Title:  Maintenance Specialist - Baytown, TX

Maintenance Specialist - Baytown, TX 

Job Purpose

Manages and oversees maintenance activities within the assigned area and supports the Maintenance Manager in the overall management of the line/process. Ensures the effective implementation of maintenance strategies, including preventive and predictive maintenance, to optimize equipment reliability and performance. Analyzing performance data and supporting corrective maintenance efforts, contributing technical expertise to resolve highly complex issues. Additionally, provides ongoing support maintenance supervisors in the continuous improvement of maintenance practices, ensuring optimal operational efficiency.

Main Responsibilities

• Participates in the definition of investment and maintenance policies for installations and equipment’s in his/her area of responsibility, and defines new investments related to reliability, maintainability and equipment’s obsolescence, in line with general business policies and health, safety and environment regulations. 

• Ensures the Line/Process continuity by fulfilling and optimizing maintenance plans and programs; participating in the planning of large stoppages (REX); ensuring availability and reliability of critical assets; coordinating Base Group activities; ensuring non-operational stoppages are duly performed; ensuring root-cause failure analysis on chronic and/or sporadic equipment breakdown or losses. 

• Ensures the development and optimization of maintenance preventive methods to reduce maintenance workload and avoid unforeseen stoppages. 

• Supports Engineering and Operations area in the research and assessment of new technologies, procedures and standards. Ensures the correct sharing and implementation of maintenance standards, procedures and best practices that apply to his/her area of responsibility. Identifies and proposes issues related to its applicability. 

• Verifies and controls the proper management, cataloguing, update and sharing of all technical maintenance documentation (technical specifications, procedures, operational processes, drawings, etc.) 

• Controls the continuous provision of supplies and services coordinating material procurement and repairs and verifying that the stock and spares holding levels are defined according to global standards. Proposes corrective actions in case any deviation to standards. 

• Assists Maintenance Line Manager in the overall management of the Line/Process (Budget control, Human Resources, Health and Safety, etc.) by effectively interacting with other key areas (Production, Quality, Central Maintenance, Industrial Services, etc.) 

• Controls the execution of the Energy management plans and programs verifying the optimal management of facilities in his/her area of responsibility. Verifies compliance with energy saving/efficiency internal standards and external regulations. 

• Proposes and manages the area Master plan for the solution of critical problems 

• Leads the systematic analysis of critical assets to identify and solve chronic problems, improve their availability, reliability and cost, and facilitate preventive maintenance activities. 

• Verifies the proper management, update, and use of Maintenance information systems, in order to support the decision-making process. 

• Participates in the definition of the area budget and controls its proper execution, detecting any deviations to standards and proposing corrective actions 

• Fosters the implementation of maintenance programs to minimize/optimize the use of required energy and promotes improvement actions in general, including interventions on employees' behavior, in order to decrease all resources consumption waste. 

Minimum Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Mechanical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Mechatronic Engineering or closely related field.
• <div ccp_infra_copy_id="" ccp_infra_timestamp="1739319009186" ccp_infra_user_hash="1899306694" ccp_infra_version="3" data-ccp-timestamp="1739319009186">Root Cause Analysis and Root Cause Failure Analysis: Expertise in RCA and RCFA techniques to identify the underlying causes of equipment failures and implement effective corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• <div ccp_infra_copy_id="" ccp_infra_timestamp="1739319009186" ccp_infra_user_hash="1899306694" ccp_infra_version="3" data-ccp-timestamp="1739319009186">Failure Modes, Effects, and Criticality Analysis: Knowledge of FMECA methodologies to evaluate potential failure modes, their effects, and criticality, helping prioritize maintenance efforts and improve reliability.
• <div ccp_infra_copy_id="" ccp_infra_timestamp="1739319009186" ccp_infra_user_hash="1899306694" ccp_infra_version="3" data-ccp-timestamp="1739319009186">Key Performance Indicators: Familiarity with KPIs such as Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF), uptime, maintenance time analysis, and cost analysis to evaluate equipment performance and optimize maintenance processes.
• <div ccp_infra_copy_id="" ccp_infra_timestamp="1739319009186" ccp_infra_user_hash="1899306694" ccp_infra_version="3" data-ccp-timestamp="1739319009186">SAP PM: Experience with SAP PM module for managing maintenance tasks, work orders, equipment records, and scheduling, improving efficiency in maintenance operations and reporting.
• <div ccp_infra_copy_id="" ccp_infra_timestamp="1739319009186" ccp_infra_user_hash="1899306694" ccp_infra_version="3" data-ccp-timestamp="1739319009186">Excel: Advanced Excel skills for data analysis, creating reports, managing maintenance schedules, and tracking KPIs. Proficient in formulas, pivot tables, and data visualization techniques to support decision-making.

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