Location
Botlek, 3197 KT Netherlands; Barry, UK
Job Description
At Bakelite, you’ll help us create a better tomorrow with sustainable and innovative chemistry today.
Position Overview
Provide expert opinion, guidance, approval and leadership on mechanical, structural and metallurgical designs to engineering and operations to ensure the company maintains compliance to the EU Pressure Equipment Directive, UK Pressure Equipment (Safety) Regulation and Pressure systems Safety Regulations. Provide leadership on mechanical integrity to ensure risk of mechanical failures of critical equipment are mitigated.
Provide Project management services for implementation of assigned projects. Lead, define, plan & execute key capital projects in conjunction with site teams and Europe engineering and technical resources.
Mechanical Engineering
The role requires a Mechanical Engineer with ten years of mechanical or project engineering experience in the chemical or other process industries. The role includes managing Mechanical Integrity programmes, developing WSE through to inspection, degradation analysis and repairs.
Job Responsibilities
* Lead the management of Mechanical Integrity across all European sites, overseeing integrity assessments for high risk assets, responding to outcomes of inspections and managing changes through internal and external resources.
* Ownership of the Mechanical Integrity Criticality Assessment Register, revising and updating based on findings from integrity assessment and the addition of new assets from projects.
* Work with external consultants to develop RBI based written schemes of examination for all mechanical integrity assets (pressure vessels, heat exchanges, tanks, pipework, etc). Establish scope, extent and amounts.
* Serve as SME for asset Mechanical Integrity throughout the business with regards to assessing degradation mechanisms, modes of failure, identification of materials for hazardous applications, developing repair plans and investigating failures/degradation in conjunction with external experts.
* Report asset condition and compliance of the MI Inspections with SAP. Understand high‑risk assets, end‑of‑life planning requirements and identify assets that may be non‑compliant with overdue integrity assessment.
* Generate design scopes of works for all aspects of mechanical (e.g., piping & vessels) and structural application for projects across Europe.
* Have approval authority for all mechanical and structural designs for all EU sites.
* Develop and own mechanical and structural engineering standards (e.g., pipe service index, pipe classes, pipe stress, vessel design, metallurgy selection, structural design).
* Manage the capital plan and projects for the site, working with the EU Projects, engineering and automation teams to deliver design content suitable for project execution on time and within budget for the site.
Decision Authority
* Collaborate with stakeholders to mutually agree key decisions (e.g., repair plans from mechanical integrity inspection findings).
* Final approval of piping and vessel inspection protocols (Written Schemes of Examination and Risk Based Inspection plans) for all EU sites.
* Final approval of mechanical equipment repair plans across all EU sites.
* Final approval of all mechanical and structural designs for new or modified equipment across all EU sites.
Future Focus
* Effectively provide guidance to the operations organization, supporting the strategies, goals, and objectives of the business.
Trust & Teamwork
* Effectively build, lead and participate in teams.
* Effectively communicate, both verbally and written.
Personal Leadership
* Exhibit drive and influencing skills to arrive at solutions.
* Leverage other Bakelite Synthetics sites, processes and designs to address issues and avoid reinventing the wheel – take a global perspective.
* Demonstrate a strong sense of integrity and courage to make decisions and outcomes in Bakelite Synthetics best interest.
Achieves Business Results
* Develop plans on both short‑term and multi‑year horizons.
* Involve key stakeholders in activities.
Education & Experience
* University degree in mechanical engineering.
* Knowledge of applicable EU standards and directives related to mechanical and structural design and operation, e.g., Pressure Equipment Directive 2014/68/EU, Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC and Seveso Directive.
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including effective communication with others for whom English is their second language.
* Minimum ten years of experience in a Mechanical or Project Engineering role within the chemical industry or other process industries.
* Experience managing Mechanical Integrity programmes, from WSE through inspection, degradation analysis and repairs.
Travel
Travel within Europe typically one week at a time; travel when business requires.
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