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The Chemours Company · 19 hours ago

Mechanical Engineer - Rotating Equipment

Corpus Christi, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$98K/yr - $153K/yr

5+ years exp

The Chemours Company is a leader in chemistry innovation, focusing on sustainable solutions across various industries. They are seeking a Rotating Mechanical Engineer to provide mechanical engineering guidance and support for operations and maintenance teams at their Corpus Christi Plant, ensuring compliance with safety and engineering standards.

ChemicalMedicalMedical Device

No H1B

Responsibilities

Provide mechanical expertise for troubleshooting, maintaining, and modifying operating equipment and facilities

Provide technical troubleshooting and training to the operating and maintenance teams

Provide Mechanical expertise for project work to ensure its compliance with specifications, engineering standards and quality assurance

Lead PSM criticality assessment process to ensure adequate rationale is provided to develop and manage the MIQA effort, including critical spare parts, SAP data, inspection plans and frequencies, and maintenance procedures

Analyze equipment trends, historical data, and uptime data to recommend and justify improvements to obtain lowest life cycle cost on different classes of equipment

Leads and participates in Safety, Reliability and Quality Investigations

Participate in maintenance and reliability networks and share best practices, successes, and failures

Perform failure mode and effect analyses to develop appropriate equipment maintenance plans to include equipment checks and predictive preventative maintenance (PPM) performed by operations and mechanics

Provides support for both cost and capital projects, including scoping out, justifying, and coordinating installation of new/modified facilities

Maintain personal level of technical expertise in key technologies via training, seminars, and professional organizations

Provide shift/weekend coverage for start-ups, tests, maintenance Turnarounds or other non-routine needs

Travel requirements are less than 15%

Qualification

Mechanical EngineeringRotating EquipmentTroubleshootingProcess Safety ManagementSAPProject ManagementTeam CollaborationCommunication SkillsInitiativeFlexibility

Required

Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering from an ABET accredited university

5 years of related industrial / manufacturing work experience in Rotating equipment (will consider degree relevant intern / co-op experience counting toward this requirement)

Rotating equipment and alignment techniques, and basic materials science including material selection and properties

Lubrication fundamentals and tribology techniques

Basic pumps principles, understanding performance curves. Mechanical seals API plans

Demonstrated knowledge of mechanical engineering rotating equipment principles

Strong ability to diagnose and solve technical problems – making data-based decisions

Ability to work both independently and in a team environment

Excellent oral and written communication skills with strong customer focus and ability to conceptualize customer needs based on customer input. Proven ability to effectively communicate through all levels of an organization

Prior experience working with technical resources and/or field personnel in operations troubleshooting activities

High degree of initiative and flexibility to move projects forward safely and in a timely manner

Proven ability to prioritize and manage short duration deadlines, emergency situations, and multiple priorities

Willing and able to wear required PPE (personal protective equipment) such as steel toes, hard hat, Nomex, eye protection, respirators, etc

Preferred

Experienced with strong background in the following:

Maintenance and reliability best practices including the work management process

Fundamentals of interpreting oil analysis results, vibration analysis and data interpretation, and fundamentals of nondestructive testing

Experience in working with rotating equipment such as air compressors or large industrial refrigeration equipment

Root cause failure analysis (RCFA) and failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA), data analysis techniques and statistical interpretation skills, failure analysis including preservation of evidence techniques, and engineering design standards and their application, Cost/Capital analysis and justification

Strong Process Safety Management (PSM) background

Previous experience working with SAP