Fixed Equipment Engineer

Fixed Equipment Engineer

Location: Plaquemine, LA

Unit: Maintenance

Reports to:

Reliability Supervisor

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensure the mechanical integrity, reliability, and safety of fixed equipment such as tanks, pressure vessels, piping, and heat exchangers.
• Develop, implement, and manage mechanical integrity programs for fixed equipment, ensuring compliance with industry codes (API 510, 570, 653) and company policies.
• Conduct inspections, monitor equipment performance and evaluate inspection results.
• Support preventive, corrective, and turnaround maintenance activities.
• Lead Root Cause Analysis Investigations of failures and develop corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Maintain documentation for inspections, repairs, and equipment history.
• Provide engineering expertise for new installations, modifications, and capital projects, including design reviews and material selection.
• Work with cross-functional teams, including maintenance, operations, inspection, and project teams, to optimize equipment performance and reliability.
• Serve as a technical reviewer and subject matter expert during the management of change (MOC) process.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Experience:

Required:

• High School Diploma or GED
• Four-year accredited Engineering Degree (Mechanical)
• Strong written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Microsoft Office applications required
• Knowledge of chemical/refining industry maintenance practices and processes
• RCA methodology
• ASME / ANSI / NBIC / API Recommended Practices

Preferred:

• 2 years of experience minimum in the engineering field

Qualifications:

• Flexible, adaptable, and organized; can handle numerous tasks simultaneously without losing focus; can properly prioritize work.
• Self-motivated and able to perform with minimal supervision.
• Ability to work within a team environment – understands role and purpose in the overall team.
• Detail-minded and delivers quality work products.
• High commitment to work processes, procedures, and systems.

Physical Requirements :

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Must be able to access all plant areas.
• Use of PPE is required in specific areas.
• Regularly required to push, pull, bend, and perform long periods of standing and walking on cement foundations.
• Climb stairs, straight ladders, and structures, etc.
• Occasionally required to stoop and kneel.
• Must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Must be able to coordinate the movement of eyes, hands, feet, and fingers to operate tools and equipment.

Work Environment:

• Chemical manufacturing facility.
• Professional office environment.
• Diverse / Multi-cultural workforce.
• Exposed to dust, odors, fumes, and noises