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. Oxbows 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.Oxbows 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 Reliability Engineer to join our team. This position will be responsible to directly support Oxbow Calcining Plants to achieve the highest levels of Overall Equipment Efficiency resulting in maximum production and the lowest possible utilities and maintenance expense.
Essential Job Duties:
Leads efficiency functions for the plants 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.Tracks and reports reliability and efficiency metrics, optimizes use of the computerized maintenance management system, and develops and implements preventive/predictive maintenance programs.Responsible for workforce development, including supervisor skills enhancement, maintenance skills, technical and troubleshooting, and other training. Implementation of reliability and efficiency processes and documentation standards. Audits processes to ensure integrity and congruence with other practices and facility activities. Support Capital and Expense projects using reliability and maintenance centered approaches, including Major and Specialized Maintenance Activities.Supports continual improvement as well as ongoing routine group activitiesCollaborate with the plants about the specification of new equipment, assuring Reliability of Operation and the lowest life cycle cost.Leads efforts to identify and implement emerging technologies that improve reliability.Supports management with special projects and workflow process improvements and other duties as assigned.
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.Should have a thorough knowledge of calcining operations and maintenance. Familiar with NDT and Condition Monitoring techniques and their inspection programsMust have mechanical aptitude and ability to understand new concepts and practices and apply those to this facility's operation.Must be self-starter requiring very little direction from supervisor