Maintenance Engineer - Maintenance for PP II Train 3 Expansion

201 Formosa Dr, Point Comfort, TX 77978, USA Req #947

Friday, April 19, 2024

Company Overview for Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A.

Founded in 1978, Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A. (Formosa Plastics) is a growing, vertically-integrated supplier of plastic resins and petrochemicals. With annual revenues of more than $5 billion, we employ over 2,800 people who operate 20 production units in six business divisions - Olefins, Polyolefins, Vinyl, Specialty Polyvinyl Chloride, Chlor-Alkali, and Oil & Gas.

Formosa Plastics offers a full line of polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene and polypropylene resins, caustic soda and other petrochemicals that deliver the consistency, performance and quality that customers demand. We market our polypropylene and polyethylene resins under the Formolene® tradename; we market our suspension PVC and specialty (dispersion) PVC resins under the Formolon® tradename. We also produce and sell caustic soda, ethylene dichloride, commercial bleach and hydrochloric acid.

We are committed to supplying the highest quality products and services to our customers, providing a safe and healthy workplace for our employees and contributing to the quality of life in the communities where we operate. This commitment is made possible through our dedicated people, consistent products, continued protection of the environment and ongoing investments in new product development, quality control systems and safe, modern and energy-efficient production facilities.

Formosa Plastics is a privately held company headquartered in Livingston, New Jersey. Our core business, producing plastic resins and petrochemicals, takes place at three wholly-owned chemical manufacturing subsidiaries located in Delaware City, Delaware, Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Point Comfort, Texas.

POSITION OBJECTIVE

This position exists to provide engineering expertise to optimize the utilization of physical assets and technology resources to manufacture the highest quality products in the most efficient and effective manner, reduce costs, and increase operating profit. The maintenance engineer increases productivity, and reliability, and lowers costs. This is accomplished by analyzing high-cost and failure assets and working with operations and maintenance to develop improvements in procedures or design improvements. This person will also sustain a safe and healthful working environment that meets environmental, health, and safety regulations and Company requirements.

MAJOR AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY

Project Management: Study the unit's mechanical equipment and look for areas of improvement that will help the unit achieve Best Industry Practices and correct problem areas. Follow up with projects on a routine basis utilizing best practices, benchmarking, planning, root cause analysis, and troubleshooting.

Equipment Reliability: Provide maintenance support by communicating and working with operations to establish equipment criticality and provide standby equipment for critical equipment. Apply data analysis techniques to develop engineering solutions to repetitive failures and other problems that adversely affect plant operations including safety, environmental, capacity, quality, cost, and regulatory compliance issues. Historical files shall be established and well-maintained to allow for correct diagnoses of equipment failures and performance of equipment maintenance.

Unplanned Maintenance: If an unexpected failure occurs within the respective unit carry out unplanned corrective maintenance by assisting in identifying the cause of failure by using strong analytical, troubleshooting skills and diagnostic tools to select the most appropriate procedure to resolve the issue and restore functionality. In the most efficient and effective manner, to reduce maintenance costs.

PSM: Assist with elements of process safety and projects such as MOCs and PSSRs.

Leadership and Staff Development: Coach and lead individual team members for continued development.

THM: Promote cleanliness and order through the implementation of the Total Housekeeping Maintenance program. Emphasize Nothing Touch Ground program and No Visual Pollution program. Maintain the plant in like new condition.

QUALIFICATIONS

B.S. Degree in Engineering or B.S in Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Technology; other related engineering disciplines considered.
No prior experience is required but 1 ~ 2 years of experience in project and equipment management is preferred. Project management and equipment knowledge experience is a plus.

Check Out Our Benefits

Health Coverage and Perks

Excellent medical, dental, and vision insurance plans

Flexible spending accounts for health, dependent care

Short-term Disability

Long-term Disability

Group Term Life, Dependent and
Supplemental Life Insurance

Tuition Reimbursement

Work/Life Balance

10 Paid Holidays

Paid Time Off for a balanced life
(Vacation, Sick and Personal Time)

FlexTime Available

Competitive Compensation

Competitive salary, incentive/bonus, 401(k) plan with company match,
Cash Balance, Pension Plan

Other details

Job Family SP
Job Function E
Pay Type Salary
Required Education Bachelor’s Degree

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201 Formosa Dr, Point Comfort, TX 77978, USA