Maintenance and Reliability Engineer

ISP Technologies Inc.

Maintenance and Reliability Engineer

Are you someone who thrives on solving problems, improving systems, and driving performance? Do you constantly seek better ways to maintain and optimize equipment? Are you passionate about reliability, teamwork, and continuous improvement?

Then we'd like to meet you-and we think you'll want to meet us.

Ashland has an exciting opportunity for a Maintenance and Reliability Engineer to join our Ashland, Inc., ISP Technologies, Inc.

business at our Texas City, Texas plant.

This is a highly visible and impactful role within the Company and the Life Sciences business unit.

This position reports to the Maintenance and Reliability Manager.

The responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to, the following:


* Serve as a key member of the Texas City Maintenance Team, supporting plant operations and reliability initiatives.


* Commit to a Zero Incident Safety/Environmental Culture.


* Lead and implement reliability best practices, develop and optimize maintenance tasks, and support turnaround activities.


* Diagnose equipment failures and develop technical solutions to improve performance and reduce downtime.


* Manage maintenance KPIs such as MTTR, MTBF, and equipment availability.


* Lead equipment improvement projects focused on reliability, cost reduction, and performance optimization.


* Ensure compliance with safety, environmental, and quality standards.


* Coordinate technical teams and external contractors as needed.


* Collaborate with engineering, process, and project teams to resolve issues and improve plant reliability.


* Apply data analysis techniques to address recurring failures and operational inefficiencies.


* Maintain awareness of emerging technologies and assess their applicability to site operations.


* Participate and lead in incident investigations and root cause analyses.


* Utilize CMMS (Maximo) to improve documentation, repair records and PMs.


* Support the development of maintenance plans including:
+ Value-added preventive maintenance tasks
+ Predictive and condition-based methodologies
+ Life cycle cost analysis for repair/replace/redesign decisions
+ Reliability-centered maintenance strategies
+ FMEA and continuous improvement initiatives

Secondary responsibilities include:


* Design and implement reliability programs to maximize up time and minimize costs.


* Schedule external services and manage purchase orders to align with maintenance planning.


* Work with Process Engineers and Maintenance Supervisors to develop daily schedules and manage backlog.


* Support safety, environmental, and quality initiatives to ensure regulatory compliance.


* Perform other duties as assigned to ensure safe and efficient departmental operations.

In order to be qualified for this role, you must possess the following:


* Bachelor ...