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Graduate Mechanical EngineerPEMEX Deer Park • Deer Park, TX, US
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Graduate Mechanical Engineer

Graduate Mechanical Engineer

PEMEX Deer Park • Deer Park, TX, US
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PEMEX Deer Park is a highly complex refinery located 18 miles east of Houston in Deer Park, TX, and is a part of the PEMEX group which is a fully integrated oil company in the Americas, working across the entire value chain : exploration, production, industrial processing / refining, logistics and marketing. PEMEX Deer Park provides a diverse and inclusive work environment that employs approximately 1000 employees with another 1200 contractors on site. The refinery’s rated capacity is 340,000 barrels per day and has the feed flexibility to process multiple grades of crudes to produce the high-quality transportation fuels the world needs. The PEMEX Deer Park site is co-located with other 3rd party chemical facilities allowing for further integration and optimization of the refinery and its products. We set high standards of performance and ethical behaviors and offer challenging and fulfilling job opportunities in a number of fields. We take great pride in our ability to ensure the health and safety of our workers and the environment while being a good neighbor and have a positive impact on the local community where we work.

BENEFITS :

We value our employees’ time and efforts. Our commitment to your success is enhanced by our competitive compensation and an extensive benefits package including paid time off, medical, dental, and vision benefits, and future growth opportunities within the company. Plus, we work to maintain the best possible environment for our employees, where people can learn and grow with the company. We strive to provide a collaborative, creative environment where each person feels encouraged to contribute to our processes, decisions, planning and culture.

Job Purpose

At PEMEX Deer Park, the role of the Graduate Mechanical Engineer is to provide engineering support to the assigned production area and deliver year-on-year improvements to asset integrity and reliability of equipment, ensuring safe operations and sound environmental performance. To accomplish this, the role is empowered to be the owner of static and rotating equipment within their operating units.

Technical Competence : Key areas for operational equipment competency include :

  • Rotating Equipment : Pumps, Electric Motors, General Purpose Turbines, Shaft Sealing Systems, Lubrication Systems, Fin Fans, and Blowers
  • Static Equipment : Pressure Vessels, Heat Exchangers, Piping Systems, Valves, Relief Devices, Bolted Joint Integrity, and Temporary Repairs

Budget : Influence budget through proactive identification and prioritization of maintenance expenditures :

  • Contributes to the development and delivery of their respective production area’s major maintenance and operational expense budgets.
  • Monitors spend on maintenance work executed within the production area.
  • Prepares and submits well-defined work scopes and investment proposals to asset managers and site leadership teams.
  • Performs life cycle cost analyses to evaluate repair vs. replace alternatives and implement effective and cost-efficient solutions.
  • Delivery : Build strong working relationships with and leverage support from a broad range of stakeholders and peers, including :

  • Production Team – Asset Manager, Productions Specialists, Operators, Maintenance Supervisor, Inspectors, Process Engineers, and Safety Representative
  • Central Engineering – Rotating and Static Equipment subject matter experts, other engineering counterparts in Electrical, Civil, Control Systems and Environmental Engineering.
  • Maintenance and Turnarounds – Planners, Execution Team Leads, Field Coordinators, and Cost Controllers
  • Project Engineering
  • Support Functions – Finance Advisor, Capital Planning Focal Point, Contracts & Procurement.
  • Third Parties – Vendors, Fabrication / Repair Shops, and Engineering Contractors
  • Accountabilities & Responsibilities :

    The mechanical engineer is the first point of contact for most mechanical systems in their respective production areas. Below are the key areas of responsibility with core expectations outlined.

    Operations Support

  • Work with Operations and Maintenance counterparts to solve day-to-day problems, ensuring safe and reliable unit operation.
  • Participate in production team meetings to maintain awareness of key activities and unit operating status.
  • Conduct routine field walkthroughs with operations, maintenance, and inspection to proactively evaluate concerns with equipment and provide recommendations.
  • Support as a key contributor during stabilization and recovery from operational upsets.
  • Critical Work Processes

  • Manage Threats and Opportunities (MTO) : Identify and prioritize threats and opportunities related to mechanical equipment, utilize problem solving skills to frame potential solutions, and take action to drive resolution.
  • Management of Change (MOC) : Develop technical design bases, provide and facilitate technical assurance and hazard screening of design, assist with maintenance planning and execution activities, lead pre-startup safety reviews, and verify change close-out activities.
  • Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) : Manage and continuously improve asset care strategies for both fixed and rotating equipment using consistent methodologies and a standardized approach.
  • Maintenance Execution (ME) : Drive compliance for critical planned maintenance, review deferral justifications, and seek optimization opportunities.
  • Process Safety Compliance : Manage and timely implement Process Safety recommendations for the assigned production areas.
  • Technical Delivery

  • Leverage technical acumen to outline the detailed scope of changes to mechanical equipment. Assure compliance with industry standards and company design practices for all plant changes.
  • Assess health of Mechanical Equipment by utilizing :
  • Ensure Safe Production (ESP) – Review production unit shift reports, assess design operating window exceedances.
  • Manage Equipment Care (MEC) – Support completion of compliance inspections and implementation of asset care strategies for mechanical equipment.
  • Proactive Technical Monitoring – Review exceptions from Operations sensory rounds, assess vibration and oil sample analysis results, and recommend proactive corrective actions.
  • Seek to identify and close gaps in own technical competence in pursuit of qualification as a technical assurer for rotating and / or static equipment.
  • Problem Solving

  • Champion the causal reasoning mindset within the area production team.
  • Perform investigations on failures related to mechanical equipment bad actors.
  • Seek to understand the root cause of failures and mitigate findings with robust solutions to prevent reoccurrence.
  • Identify opportunities to reduce waste in work processes using LEAN and other continuous improvement methodologies.
  • Business Planning

  • Participate in delivery of the multi-year major maintenance plan for the production area. Ensure it is credible, competitive, affordable, and drives year-on-year improvement with regard to asset integrity, reliability, and profitability.
  • Ensure mechanical equipment improvements are identified, prioritized, adequately funded, and suitably categorized within business plan portfolios.
  • Project Management

  • Provide updates on current project statuses and upcoming work scopes to relevant stakeholders. Contribute to decisions that prioritize the best interests of the site.
  • Challenge self and production team to assess that work is executed by the right team in the organization based on size and complexity.
  • Turnaround Support (Note – turnaround-related tasks can vary based on assigned production area)
  • Support work scope development and field execution for mechanical equipment
  • Coordinate mechanical equipment surveillance.
  • Participate in production unit pre-startup safety reviews and commissioning activities.
  • Challenges

  • Able to leverage technical, project management, and interpersonal skills to drive work items.
  • Able to prioritize a high workload within the production team.
  • Able to work independently with minimal supervision while completing work deliverables with a high level of detail and quality.
  • Able to work at all levels of the organization and have the appropriate skills to influence others in the organization.
  • Job Knowledge, Skills & Experience

    Specify the educational background, qualifications and experience that would typically be required to fully and effectively perform this job.

    Key qualifications :

  • Prior internship, co-op, or full-time work experience in a refining or petrochemical manufacturing complex.
  • Prior experience in support of general-purpose static and / or rotating equipment.
  • Prior experience with concepts related to maintenance and reliability, risk assessment, Management of Change, and structured problem solving.
  • Awareness of industry codes and standards, and their application within the refining and petrochemical industries.
  • Experience requirements :

  • Must have legal authorization to work in the US on a full-time basis.
  • Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering.
  • E xcellent troubleshooting, analytical, verbal, and written communication skills, with the ability to interface with personnel from diverse backgrounds at all levels of the organization. Proven ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects.
  • Demonstrated skill in working with teams to achieve a common goal.
  • Physical requirements :

  • Lifting requirements of 25 lbs.
  • Walking distances of up to a mile
  • Climbing portable and vessel ladders to elevations over 100 feet
  • 25-50% of work is performed in an outside petrochemical manufacturing environment.
  • Occasionally extended work hours during planned and unplanned maintenance events.
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