Technician, Maintenance 3, LP/BC

Company:INEOS Oxide
Interested in joining a winning team? A team whose employees share in the ownership of the business and are empowered to make a difference?
Organizational context
and job purpose
INEOS Organization:
INEOS is a global manufacturer of petrochemicals, specialty chemicals and oil products. It comprises 15 businesses each with a major chemical company heritage. Its production network spans 65 manufacturing facilities in 16 countries throughout the world. INEOS products make a significant contribution to saving life, improving health and enhancing standards of living for people around the world. Its businesses produce the raw materials that are essential in the manufacture of a wide variety of goods: from paints to plastics, textiles to technology, and medicines to mobile phones - chemicals manufactured by INEOS enhance almost every aspect of modern life.
Business Context:
INEOS Oxide is one of the most diverse, dynamic and successful businesses within INEOS. We operate 5 manufacturing sites in Europe and North America (Antwerp BE, Köln DE, Lavéra FR, Plaquemine US, Bayport, US). We produce a broad range of 200+ products which spread across five key value chains (Ethylene Oxide, Propylene Oxide, Oxoalcohols, Acetic Acid, and ENB), and on many of our products we are the European market leader. Our total manufacturing capacity is above 3 million tonnes per annum generating an annual EBITDA of ~300 M€. INEOS Oxide is an energetic business which is growing actively on a global level, with projects to extend our production base to new sites in North America and Asia in addition to continued investment on our existing platforms. We are committed to resourcing the Procurement team accordingly to deliver on this ambitious growth agenda.
Purpose of the Job:
The IE Technician, troubleshoots, and maintains operating units to drive process and product improvements. During a typical day they will Maintenance equipment, PM and troubleshoot equipment.
The candidate is responsible for safe and efficient operation of assigned production units using established operating discipline and procedures. The IE Technician is responsible for maintaining the plant assets and protective systems integrity and to deliver established production targets set by the business.
Responsibilities and Accountabilities
Accountabilities:
SHE
Visibly supports and promotes the INEOS 20 Principles and the Culture of Prevention.
All activities performed in accordance with established company, local, state, federal, and health safety, and environmental regulations and procedures.
Ensure all maintenance activities are planned and executed in accordance with site environmental requirements.
Identify Safety improvements on all pre-existing processes.
Provides safe work permits to contractors working on or around equipment in the plant and maintenance buildings
Verifies clear understanding of work scope, carefully reviews the type of work and potential safety or process reliability hazards.
Takes appropriate action to initiate proper safety reviews (e.g., temporary job plan, confined space, hot work, etc.) when reviewing the work scope.
Is aware of and responds to emergency protocols during shutdowns and startups.
Manufacturing Excellence
Monitor overall program compliance for integrity programs for the asset and coordinate craftsman as required to support these programs and ensure completion prior to due date.
Supports maintenance of asset condition per INEOS Asset Care guidelines.
Responsible for coordinating with Asset Work Execution Supervisors on larger, more complex jobs including review of work scope with Operations, Execution Forces, Planner/Schedulers to verify clear understanding and development of timelines as needed.
Trouble shoots failed/underperforming equipment to identify and/or eliminate root cause.
Serve as elevated technical resource in maintenance repair techniques for the asset.
Is accountable for PM compliance by craft, schedule compliance, backlog management by crafts for asset. Provides support to engineering project teams that install, modify, or will affect IE & A equipment in the plant.
Follows the progress of the projects ensuring that the IE & A is installed correctly with all parameters being properly set for the desired operation
Level of Education & Experience in general
High School Diploma/GED required
At least 5 years of maintenance-related experience in a plant & Electrical and Instrumentation designation or NCCER Electrical and Instrumentation Certification
Possess a current, valid license to operate a motor vehicle in the United States.
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a permanent basis without visa sponsorship (U.S. citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident).
Technical Skills
SAP experience in areas of Plant Maintenance
Ability to utilize Microsoft Office Suite tools
Ability to demonstrate a strong working knowledge of the process and personal safety and health practices applicable in the petrochemical industry. This includes energy isolation, lockout tagout, work permitting, confined space entry, working from heights, hazard communication, lifting and hoisting, incident reporting and investigation, and MOC.
Working knowledge of instrument, electrical, and analyzer standards as applied in petrochemical industry and general knowledge of various Codes (e.g. API, ASME, ANSI, NFPA, ISA).
Working knowledge of technical documentation associated with instrument, electrical, and analyzer design and equipment,
Demonstrated capabilities to assess work sequencing, optimize work planning, scheduling, and cost is a plus.
Knowledge and experience in executing preventive maintenance plans.
Ability to read P&IDs.
Instrumentation Experience:
Knowledge of and experience with instrumentation installation, calibration, maintenance and troubleshooting along with the ability to read and understand P&IDs, schematics and loop drawings. Experience using HART communicator and documenting calibrator to verify settings of instruments in the field.
Knowledge of and experience with PLCs (especially Allen-Bradley), ladder logic, control valves, HART field devices, Emerson Delta V BPCS/SIS or related DCS platforms. Familiar with the maintenance of Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS).
Knowledge of instrumentation relating to temperature, pressure, mass flow and level. Includes DP, Coriolis, Vortex, Ultrasonic, Nuclear, Radar and Magnetic instrumentation, along with associated equipment such as control valves.
Electrical Experience:
Knowledge of and experience of troubleshooting equipment with voltages up to 12.47kV.
Trouble-shooting skills along with the ability to read and understand P&ID, Relay Drawings, Electrical One-Lines and Loop Drawings.
Knowledge of testing and maintenance of VFDs, transformers, large electric motors, UPS systems, low and medium voltage switchgear, and low and medium voltage motor control centers.
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Behavioral Skills
Ability to demonstrate a strong working knowledge of the process and personal safety and health practices applicable in the petrochemical industry. This includes energy isolation, lockout tagout, work permitting, confined space entry, working from heights, hazard communication, lifting and hoisting, incident reporting and investigation, and MOC.
Relentlessly pursue and leverage market insights to guide strategies and make superior choices.
Make courageous decisions to innovate and accelerate value creation.
Optimistically focus on continual growth - pursuing superior outcomes for business & customer success
Have a bias for action, prioritizing issues and making sound decisions - appropriately accounting for uncertainty and risk.
Adapt to changing market and customer opportunities quickly to deliver results in the most effective way.
Outside
Light Work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects
The worker is subject to inside environmental conditions: Protection from weather conditions, but not necessarily from temperature changes.
The worker is subject to outside environmental conditions: No effective protection from the weather.
The worker is subject to both environmental conditions: Activities occur inside and outside.
The worker is subject to extreme cold: Temperatures below 32 degrees F for periods of more than one hour.
The worker is subject to extreme heat: Temperatures above 100 degrees F for periods