Job Summary:

Acts as a technical resource for Asset Operations, providing engineering support to help operational work teams run safe, efficient, environmentally compliant, and reliable operations.

Works with operations leadership and functional interfaces to identify, prioritize, and schedule unit tasks and activities. Activity coordination covers round-the-clock unit activities and tasks. This role includes the role of Gate Keeper in the Maintenance Work Process. Provides and assigns a prioritized, value-added schedule of unit tasks and activities, including timing and unit preparation for maintenance work

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Understands the unit’s technology, equipment and process control, providing subject matter expertise to the unit.
• Works with other technical roles and plant personnel to meet business and plant goals.
• Supports and follows the work process and standard work practices required by the site and unit.
• Ensures the required operating discipline, best practices and technology is implemented to optimize and improve unit performance and production.
• Improves unit operating discipline and plant operating procedures.
• Initiates MOC’s as necessary.
• Assists in troubleshooting and facilitates training of operating personnel in trouble shooting skills.
• Networks with reliability, maintenance and improvement engineers to resolve issues, identify improvement opportunities, and leverage technology and best practices into the unit.
• As requested, trains and communicates process technology and technical information to plant personnel.
• Leads and contributes as required in root cause investigations for unplanned events per site and unit guidelines and requirements.
• Leads and supports targeted process and productivity improvement teams.
• Understands and applies Statistical Process Control (SPC) technology.
• Understands and closes unit asset utilization operational performance gaps.
• Maintains a personal development plan with guidance from leadership to continuously learn and develop.

• Builds and maintains a prioritized list of opportunistic work (Priority 4) for execution during an unplanned short stop, outage or turnaround. Ensures that startup and shutdown activities are included in the consolidated list of tasks and activities.
• Works with operations to ensure that all jobs on the schedule for next day for maintenance are ready (LOTO & Permitting).
• Identifies repeat jobs and works with Maintenance to escalate for support prior to making the repairs (Maintenance Engineer, Maintenance Technologist, etc.).

• Ensures maintenance work requests are clearly defined, value-assessed, and prioritized according to the Maintenance Work Process requirements. Works with the Maintenance Coordinator to remove barriers for crafts, supporting safe, efficient, reliable repairs.

• Determines operational resources, planning, preparation, and procedural requirements for task and activity requests, including operating discipline adequacy.

Skills, Experience, and Qualifications:                            

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university in engineering; chemical engineering perferred.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills; able to independently identify and resolve technical issues.
• Good communication and collaboration skills; responsible, detail‑oriented, and able to work under pressure.
• Basic English reading and writing skills both written and spoken
• Critical thinking skills for prioritizing information/tasks to develop short and long term maintenance schedules
• Self-driven with the ability to collaborate with various working groups

Considered a Plus:

• 2 years operational experience within a chemical plant including co-ops or internships
• Experience in plant start‑up, commissioning, or debottlenecking projects