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Maintenance Engineer I

Kaneka Americas Holding, Inc.
United States, Texas, Pasadena
Apr 28, 2025
Description

* Implement and maintain a comprehensive reliability improvement program.



  • Monitor critical equipment and assist in the development and implementation of Preventive Maintenance programs.
  • Identify equipment and facilities with high maintenance cost and/or high failure rates -mechanical reliability.
  • Implement the vibration monitoring program to include data collection, analysis and interpretation of data, and implementation of corrective actions.
  • Demonstrate improvement of equipment availability through Reliability KPls.
  • Support the non-destructive inspection program which includes planned scheduled equipment inspections.
  • Implement the Mechanical Integrity (Ml) program.
  • Evaluate adequacy of plant inspection and testing programs to ensure integrity and availability of mechanical components and systems.
  • Ensure the inspection database is accurate and documentation is complete.
  • Perform root cause failure analysis (RCFA) on equipment component and system failures, develop and recommend corrective action proposals.
  • Perform all necessary analysis, conduct all necessary investigations involving vendors and subject matter specialists as needed to identify failure modes, and classify findings.
  • Gather and classify all data and information pertaining to equipment component and system failures and failure frequencies.
  • Develop and implement action plans to eliminate identified failure modes, including but not limited to modifications and changes to:
    equipment component and system specifications and standards,
    inspection, reconditioning, and repair procedures, and
    technician training documents and programs.
  • Advise and assist on-site mechanical technicians, planners and maintenance supervisors on modifications and improvements of maintenance re-conditioning and repair procedures and practices.
  • Provide technical expertise in regard to job plan development, equipment critical path, job scopes, troubleshooting and diagnosing problems.
  • Define and approve repairs to service equipment, per RAGAGEPs, potentially including audit and evaluation of contracted repair organizations, and inspection of repair work.
  • * Participate as a technical adviser on maintenance outages and minor improvement projects,
  • Assist maintenance planning in outage preparation.
  • Ensure specifications and standards are followed for plant modifications and minor improvement projects.
  • Review and approve specifications of new equipment.
  • Participate in pre-start-up safety reviews, and assist in punch listing, pre-commissioning, and commissioning of all plant modifications and minor improvement projects.
  • Be on call to provide technical support when needed.
  • Must demonstrate the following emotional intelligence skills:
  • Emotional Empathy
  • Positive Attitude
  • Excellent Communication Skills
  • Flexibility/ Adaptability
  • Interpersonal Skills

Qualifications
Behaviors
Thought Provoking - Capable of making others think deeply on a subject
Dedicated - Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity
Team Player - Works well as a member of a group
Motivations
Flexibility - Inspired to perform well when granted the ability to set your own schedule and goals
Skills
  • SAP (required)
  • MS Outlook (required)
  • MS PowerPoint (required)
  • MS Excel (required)
  • MS Word (required)


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