Area Mechanical Engineer - Ferndale
Phillips66 - Ferndale, Washington

Job Description Back
The Area Mechanical Engineer is a technical position supporting routine maintenance of fixed and rotating equipment for designated processes within the refinery. This position helps ensure correct identification of failure mechanisms, timely technical assessment of repair plans and alternatives, quality of workmanship, and overall availability and reliability of mechanical equipment. This position will report directly to the Maintenance Planning & Warehouse Team Lead with dotted line responsibilities to the Rotating Equipment Engineering Lead.
Responsibilities May Include
Participates and promotes all aspects of the refinery safety program. Demonstrates leadership to the workplace safety and health of employees and contractors through personal engagement and sound decisions.
Provides primary technical support for routine maintenance of fixed equipment including temporary repair plans, equipment specification, piping modifications, structural reviews, documentation reviews, and other technical evaluations.
Supplements the rotating equipment engineering group in providing technical support including reviewing or participating in condition monitoring, troubleshooting, failure investigation, equipment specification, bill of materials, assisting with repair plans and quality review, and development of procedures and checklists.
Develops, revises, or provides recommended input for mechanical PM procedures.
Coordinates engineering activities with site reliability, process, and project engineering teams in long range planning, equipment design, capital vs. expense assessments, critical spare and component inventories, quality assurance, and start-up assistance.
Contributes to the development of scope, equipment specification, planning, and execution of refinery turnaround and routine maintenance outages.
Responds effectively to refinery operational events and provides support for equipment shutdown and startup as needed.
Demonstrates effective communication, engagement, and personal interaction with internal groups including maintenance, operations, inspection, process and project engineering, and corporate technical networks.
Works heavily with maintenance teams in the selection and overall engagement with vendors, consultants, and service providers including service procurement, technical design reviews, shop visits to audit repair quality, and acting as site sponsors for contractor safety.
Leads or participates in meetings including daily operation, equipment reliability reviews, maintenance scheduling, incident investigations, etc.
Provides temporary backfill for maintenance supervision and rotating equipment engineers as necessary.
Leads or participates in IMPACT investigations and Management of Change (MOC).
Required Qualifications
Legally authorized to work in the job posting country
Bachelor's degree in Engineering
4 or more years of experience in an industrial environment
Willing and able to perform and comply with the following:
Occasional travel
Work extended hours, which may include evenings, weekends and holidays
Respond to refinery emergencies during off-hours
Work safely near large, hot, high-speed machines
Climb ladders and stairs up to 200 feet in height
Work around chemicals, including acids and bases
Work around hydrocarbons under high pressure and heat
Work outside in harsh weather conditions
Wear fire retardant clothing and personal protective equipment (such as steel-toe shoes, ear and eye protection.)
Maintain your face daily so that a respirator/face mask can seal properly (some examples include being free of facial hair and/or clean shaven)
Possess a valid Driver’s License
Willing and able to obtain a Transportation Worker Identification Card (TWIC). Information can be found at https://www.tsa.gov/for-industry/twic
Preferred:
Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering
Strong and effective communication skills (verbal and written) in both individual and group settings which includes report writing, business correspondence, procedure manuals and presentations
Ability to work on cross discipline teams
Accepts ownership, is accountable and delivers on commitments
Strong technical knowledge and ability to apply practical solutions in the field
Strong leadership skills and the ability to work well with others
Understanding of engineering drawings and P&ID’s
Ability to manage a large workload and changing priorities
Mechanical aptitude and good problem-solving skills, including root cause failure analysis
Working knowledge of industry codes (API, ASME, etc.) and refining standards
Understanding of fixed equipment design, construction, and operating principles
Proficient with Bently Nevada vibration monitoring hardware and software
Understanding of rotating equipment design, construction, and operating principles
Understanding of material properties, welding techniques, and post weld treatments of various grades of carbon steel and alloys
Understanding of basic instrument design and low voltage applications, construction, and operating principles
Understanding of refinery equipment failure modes, corrosion mechanisms, and inspection techniques
Understanding of refinery business drivers and the use of Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA)
Understanding of risk-based decision making, risk assessments, and available tools and resources
Good working knowledge of MOC processes, as well as engineering, inspection, and operations procedures
Proficient in MS Office
SAP experience
The Ferndale Refinery is located on Puget Sound in Ferndale, Washington, approximately 20 miles south of the U.S.-Canada border. Facilities include crude distillation, naphtha reforming, fluid catalytic cracking, alkylation and hydrodesulfurization units. It processes a variety crude oils, including Alaskan North Slope, Canadian and other foreign and U.S. shale crudes, primarily delivered via marine vessel and pipeline. Within the refinery is a rail car crude oil receiving facility with a capacity of 30,000 BPD. This offloading facility, owned by Phillips 66 Partners, makes the receipt of additional crude by rail car possible. The refinery produces a high percentage of transportation fuels. Other products include residual fuel oil, which is supplied to the northwest marine bunker fuel market. Most refined products are distributed to customers by pipeline and barge to major markets in the northwestern United States.
Preferred Qualifications
Company Description
Phillips 66 is a diversified energy manufacturing and logistics company. With a portfolio of Midstream, Chemicals, Refining, and Marketing and Specialties businesses, the company processes, transports, stores and markets fuels and products globally. Phillips 66 Partners, the company's master limited partnership, is integral to the portfolio. Headquartered in Houston, the company has 14,200 employees committed to safety and operating excellence. Phillips 66 had $56 billion of assets as of Sept. 30, 2018. For more information, visit http://www.phillips66.com/ or follow us on Twitter @Phillips66Co.
Additional Information
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Job ID20191109319
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Post DateNov 9, 2019
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Employee TypeFull-time
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Relocation EligibleYes