Supervisor, Fixed Equipment Reliability Engineering

• Supervise and develop reliability engineers responsible for fixed equipment including pressure vessels, piping systems, heat exchangers, tanks, furnaces, and associated components.
• Partner with Inspection Superintendent to own the fixed equipment reliability strategy, ensuring alignment with site reliability goals, asset management standards, and business priorities.
• Ensure mechanical integrity and regulatory compliance with applicable codes, standards, and regulations (e.g., API, ASME, NBIC, OSHA, EPA), including inspection programs, documentation, and audits.
• Lead corrosion management programs, including damage mechanism identification, fitness‑for‑service evaluations, and mitigation strategies.
• Support Inspection Superintendent in Risk-Based Inspection (RBI) and inspection strategies.
• Provide technical authority and decision‑making for fixed equipment repair, alteration, rerating, and replacement, including review and approval of engineering evaluations and recommendations.
• Drive continuous improvement in equipment reliability by analyzing failures, performance trends, and inspection findings to reduce unplanned outages, extend asset life, and improve availability.
• Lead root cause failure analyses (RCFA) for fixed equipment incidents or chronic reliability issues and ensure corrective and preventive actions are effectively implemented.
• Collaborate closely with Operations, Maintenance, Inspection, Projects, and Safety to plan and execute repairs, turnarounds, and capital projects while minimizing operational risk.
• Support turnaround and outage planning by identifying scope, developing inspection and repair plans, prioritizing work, and providing on‑site technical support as needed.
• Manage technical standards, procedures, and best practices related to fixed equipment reliability and mechanical integrity.
• Recommend and justify reliability‑driven capital and expense projects based on risk, lifecycle cost, and business impact.
• Monitor and report key reliability and integrity metrics, using data to guide decision‑making and communicate risk and performance to leadership.
• Ensure contractor and vendor work meets engineering, quality, and safety requirements, including review of designs, calculations, and work execution.
• Promote a strong safety and integrity culture, ensuring that equipment reliability decisions prioritize personnel safety, environmental protection, and operational excellence.

May perform some or all of the following duties:

• May provide Unit Startup assistance for existing as well as new facilities, and perform economic analysis and fill ROI reports for capital upgrades depending on assignment
• Manages business relationship with vendor(s)
• Provides turnaround support including pre-turnaround recommendations, post- turnaround establishment of baseline data, inspection, and procedure modification
• Coordinates refinery energy conservation efforts

Special assignments or tasks assigned to the employee by their superior, as determined from time to time in their sole and complete discretion.