Mechanical Maintenance Engineer - Mechanical Track

I. POSITION OBJECTIVE

This position provides engineering expertise to optimize the utilization of physical assets and technology in support of efficient, cost-effective, and high-quality operations within the Rail Track and Rail Car Maintenance Departments. The Maintenance Engineer drives improvements in productivity, reliability, and cost reduction by analyzing high-cost or failure-prone assets and collaborating with operations and maintenance teams to implement procedural or design enhancements. Additionally, this role is responsible for promoting and maintaining a safe, healthful work environment in full compliance with environmental, health, safety, and company regulations.

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

• Education

• B.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering or B.S. in Civil Engineering; other related engineering disciplines considered.

• Previous Related Experience Required

• No prior experience is required, but experience with railroad, rail track, and/or rail cars is a plus.

• Technical Skills Required To Perform This Job

• Computer skills, including but not limited to MS Office, Excel, Word, Outlook, etc.

• Academic background: Heat Transfer, Kinetics, Thermodynamics, Fluid Statics and Dynamics, Solid Mechanics or Mechanics Materials, Structures, Transportation, Geotechnical, Stormwater Management, Hydrogeology, and Engineering Economics.

• Knowledge of corporate "workflow" system, department responsibilities, and maintenance procedures preferred