Maintenance Engineer

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Join us as a Maintenance Engineer in Pryor, where you will play a key role in ensuring the integrity, reliability, and long-term performance of our plant assets. In this senior engineering role, you will support maintenance and inspection strategies, lead reliability improvement initiatives, and work closely with cross-functional teams to strengthen asset integrity, safety, and operational efficiency.

Your key responsibilities will be:

• Develop inspection and maintenance plans for static equipment, targeting damage mechanisms based on criticality,
• Design preventive maintenance tasks for rotating equipment, targeting failure modes based on criticality,
• Provide leadership and technical expertise to solve complex operating and reliability challenges,
• Offer technical guidance and support to less-experienced engineers and maintenance team members,
• Use root cause analysis and failure analysis techniques to eliminate recurring equipment issues,
• Work closely with Millwrights and Maintenance Technicians to review and correct findings from root cause analysis, vibration analysis, oil analysis, and other monitoring activities,
• Lead annual audits focused on maintenance optimization and asset integrity improvement,
• Identify capital needs related to asset integrity and support long-term capital planning,
• Maintain a strong understanding of the history and current condition of static equipment,
• Participate in the development of best practices to ensure asset integrity and reliability,
• Coordinate and participate in inspections of static equipment,
• Lead responses to leaks, failures, and asset integrity issues related to static equipment,
• Lead or participate in the scoping and implementation of small to large capital projects,
• Participate in turnaround scope reviews, inspections, and criticality assessments of unexpected findings,
• Communicate with insurance partners regarding asset integrity, inspection, and maintenance needs as required.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering preferred,
• Strong knowledge of engineering principles, process and product technology, and chemical manufacturing environments,
• Solid understanding of process safety management, root cause analysis, and failure analysis techniques,
• Advanced knowledge of maintenance, reliability, asset integrity, and mechanical engineering principles,
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to present technical information clearly to cross-functional teams,
• Experience in project engineering, maintenance planning, and maintenance supervision,
• Experience in a senior maintenance technician role,
• Experience with predictive maintenance, vibration analysis, and CMMS,
• Experience with turnarounds, including plant shutdown planning and execution,
• Experience with Microsoft Office, including Word and Excel,
• Ability to manage and implement change initiatives and lead engineering or maintenance-related projects,
• Eligible to work in the United States,
• Experience with JDE is a plus.