible for mechanical design during FEL and Definition phase of projects

- Support Projects Department identifying Maintenance requirements for Capital projects

- Provide support and coordination with vendors, contractors, as needed and requested by Project Manager

- Support the development of best practices and design standards for the company

- Identify data that needs to be highlighted for discussion and potential intervention.

- Accountable for compliance with all pertinent internal/external regulatory requirements (HSE, Process Safety, Compliance Reporting etc.).

- Maintenance of ISO 9001 certifications for the business by complying with processes, procedures and instructions for all activities in which this role participates

Requirements:

- Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering and 10+ years of experience

- 8+ years MI and project execution in the oil and gas, refining, or chemical industries

- PE license strongly preferred

- Leadership and effective people management skills.

- Experience with rotating equipment and metallurgy preferred

- Ability to perform pipe stress or pressure vessel calculations.

- Experience developing standard piping specifications

- Ability to master mechanical equipment, manufacturing and chemical process equipment, product and process knowledge

- Experience with preventative and predictive maintenance techniques

- Experience/knowledge troubleshooting mechanical equipment, to include leading Root Cause Failure Analysis and driving corrective/preventative actions from it

- Demonstrated experience with manufacturing safety programs

- Knowledgeable of ASME code Section I, II, IV, V, V, V, VII, VIII, and IX as well as ASME B31.1 and ASME B31.3