Mechanical Maintenance Engineer - Mech CFB

  • Formosa Plastics Corp.
  • Point Comfort, Texas
  • Full Time

I. 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 most efficiently and effectively, reduce costs, and increase operating profit. The maintenance engineer increases productivity, 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 the Company's requirements.

II. MAJOR AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY

Project Management: Study the unit's mechanical equipment and identify problem areas or improvements that will help the unit achieve Best Industry Benchmarks for cost, production, and reliability. Develop, obtain approval, and manage projects. Use purchasing and contractor management skills, best practices, benchmarking, planning, root cause analysis, and troubleshooting to achieve project goals.

Equipment Reliability: Ensure that all equipment is specified, designed, installed, and maintained to current industry and FPC standards. 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. Provide maintenance support by communicating and working with operations to establish equipment criticality and provide standby equipment for critical equipment.

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.

Cost Control: Manage Maintenance Unit costs as measured by Monthly Management Reports Analysis of cost deviations and causes of costs; initiation of cost efficiencies; identification of inefficiencies and recommendations to correct; analyze budget trends, develop and recommend budget requirements; control overtime to below 3%.

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.

III. QUALIFICATIONS

  • 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.
  • B.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering or B.S. in Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Technology; other related engineering disciplines considered.
Job ID: 480241742
Originally Posted on: 6/7/2025

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