Lead Mechanical Engineer

As the Lead Mechanical Engineer, reporting to the Sr.

Maintenance Manager, you will provide technical and troubleshooting support to solve acute problems and provide continuous improvement solutions to maximize OEE and ensure safety of operations and maintenance.

• Assess and provides technical and troubleshooting support for needs directly affecting plant operation.
• Combine knowledge of mechanical principles, mechanical equipment operation and repair, best practices, and troubleshooting.
• Foster teamwork and prioritizes the safety of all involved during the process.
• Work collaboratively with vendors, maintenance and operations technicians and their guidance to understand the problem and recommend solutions.

• Balance daily support needs with continuous improvement.
• Work the prioritized list of improvement projects to develop improvement scopes, orders equipment, writes work notifications and MOC's, clearly communicate the needed work scope to maintenance crews, and provides feedback on progress at CIT meetings.
• Investigate and recommends new or improved technologies to provide reliable solutions.
• Provide technical design as applicable for pumping systems and pressure vessel modifications.

• Provide budgetary scopes, project description and works with PICA to understand project justification for the Project Authorization Form (PAF). Routes PAF for approval.
• Develop Gantt charts and bid packages, obtains quotes or bids to implement projects, issues and/or approves purchase requisitions, and acts as the construction liaison with SI Group, nested, and non-nested contractors to fully implement project scopes.