Mechanical Maintenance Engineer - Mechanical Track

Mechanical Maintenance Engineer - Mechanical Track

201 Formosa Dr, Point Comfort, TX 77978, USA

Job Description

Posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 5 : 00 AM | Expires Tuesday, July 29, 2025 at 4 : 59 AM

Company Overview for Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A.

Founded in 1978, Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A. (Formosa Plastics) is a growing, vertically-integrated supplier of plastic resins and petrochemicals. With annual revenues of more than $5 billion, we employ over 2,800 people who operate 20 production units in six business divisions - Olefins, Polyolefins, Vinyl, Specialty Polyvinyl Chloride, Chlor-Alkali, and Oil & Gas.

Formosa Plastics offers a full line of polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene and polypropylene resins, caustic soda and other petrochemicals that deliver the consistency, performance and quality that customers demand. We market our polypropylene and polyethylene resins under the Formolene tradename; we market our suspension PVC and specialty (dispersion) PVC resins under the Formolon tradename. We also produce and sell caustic soda, ethylene dichloride, commercial bleach and hydrochloric acid.

We are committed to supplying the highest quality products and services to our customers, providing a safe and healthy workplace for our employees and contributing to the quality of life in the communities where we operate. This commitment is made possible through our dedicated people, consistent products, continued protection of the environment and ongoing investments in new product development, quality control systems and safe, modern and energy-efficient production facilities.

Formosa Plastics is a privately held company headquartered in Livingston, New Jersey. Our core business, producing plastic resins and petrochemicals, takes place at three wholly-owned chemical manufacturing subsidiaries located in Delaware City, Delaware, Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Point Comfort, Texas.

I. POSITION OBJECTIVE

This position provides engineering expertise to optimize the utilization of physical assets and technology in support of efficient, cost-effective, and high-quality operations within the Rail Track and Rail Car Maintenance Departments. The Maintenance Engineer drives improvements in productivity, reliability, and cost reduction by analyzing high-cost or failure-prone assets and collaborating with operations and maintenance teams to implement procedural or design enhancements. Additionally, this role is responsible for promoting and maintaining a safe, healthful work environment in full compliance with environmental, health, safety, and company regulations.

II. MAJOR AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY

Project Management : Study the unit's mechanical equipment and identify problem areas or improvements that will help the unit achieve Best Industry Benchmarks for cost, production, and reliability. Develop, obtain approval, and manage projects. Use purchasing and contractor management skills, best practices, benchmarking, planning, root cause analysis, and troubleshooting to achieve project goals.

Equipment Reliability : Ensure that all equipment is specified, designed, installed, and maintained to current industry and FPC standards. Apply data analysis techniques to develop engineering solutions to repetitive failures and other problems that adversely affect plant operations including safety, environmental, capacity, quality, cost, and regulatory compliance issues. Historical files shall be established and well-maintained to allow for correct diagnoses of equipment failures and performance of equipment maintenance. Provide maintenance support by communicating and working with operations to establish equipment criticality and provide standby equipment for critical equipment.

Unplanned Maintenance : If an unexpected failure occurs within the respective unit, carry out unplanned corrective maintenance by assisting in identifying the cause of failure by using strong analytical, troubleshooting skills, and diagnostic tools to select the most appropriate procedure to resolve the issue and restore functionality. In the most efficient and effective manner, to reduce maintenance costs.

PSM : Assist with elements of process safety and projects such as MOCs and PSSRs.

Cost Control : Manage Maintenance Unit costs as measured by Monthly Management Reports Analysis of cost deviations and causes of costs; initiation of cost efficiencies; identification of inefficiencies and recommendations to correct; analyze budget trends, develop and recommend budget requirements; control overtime to below 3%.

THM : Promote cleanliness and order through the implementation of the Total Housekeeping Maintenance program. Emphasize Nothing Touch Ground program and No Visual Pollution program. Maintain the plant in like-new condition.

III. QUALIFICATIONS

• Education
• B.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering or B.S. in Civil Engineering; other related engineering disciplines considered.
• Previous Related Experience Required
• No prior experience is required, but experience with railroad, rail track, and / or rail cars is a plus.
• Technical Skills Required To Perform This Job
• Computer skills, including but not limited to MS Office, Excel, Word, Outlook, etc.
• Academic background : Heat Transfer, Kinetics, Thermodynamics, Fluid Statics and Dynamics, Solid Mechanics or Mechanics Materials, Structures, Transportation, Geotechnical, Stormwater Management, Hydrogeology, and Engineering Economics.
• Knowledge of corporate "workflow" system, department responsibilities, and maintenance procedures preferred

Health Coverage and Perks

Excellent medical, dental, and vision insurance plans

Flexible spending accounts for health, dependent care Short-term Disability Long-term Disability Group Term Life, Dependent and Supplemental Life Insurance Tuition Reimbursement

Work / Life Balance

10 Paid Holidays

Paid Time Off for a balanced life

(Vacation, Sick and Personal Time)

FlexTime Available

Competitive Compensation

Competitive salary, incentive / bonus, 401(k) plan with company match,

Cash Balance, Pension Plan

201 Formosa Dr, Point Comfort, TX 77978, USA

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