Plant Engineering Specialist - Sergeant Bluff - CF Industries

Description

Mission Statement: CF Industries is dedicated to providing clean energy to feed and fuel the world sustainably. Our team is focused on safe and reliable operations, environmental stewardship, and disciplined capital and corporate management.

We offer a collaborative work environment where employees can bring their varied experiences, wide-ranging knowledge, and diverse talents together to deliver important work and pursue complex, exciting opportunities that help them continue to grow and achieve their potential in different areas.

Clean energy is the future, and we're at the forefront of it. With eight manufacturing complexes in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, an unparalleled storage, transportation, and distribution network in North America, and logistics capabilities enabling a global reach, our strategy is to leverage our unique capabilities to accelerate the world's transition to clean energy.

Job Summary

The Plant Engineer provides engineering support to maintain continuous plant operations and high efficiency. This position serves as a key technical resource in solving problems relating to stationary equipment, covering daily plant needs as well as program and project responsibilities.

Key Job Elements

1. Serves as a lead site technical resource for piping systems and stationary equipment.
2. Leads efforts to ensure site practices & documentation are in compliance with PSM Mechanical Integrity standard.
3. Assists site Mechanical Integrity Engineer and inspectors with planning, scheduling, execution, and documentation of stationary equipment and piping inspections.
4. Works with site maintenance team, inspectors, and contractors to ensure repairs are performed according to specifications and properly documented.
5. Develops, reviews & updates site maintenance and mechanical integrity procedures.
6. Leads troubleshooting efforts related to equipment issues onsite and documents findings.
7. Conducts failure analyses & reports on findings to avoid recurrence.
8. Provides technical support for emergency maintenance work off-hours as needed.
9. Assists in the specification and review of new equipment prior to purchase and recommends proper selections including spare parts lists.
10. Acts as the mechanical acceptance specialist on newly installed equipment to assure proper installation and that the equipment will be mechanically reliable.
11. Designs & implements predictive & preventive maintenance programs for critical equipment.
12. Assists the maintenance department with planning of site turnarounds, shutdowns, and special projects.
13. Performs reviews of inventory spare parts and submits recommendations for inventory adjustments.
14. Effectively communicates reliability concerns to management and other affected personnel.

Position Requirements

1. Bachelor's Degree in engineering from an ABET accredited school required, preferably Mechanical Engineering.
2. A minimum of 3 years of maintenance/reliability engineering experience is preferred.
3. Solid working knowledge of piping systems design and maintenance, pressure vessel specifications and maintenance, inspection techniques, and manpower coordination.
4. Strong verbal and written communication skills.
5. Proficiency in basic computer software such as Microsoft Office Suite, Avantis or other CMMS.
6. Knowledge of industrial codes & standards (API, ASME, ANSI, OSHA, State).

CF Industries is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.