Senior Maintenance and Reliability Engineer
Nouryon · La Porte, TX
- On site
- Full-time
- $120,000 / year
- La Porte, TX
Job highlights
- Lead mechanical integrity and asset reliability efforts.
- Ensure safe and compliant operation of process equipment.
- Develop and optimize maintenance and reliability strategies.
- Drive improvements in asset performance and cost.
- Collaborate across multiple site departments and external providers.
About the role
Senior Maintenance & Reliability Engineer
At Nouryon, our global team takes positive action every day, to reach higher collectively and individually. We create innovative and sustainable solutions for our customers to answer society’s needs – today and in the future.
We are looking for team members who bring ideas forward, champion others and work together to do better. Does that sound like you?
About the job
The Senior Maintenance & Reliability Engineer is a key technical leader for mechanical integrity and asset reliability at Nouryon’s PSM-covered Battleground Facility in La Porte, TX. This role focuses on developing and optimizing maintenance and reliability strategies, supporting safe and compliant operation of process equipment, and driving long-term improvements in asset performance and cost.
The engineer works closely with Operations, Maintenance, EHS, Engineering, Projects, and external service providers to ensure equipment is designed, maintained, and operated to meet Nouryon standards for safety, reliability, and productivity.
This is a senior individual contributor role with no direct reports.
In your future role as Senior Maintenance & Reliability Engineer you will:
Safety, Process Safety & Compliance
- Champion personal and process safety; ensure all maintenance and reliability activities comply with Nouryon EHS standards, OSHA PSM, EPA RMP, and site procedures.
- Support PSM elements linked to maintenance and reliability, including Mechanical Integrity (MI), Management of Change (MOC), Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) follow-up, Pre-Startup Safety Review (PSSR), and Contractor Management.
- Help ensure inspection, testing, and preventive maintenance programs meet applicable codes and standards (e.g., API, ASME, NBIC, NFPA) and internal Nouryon requirements.
Mechanical Integrity & Inspection Programs
- Develop and maintain MI strategies for fixed and rotating equipment (pressure vessels, piping, tanks, relief devices, pumps, compressors, agitators, mechanical seals, etc.) across multiple units at Battleground.
- Collaborate with API inspectors, QA/QC resources, and third-party inspection contractors to plan, evaluate, and disposition inspections, NDE, and thickness monitoring.
- Define and maintain equipment criticality rankings and damage/corrosion mechanism evaluations to support risk-based inspection (RBI) and risk-based maintenance decisions.
- Ensure inspection and MI findings are translated into actionable work, tracked in the CMMS, and closed in a timely and compliant manner.
Reliability Engineering & Asset Strategy
- Lead root cause problem solving (RCPS/RCA) for significant equipment failures, recurring issues, and unplanned outages; identify and implement sustainable corrective and preventive actions.
- Develop, refine, and optimize preventive and predictive maintenance (PM/PdM) programs, including vibration analysis, oil analysis, thermography, and other condition monitoring methods.
- Analyze equipment performance, downtime, and cost data to identify “bad actors” and prioritize reliability improvement initiatives across the site.
- Recommend and help implement design, material, or equipment changes (e.g., seal upgrades, materials of construction, equipment standardization) to improve reliability, maintainability, and lifecycle cost.
Turnarounds, Outages & Projects
- Provide reliability and MI input to unit outages and plant turnarounds, including scope development, inspection and test planning, repair strategies, and post-event learning.
- Support capital and expense projects with reliability-focused design review, equipment specifications, and maintenance strategy development to ensure long-term reliability and compliance with PSM/MI requirements.
- Actively participate in MOC and PSSR processes to evaluate reliability, MI, and maintainability impacts of changes to equipment and systems.
Technical Support & Work Management
- Provide advanced technical support to maintenance, operations, and engineering for complex troubleshooting and repair planning.
- Work with maintenance planners, schedulers, and supervisors to ensure work orders, PM tasks, and inspection plans are technically sound, properly prioritized, and reflected accurately in the CMMS (SAP).
- Maintain and improve equipment master data, maintenance plans, and technical documentation (drawings, P&IDs, OEM manuals, specifications) for critical assets.
Stakeholder Engagement & Leadership
- Serve as a site subject matter expert in maintenance and reliability engineering, promoting a strong reliability culture at the Battleground Facility.
- Mentor junior engineers, mechanics, technicians, and inspectors in reliability principles, PSM MI requirements, and structured troubleshooting.
- Develop and present reports, dashboards, and insights on reliability performance, MI compliance, and key equipment risks to site and business leadership.
We believe you bring
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering
- Typically 5+ years of maintenance, inspection, and/or reliability engineering experience in chemical, petrochemical, refining, or similar PSM-covered industrial facilities.
- Demonstrated experience with both fixed and rotating equipment; prior experience in a multi-unit, PSM-regulated chemical complex strongly preferred.
Have we got your interest?
This is an onsite permanent position on a full-time basis, reporting to the Maintenance Manager and based in La Porte, TX.
Please apply via our online recruitment system. We will not accept applications via e-mail. Once it's with us we will review to see if we have a match between your skills and the role!
For more information about our hiring process, visit: nouryon.com/careers/how-we-hire/
We look forward to receiving your application!
We kindly ask our internal candidates to apply with your Nouryon email via Success Factors.
About Nouryon
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Key skills/competency
- Mechanical Engineering
- Reliability Engineering
- Maintenance Strategy
- Process Safety Management (PSM)
- Mechanical Integrity (MI)
- Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
- Predictive Maintenance (PdM)
- Risk-Based Inspection (RBI)
- CMMS (SAP)
- Equipment Performance Analysis
Skills & topics
- Senior Maintenance Engineer
- Reliability Engineer
- Mechanical Engineering
- Process Safety
- Mechanical Integrity
- Asset Reliability
- PSM
- RBI
- RCA
- Chemical Industry
How to get hired
- Tailor your resume: Highlight your Mechanical Engineering degree and 5+ years of relevant experience in PSM-covered facilities. Emphasize your fixed and rotating equipment expertise.
- Showcase PSM knowledge: Detail your experience with OSHA PSM, Mechanical Integrity, MOC, and PHA follow-up in your application.
- Quantify achievements: Provide examples of how you've developed MI strategies, led RCPS, and optimized PM/PdM programs, including data on improvements.
- Network and research: Visit nouryon.com/careers/how-we-hire/ to understand their hiring process and culture before applying online.
Technical preparation
Behavioral questions
Frequently asked questions
- What are the key responsibilities for a Senior Maintenance & Reliability Engineer at Nouryon's La Porte facility?
- The Senior Maintenance & Reliability Engineer at Nouryon's La Porte facility is responsible for leading mechanical integrity and asset reliability. This includes developing and optimizing maintenance strategies, ensuring safe and compliant operation of process equipment, and driving improvements in asset performance and cost. Key areas also involve managing PSM elements, inspection programs, reliability engineering, and providing technical support.
- What qualifications are required for the Senior Maintenance & Reliability Engineer position at Nouryon?
- Candidates for the Senior Maintenance & Reliability Engineer role at Nouryon should possess a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering and typically have 5+ years of experience in maintenance, inspection, or reliability engineering within chemical, petrochemical, refining, or similar PSM-covered industrial facilities. Experience with both fixed and rotating equipment, particularly in a multi-unit, PSM-regulated chemical complex, is strongly preferred.
- What is the work arrangement and location for this Senior Maintenance & Reliability Engineer role at Nouryon?
- This is an onsite, permanent, full-time position at Nouryon's Battleground Facility in La Porte, TX. The role reports to the Maintenance Manager.
- How does Nouryon approach safety and compliance in the Senior Maintenance & Reliability Engineer role?
- Nouryon emphasizes safety and compliance heavily. The Senior Maintenance & Reliability Engineer is expected to champion personal and process safety, ensuring all activities comply with Nouryon EHS standards, OSHA PSM, EPA RMP, and site procedures. This includes supporting critical PSM elements like Mechanical Integrity, MOC, and PHA follow-up.
- What kind of technical expertise is expected from a Senior Maintenance & Reliability Engineer at Nouryon?
- The role requires demonstrated experience with both fixed and rotating equipment, developing and maintaining Mechanical Integrity strategies, and collaborating with inspectors and contractors. Expertise in root cause problem solving, optimizing preventive and predictive maintenance programs (vibration analysis, oil analysis, thermography), and analyzing equipment performance data is also essential.
- How can I apply for the Senior Maintenance & Reliability Engineer job at Nouryon?
- To apply for the Senior Maintenance & Reliability Engineer position at Nouryon, please use their online recruitment system. Applications via email will not be accepted. For more information on their hiring process, you can visit nouryon.com/careers/how-we-hire/.
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