The posting
Company:
INEOS Olefins & Polymers USA
Interested in joining a winning team? A team whose employees are empowered to make a difference?
Technical Coordinator, EDS
Grade
Ranges from 33-34 DOQ
$90,179-$120,000
Location
Battleground Manufacturing Complex
1230 Battleground Rd., La Porte, TX
Organizational context and job purpose
The Olefins & Polymers USA division of INEOS is one of the largest producers of olefins and polyolefins in North America. From its manufacturing locations at Chocolate Bayou and the Battleground Manufacturing Complex, it is a merchant marketer of butadiene, ethylene, polypropylene and high-density polyethylene with annual revenue of over $4b.
This Technical Coordinator, EDS is part of the Electrical Reliability team at the Battleground Manufacturing Complex.
How the Role Fits in:
The INEOS Battleground Manufacturing Complex Electrical Reliability Coordinator is responsible for managing the safe operation, maintenance, and reliability improvements of the Electrical Distribution System (EDS). This role is accountable for the 138kV, 69kV, 12470V, & Cogen Distribution Systems. The EDS Coordinator provides expert leadership in maintaining and operating the electrical distribution system and provides expertise in electrical maintenance techniques/technologies.
This position will be responsible for providing technical expertise in performing testing activities for the EDS. This position is also responsible for providing technical expertise and troubleshooting assistance to the electrical maintenance department on medium voltage and low voltage motor controls (AC & DC motor controls), solid state/electronic relays, UPS systems, high resistance grounding systems, DC systems (batteries/chargers), etc.
This position reports directly to the Electrical Reliability Team Leader, Battleground Manufacturing Complex.
Responsibilities AND Accountabilities
Key Roles and Accountabilities
Environmental Context:
Internal
- Strong Safety Performance of area of responsibility
- Strong Process Safety and Integrity Management
- Proven track record of delivering objectives, troubleshooting and decision making of Operations and Maintenance activities
- Effectively organizes work while balancing competing priorities
- Strong ability to lead by informal influence, without having formal authority
- Demonstrates initiative (self-starter) and assertiveness
External
- Regulatory Agency requirements (OSHA, EPA, RRC)
- Industry Practices (NETA MTS, NEC, API, ETC)
- Commercial considerations
SHE Performance:
- Helps to ensure team's SHE activities are compliant with SHE policies, procedures, and Process Safety Management.
- Act as a leader within the Electrical Reliability and Maintenance groups towards the Electrical Safety Program and NFPA 70E at BMC.
- Supports environmental activities to ensure compliance with federal, state and local regulations while focusing efforts to reduce emissions for permitting as applicable.
- Promotes the commitment to operate assets with no harm to people and to the environment by visibly demonstrating Safety Leadership.
- Participates and supports assets’ SHE activities, meetings, and inspections to ensure the assets’ compliance with plant policies and procedures, OSHA, PSM, DOT, EPA, TCEQ, and RRCT.
- Participates in HAZOPs, 20 P, and SHE compliance audits. Executes resolution to recommendations through to completion.
- Ensures resolution of Management of Changes Hazop’s and Gensuite action items.
Efficient execution of Operations and Maintenance activities
- Key knowledge resource to support operations and maintenance teams in day-to-day trouble shooting of site activities to maximize site performance.
- Key team members that support the operations and maintenance personnel to identify improvement opportunities in the areas of Safety, Reliability, and Productivity.
- Key knowledge resource to aid in development of scope for expense and capital improvements.
- Key knowledge resource for scope development and execution of TAR’s across the stie.
- Actively shares lessons in operations and maintenance performance and best practices across the site and with other manufacturing locations.
- Provides oversight for the day-to-day activities of the assets to ensure the materials produced and services rendered meet or exceed the requirements of customers.
- Ensure electrical equipment and PM’s are properly identified in SAP/PowerDB and are aligned with the Electrical Mechanical Integrity standard.
- Assist in the management of the EDS Reliability programs (transformer DGA, PDA, batteries, etc).
- Accountable for maintaining PowerDB for EDS equipment for job planning and execution, PM data historian, and PM test sheet creation that is in-line with engineering and maintenance procedures.
- Leadership; develop and manage craftsmen and Team Leaders
- Supports the communication of the business strategies, plant strategies/performance measures and asset objectives/goals to the Operations and maintenance teams.
- Serves on business committees as needed representing area manufacturing or site organization.
- Leads by influence the resources available within the operations, maintenance, and engineering organization to assure continuous improvements are delivered.
- Participates in the development and delivery of training for operations and maintenance to perform their roles safely and efficiently.
- Mentors Operations, maintenance, and resource teams by sharing appropriate technical knowledge and best operating and maintenance practices.
- Participates in periodic performance review, workload prioritization and team meetings to maintain continuous delivery, high productivity and customer focus.
Skills & Knowledge Required
Level of Education & Experience in General
Experience:
Operations and Maintenance Management experience obtained through demonstrated leadership and outstanding performance in operational or maintenance functional roles.
- Seven (7) years of process operations or maintenance experience is required; Prior experience in the following functions is preferred: Working Team Leader, and/or Step-Up Working Team Leader, Maintenance Coordination, High School Diploma or G.E.D, NEC, and NFPA 70E.
- Preferably ten (10) years of experience in performing preventative and predictive (PM) on electrical distribution system equipment.
Technical skills
- Familiar with the development and use of Power DB and SAP
- Familiar in the operation, programming, and safe execution of the following test equipment:Omicron CMC 356 relay test set Omicron CPC100 / CP TD1 Test Set HV Diagnostics Tan-Delta / VLF Cable Test Set Insulation Resistance Test Set AC High Pot DLRO Hand-held multimeters and current clamp on meters Alber Battery Resistance Meter PdMA MCE Gold Test Set
Behavioral skills
- Interpersonal, leadership and communication skills. Proven ability to interact with diverse groups of people successfully.
- Strong process or mechanical knowledge and ability to learn and stay abreast of industry changes.
- Strong knowledge on unit operations, engineering standards, and quality assurance methodologies.
- Strong ability to lead by influence.
- Basic knowledge of principles of financial budgeting and commercial implications of activities associated with their role.
- Strong demonstrated ability to manage, progress and deliver multiple and competing priorities.
- Proven commitment and delivery of SHE compliance.
- Ability to positively influence others/promote philosophy
- Defines personal success in terms of the whole team
- Makes timely and effective decisions, includes use of good judgment and consideration of proper balance between benefits/risks.
Internal Applicants must submit their last 2 performance evals and obtain supervisors approval to apply.
Our culture is one of honesty and integrity with an emphasis on safety, health and environmental performance. On our team, people are acknowledged for embracing new practices that help create real value for customers.
