Ashland Specialty Ingredients, GP
Are you the kind of person that is always thinking, sketching, seeking, and adjusting? Who needs to understand how things work and then figure out how they can work better? Are you a passionate, tenacious, solver who loves to work with others who share your drive? Are you positive, constructive, and ingenious?
Are you always solving?
Then we’d like to meet you and bet you’d like to meet us.
Ashland has an exciting opportunity for a Mechanical Reliability/Maintenance Engineer to join our Ashland Specialty ingredients business at our Hopewell, VA. This is a very visible, significant role within the Company and the manufacturing function. This position will report to the Maintenance Manager.
The responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Ensure ongoing maintenance and reliability of fixed assets throughout the plant.
- Act as resource for mechanics and contractors on complex jobs or unique/infrequent repairs and assist in the troubleshooting and diagnosis of mechanical equipment issues.
- Provide Technical knowledge of API and ASME code requirements and support site EH&S requirements.
- Verify and maintain written policies and procedures for all mechanical reliability programs to ensure compliance with Federal and State regulations, including management of change programs (MOC).
- Monitor PM programs, develop new PMs, ensure compliance.
- Provide an effective partnering communication link between maintenance, production and site leadership on all programs.
In order to be qualified for this role, you must possess the following:
- Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
- 10+ years’ experience in Reliability Engineering/Maintenance Engineering
The following skill sets are preferred by the business unit:
- Practical knowledge of relevant industry codes, such as API and ASME, and the application of Non-Destructive Testing methodologies
- Practical knowledge of fixed equipment fabrication, operation & maintenance, repair and alteration
- Background in industrial mechanical applications, experience in Chemical Manufacturing is a plus.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and organization skills and function as a team player and program leader
- Ability to effectively solve problems and manage multiple priorities and programs.
- Experience with materials selection and damage mechanisms strongly desired
Third party recruiters and agencies (“Agency”) should not contact employees of Ashland or its subsidiaries directly. Any resumes sent by an Agency to a hiring manager, recruiter or submitted to Ashland’s career portal are considered unsolicited and property of Ashland. Ashland will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume, unless the Agency has a signed contract with Ashland’s Human Resources/Procurement department in advance of submitting a candidate for consideration. Verbal and written approvals will not be considered a valid contract for service.