Project Engineer
Position Overview
The Project Reliability Engineer will lead reliability and capital projects within a large-scale industrial plant environment. This role manages projects from concept and design through construction, commissioning, and handover, with a focus on improving equipment reliability, availability, and overall plant performance.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage reliability and capital projects from initial concept through commissioning and handover.
- Identify equipment reliability risks and implement solutions to reduce recurring failures and downtime.
- Develop engineering drawings, equipment specifications, RFQs, cost estimates, and project justifications.
- Coordinate contractors, vendors, engineering partners, Operations, and Maintenance teams.
- Lead reliability analysis including Root Cause Analysis, FMEA, and Pareto analysis.
- Track reliability KPIs and support improvements to OEE and equipment availability.
- Manage project budgets, schedules, construction activities, and technical documentation.
- Prepare Management of Change (MOC) documentation for equipment modifications.
- Ensure projects meet safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements.
- Provide technical support to plant Operations and Maintenance personnel.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline.
- 7+ years of engineering experience in a chemical plant or similar heavy industrial/process environment.
- Strong knowledge of mechanical equipment including boilers, steam turbines, pumps, heat exchangers, cooling towers, conveyors, blowers, fans, and dryers.
- Experience with mechanical integrity programs, fixed equipment, reliability engineering, and root-cause analysis.
- Experience with engineering design, estimating, contractor management, and construction oversight.
- Knowledge of Predictive Maintenance (PdM) technologies and reliability data analysis.
- Strong project management, communication, and problem-solving skills.
Preferred
- PMP certification.
- Plant turnaround/shutdown experience.
- Experience with Planning & Scheduling and 5S maintenance practices.
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