Description :
Texas Petrochemicals (TPC) is a premier chemical company, headquartered in Houston with $2 billion in annual sales. TPC is a growing company that provides quality C4 chemical products and services to both local and global industry companies. TPC has manufacturing facilities in the industrial corridor adjacent to the Houston Ship Channel, operations in Baytown and Port Neches, Texas and a product terminal in Lake Charles, Louisiana. TPC has the largest butadiene and butene -1 extraction capacity in North America. In addition, the Company is one of North America's largest producers of isobutylene and derivatives of isobutylene such as polyisobutylene, diisobutylene and isobutylene concentrate. TPC products are widely used as chemical building blocks for synthetic rubber, nylon carpets, adhesives, catalysts and additives used in high-performance polymers. TPC offers excellent benefits, incentive plans, career growth and opportunities for advancement. For more information, please visit us at [link removed]
This position will recommend and implement changes in rotating equipment systems to improve reliability, operability, reduce downtime and increase throughput. It will also help improve and administer existing preventive and predictive maintenance activities, such as investigate rotating equipment failures, reviewing and approving rotating equipment design calculations, upgrading equipment, and troubleshooting rotating equipment failures.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Creates equipment standards and drives equipment improvement
Manages the repair of Capital Spare equipment
Responsible for equipment Bills of Material for maintenance
Maintains and updates plant equipment files, as needed
Develops maintenance strategies (Run to failure, Condition Based Monitoring, etc.)
Required Skills:
Ability to lead failure analysis (FMEA & RCA), top 10 failure list, Mean Time Between Repairs (MTBR), and other KPI's to track progress.
Ability to maintain critical documentation and flow of information relative to the Maintenance Department's function, both internal and external to the department, which includes items such as maintenance procedures, technical reports, MOC's and AFE's.
Able to create work plans for condition monitoring system.
Organizational skills
Complex problem-solving and analytical skills
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Experience Required:
Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical, Chemical or equivalent engineering discipline.
5+ years of experience within the chemical processing industry as an equipment engineer or in an equipment reliability role.
Qualified candidates should apply at:
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Texas Petrochemicals is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Principals Only - No Recruiters Please.