Mechanical Reliability Engineer - Flint Hills Resources

Flint Hills Resources - Pipelines & Terminals is seeking a Mechanical Reliability Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will strengthen our competitive edge by minimizing EH&S risks, maintaining compliance programs, and improving machinery availability. You will ensure maximum machinery uptime and efficiency at the best possible cost, while proactively offering expert technical guidance and condition assessments to optimize total life cycle costs.

The successful applicant will ensure that safety and environmental excellence are integral to the Flint Hills Resources (FHR) business process. This will be accomplished by integrating safety, environmental, and reliability-based thinking into all asset management decisions, aligning with organizational risk profiles, and supporting our customers' needs.

Key responsibilities include sharing ownership of risks, generating and maintaining life cycle costs, providing technical advice that properly frames decisions for customers, offering options to support safe, environmentally responsible, and profitable decision-making, and maintaining equipment standards.

This role can be based in Corpus Christi, TX, Houston, TX or Euless, TX

Our Benefits Package Includes:

• Bonus eligible!
• Automatic 401K company contribution and competitive match program
• Excellent Health benefits
• Potential Tuition Reimbursement
• (3) weeks' vacation to start
• All necessary PPE is provided by the company

Flint Hills Resources is a different kind of company, we are privately owned, we have 9/80 work schedule, and our compensation philosophy is based on the value you create. Come realize your full potential and join our team!

What You Will Do

• Develop and implement failure mode-based reliability strategies for critical equipment.
• Analyze equipment trends, historical data, and field data to develop and adjust reliability programs to maximize asset reliability and equipment availability at the optimum cost of ownership.
• Recommend and champion solutions as appropriate to maximize energy efficiency, system availability, and achieve lowest cost of operation.
• Apply engineering theory, practices, and principles to determine root cause failure analysis (RCFA) of equipment failures and performance evaluations of equipment and supporting systems.
• Work closely with operations, maintenance, and service teams to understand failure modes and effects to develop mitigation plans; prioritize and develop action plans for our reliability-centered maintenance system.
• Provide technical support in project development, scope identification, QA/QC, installation, commissioning, start-up and work activities on equipment upgrades, repairs, and new installations.
• Involved in industry organizations to stay abreast of new technology and trends related to equipment reliability.
• Travel up to 25% of the time.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, or Technology with at least three (3) years of experience in mechanical equipment reliability engineering or maintenance.
• OR a minimum of seven (7) years of experience in mechanical equipment reliability engineering or maintenance without a degree.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Ten (10) years of experience or more in refining or industrial reliability
• ISO Level I or II in Vibration Analysis
• Lubrication Level I certification
• Experience with advanced rotating equipment monitoring and troubleshooting techniques such as Modal and ODS Analysis, and Motion Amplifications Analysis
• Certified Maintenance Reliability Professional (CMRP) or Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE)

This role is not eligible for Visa sponsorship

This role is subject to the Transportation Workers Identification Credentialing (TWIC) rule and requires the successful candidate to obtain a TWIC identification badge, allowing for unescorted access to the facility within a specific time period.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here .

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.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

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.