Your Job
Flint Hills Resources is looking to hire a Reliability Engineer at our Pine Bend refinery in Rosemount, MN. The Reliability Engineer has accountability to the health, performance and availability of the assets in their defined area. This is a key role in the refinery that will work with many disciplines, primarily: Operations, Process Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Production, Maintenance and Construction Management.
Our Team
The Reliability Engineer is a core team member of the Production Area Team. This team exists to excel in maintaining, improving and restoring assets needed to run the refinery every day.
What You Will Do
Play a leading role in maintaining and improving equipment availability of your designated area. Work with a team that has diverse knowledge focused on availability, risk management, cost optimization, and business improvement.
- Owns maintenance & reliability of equipment within assigned production area
- Lead complex critical equipment troubleshooting and develop/align on scope of repair
- Lead development and alignment of turnaround work scope for unit equipment while optimizing cost, availability, and risk
- Track and forecast maintenance spending for your area
- Lead change through the MOC process, ensuring process safety hazards are identified and changes are clearly documented
- Oversee, audit, and implement equipment reliability strategies
- Perform root cause failure analysis to understand equipment failures and update equipment strategies as appropriate
- Act as project manager on select reliability and business improvement projects
- Some afterhours work may be required, which might include nights, weekends and holidays during turnarounds and outages
- Able to climb structures and inspect equipment both at high elevations and in confined spaces
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- Four (4) years or more of refining or chemicals experience
- Experience with refinery equipment maintenance and repair
- Knowledge and understanding of refinery equipment with the ability to troubleshoot and diagnose problems/failures
- Experience framing opportunities and advancing improvement initiatives
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present to stakeholders
- Experience with construction coordination and on-site execution
What Will Put You Ahead
- Seven (7) years or more refining and/or chemicals experience
- Bachelor’s degree in chemical or mechanical engineering
- In depth experience with refinery specs & standards and industry codes (ASME, API)
- Experience with process piping fabrication & repairs, process pump mechanical seals & failure modes and process instrumentation
- Experience working in a facility with an established Process Safety Management (PSM) program, including practical involvement in Management of Change, Process Hazard Analyses, and Pre-Startup Safety Reviews
- Experience with construction management, field execution, and craft coordination
- Experience in project development, economic thinking, and marginal analysis
For this role, we anticipate paying $100,000 - $175,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.
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Hiring Philosophy
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Who We Are
As a Koch company, Flint Hills Resources is an industry-leading refining company making the oil and transportation products that keep the world moving. We make a large supply of fuel for gas stations and airports in addition to transporting crude oil, natural gas liquids and refined products through 4,000+ miles of pipeline – delivering energy to farmers, manufacturers and families. Our team champions innovation and excellence to help power modern life.
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Our Benefits
Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.
Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.
Equal Opportunities
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aquí, or tu).