Whitewatermidstream
Reliability Engineer
Houston, TX Austin, TX. Posted 16 days ago
The role
This role makes turbine engines, compressors, coolers, exchangers, dehydrators, relief valves and pumps reliable across WhiteWater assets. The engineer improves maintenance performance using KPIs and leads reliability work across sites and capital projects.
What you will do
- Improve asset performance and maintenance reliability using KPIs, working with Operations, engineering and contractors
- Provide reliability input on capital projects and support commissioning
- Lead cross-site reliability initiatives to standardize processes
- Mentor and train junior engineers and field personnel
- Create reliability strategies, including criticality assessments, preventive maintenance and spare parts analyses
- Develop and monitor corporate KPIs, dashboards and reports
- Conduct root cause failure analysis for significant or recurring failures
- Maintain CMMS best practices and analyze CMMS data to reduce maintenance costs
- Benchmark reliability performance and manage lifecycle costs of critical assets
- Manage the maintenance program to stay in compliance with the Long-Term Service Agreement
Required qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in engineering
- Minimum of 5 years' experience in engineering
- Willing to travel approximately 10-25% of time
- Practical knowledge of industry codes such as API and ASME, and Non-Destructive Testing methods
- Solid understanding of predictive and preventive maintenance programs
- Ability to mentor, train and influence others in reliability tools and systems
- Experience with Mechanical Integrity and Process Safety Management Programs
- Practical understanding of inventory management
- CMMS experience
- Valid driver's license and company insurability requirements
- Ability to work overtime, weekends, holidays and respond to emergencies
- Ability to read and interpret charts, assembly and instruction manuals
Nice to have
- Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional accreditation
- At least 3 years' experience in asset reliability engineering
- Knowledge of maintenance best practices in the chemical industry
- Experience with rotating equipment such as pumps and compressors
- Reliability program implementation and oversight experience
Benefits
- Employer matched 401(k)
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Basic life and AD&D insurance
- Other benefit offerings
Before you apply
- Must hold a valid driver's license and meet company insurability requirements
- Must be willing to travel approximately 10-25% of time
About the company
WhiteWater operates midstream assets, including compressor stations, across multiple locations. The posting describes the company's assets in Texas and the reliability work supporting them.