Founded in 1983 by principal shareholder William I. Koch, Oxbow is one of the world's largest recyclers of refinery and natural gas coproducts. Oxbow is headquartered in West Palm Beach, Florida with approximately 950 employees operating from more than 30 locations in 14 countries worldwide. Oxbow is a world leader in the production and distribution of calcined petroleum coke and the distribution of fuel grade petroleum coke. Oxbow also provides bulk storage and handling for petroleum coke and other commodities. Oxbow’s scale, expertise and leading market positions have allowed it to create a powerful global sourcing platform with superior market intelligence and longstanding relationships with many of its key suppliers and customers. Oxbow’s products are essential in the production of aluminum, steel, glass and cement and our specialty products are used in variety of innovative products, including high performance plastics, solar panels, electronics and batteries. Oxbow is annually ranked by Forbes as one of the top 500 privately held U.S. companies. Our success as a company and industry leader comes from a winning combination of teamwork, innovative uses of technology, and our talented employees. Oxbow Calcining LLC is currently looking for a Corporate Reliability Engineer to join our team.
Essential Job Duties:
•Leads efficiency functions for the plant in support of injury and incident free operations. Includes development & implementation of standard processes, procedures & work instructions, analysis of equipment, equipment application, failure analysis, management & maintenance practices, organizational capability and training.
•Facilitates the review of all reliability and efficiency processes, including company expectations, documentation, and evaluations of new or modified facility and maintenance processes. Includes implementation of processes to ensure integrity with other practices and facility activities.
•Supports continual improvement, tracks and report’s reliability and efficiency metrics, optimizes use of the computerized maintenance management system, and develops and implements preventive/predictive maintenance programs.
•Responsible for workforce development to facilitate process change, including supervisor skills enhancement, maintenance skills, technical and troubleshooting, and other training.
•Applies operations knowledge and experience to assist other management team members in development of processes and practices to achieve business plans and initiatives and special projects.
•Works with each direct report, where applicable, to establish goals and objectives for each year and monitor and advise on the progress to enhance the professional development of staff.
•Supports management with special projects and workflow process improvements and other duties as assigned.
Education and Experience
•Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering preferred.
•Five years of experience in heavy industrial/heavy manufacturing maintenance.
•In depth knowledge of the calcining process.
•Prefer experience with bulk handling systems and mobile equipment, gas fired furnaces, DCS (distributed control systems) with an increasing level of responsibility; or an equivalent combination of education and/or relevant experience.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
•Communicates clearly and concisely in a variety of communication settings and styles. Effectively tailors the message to the needs of the audience.
•Establishes goals and objectives which are specific, measurable, achievable and relevant.
•Lays out work in a well-planned and organized manner.
•Must have a thorough knowledge of calcining operations and maintenance.
•Must have mechanical aptitude and ability to understand new concepts and practices and apply those to this facility's operation.
Oxbow is an equal opportunity employer and offers a competitive salary and benefit package.