Mechanical Engineer – Internship
Location
Battleground Manufacturing Complex – La Porte, TX
Marina View – League City, TX
Chocolate Bayou Works – Alvin, TX
Organizational context
and job purpose
INEOS Organization:
INEOS is a global manufacturer of petrochemicals, specialty chemicals, and oil products. It comprises 36 businesses each with a major chemical company heritage. Its production network spans 194 sites in 29 countries throughout the world. We are a collection of diverse people, different businesses, and unique initiatives, united by a shared DNA.
Business Context:
The INEOS Olefins & Polymers USA business is a major participant in the North American chemical industry, with an annual manufacturing capacity of 9.6 billion pounds of petrochemicals. Manufacturing sites include Chocolate Bayou Works (Alvin, TX), Battleground Manufacturing Complex (La Porte, TX), and Carson (Carson, CA), with a corporate office in League City, TX. We are diverse, ambitious, and committed - we love a challenge and make things happen. Are you in?
The Main Purpose of the Role:
The successful candidate could work as a key member of the Maintenance, Technology, or Reliability Teams providing day-to-day technical support, completing small design projects for repair and/or replacement of mechanical equipment, and serving on teams to address mechanical equipment reliability, safety, and design initiatives.
Responsibilities and Accountabilities
- Day-to-day interface with operations, maintenance, technology, reliability team, Inspection, purchasing, and construction personnel to troubleshoot, optimize and ensure safe and reliable operations.
- Project activities include scoping and prioritization, preliminary and detailed mechanical piping, equipment, and structural designs, start-up support, post audit evaluations and completion of proper documentation. This will require the ability to learn how to use codes and specification, working with CAD and piping designers, Process Safety Management (PSM), Management of Change process, and Capital processes.
- Perform Reliability Engineering functions such as Equipment maintenance plan optimization, root cause failure analysis, reliability data analysis, and bad actor troubleshooting.
- Effectively communicate to Operations, Maintenance, and Inspection teams regarding reliability strategies, plant strategies/performance measures and asset objectives/goals.
- Participate in safety studies such as HAZOP studies, Process Hazard analysis (PHA), and drive the Management of Change (MOC) process.
- Issue mechanical packages for improvements, changes, or repairs to equipment (e.g., boilers, furnaces, heat exchangers, piping, pumps, compressors, extruders, etc.).
- Provide estimates and designs for small capital jobs. Serve as lead engineer for the implementation of small project and expense jobs.
- Participate as a member of certain large capital and new technology groups as part of the optimization and improvement of the operating processes.
- Serve as a supporting engineer during turnarounds.
Skills & Knowledge Required
Education/Experience
Level of Education & Experience in general
- Actively enrolled in Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from an accredited university
- 3.0 or greater G.P.A. out of 4.0 is required.
- Completion of minimum 1 year of engineering courses.
Skills and Competencies
Strong basic engineering skills with knowledge of process equipment including pumps, compressors, piping systems, pressure vessels, fired equipment, exchangers, and relief valves.
Ability to be innovative and to apply technical skills to improve safety and quality, reduce costs, and increase production.
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Team player
- Excellent communicator at all levels
- Good listening and influencing skills
- Focus on good customer service
- Ability to manage change and multiple priorities
- Ability to deliver results
- Strong problem solving and decision-makin skills