Now hiring! Asset Management Engineer - Freeport, TX

Freeport, TX (Onsite)

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We are looking for a Asset Management Engineer to join our CP team in Freeport, TX.

Come create chemistry with us!

BASF’s Petrochemical division is the starting point of BASF's petrochemical value creation worldwide, also known as “the heart of the Verbund,” representing the world's largest chemical markets. Together, let us keep the heart beating one creative solution at a time!

As an Asset Effectiveness Engineer, you will support the Freeport Petrochemicals Business by monitoring and evaluating asset effectiveness and performance to drive recommendations for long-term care, operation and replacement of assets in alignment with the business strategy.

You will also facilitate review and prioritize capital project ideas to build the long-term asset plans, facilitate and review maintenance work notification prioritization and planning prioritization, scheduling reviews and backlog reviews. Assisting in developing the maintenance and non-maintenance portions of the annual production fixed cost budgets and developing and maintaining multi-year asset target picture and asset development plan in alignment with business strategy.

As a Asset Management Engineer - Freeport, TX, you create chemistry by...

•Working in cross functional teams to determine and prioritize continuous improvement opportunities around asset effectiveness. Performing routine review of asset effectiveness data to make risk based, cost avoidance, and return on investment recommendations.

•Utilizing asset condition and business strategy information to update and maintain the asset investment/ reinvestment strategy (Capital Expenditure, Major Maintenance and Major Non-Maintenance plan).

•Supporting the OpEX (Operational Excellence) process by identifying opportunities as well as performing initial economic analysis for qualification for OpEX funding. Entering and maintaining OpEX database information.

•Leading regularly scheduled capital project idea review meetings. Supporting risk quantification, economic evaluation and business justifications relating to capital project idea submissions.

•Leading weekly planner prioritization meetings to ensure the daily/ weekly work schedule aligns with work order prioritization, operational support for permitting and regulatory item due date requirements.

•Leading the annual Asset Development Plan pre-work, updates and workshop.

•Leading the maintenance backlog review meetings and providing weekly outlooks on maintenance spend.

•Working in concert with reliability engineer to apply asset effectiveness data and economic analysis to reliability “bad actor” events and equipment failures, aligning to maintain equipment sparing strategies through FMEA outputs.

•Coordinating with marketing, supply chain, capital projects, accounting, technology, operations and maintenance to create the annual revision of the SBU Asset Target Picture and Asset Development plan.

•Maintaining the Plant Asset Condition database (EPAC) including asset End of Life assessments. Supporting updates to the plant Asset Management – Maintenance Management Roadmaps and Asset Management one-pagers.

•Developing the annual production fixed maintenance and non-maintenance budgets in conjunction with the SBU teams.

•Utilizing economic evaluations and knowledge of the fixed cost plan to provide guidance to the production and maintenance team as well as performing risk and cost avoidance evaluations to justify spend.

•Working with the operations teams to reevaluate production rates and development of the practical available capacity documentation annually to support marketing and supply chain planning.

If you...

• Hold a bachelor’s degree in engineering.

• Possess with a minimum of 5 years’ experience working with direct operating plant experience.

• Have a solid understanding of equipment criticality evaluation, equipment strategies and maintenance practices and possess thorough knowledge of capital project process.

• Have proven experience working with SAP, GAP, MS Suite and Power BI

Create your own chemistry with you@BASF

At BASF, you will have the chance to do meaningful work towards building a more sustainable future. In addition to competitive compensation and benefits, BASF provides you with access to a wide range of elements to help you be your best. It’s what we call you@BASF . We are committed to providing benefits, programs, and opportunities that support our employees’ overall well-being, personal growth, and a safe, collaborative, and inclusive work environment.

Just some of the many benefits we offer include:

• Flexible work arrangements whenever possible

• Highly competitive retirement savings plan with company match and investment options

• Well-being programs that include comprehensive mental health support for you and your household family members

• Family forming benefits (fertility, adoption and surrogacy reimbursement, maternity/parental leave, and more)

• Back-up child and elder care with discount programs for families of all ages and stages

• Mentoring and career development opportunities that allow you to share, learn, and thrive

• Matching gifts program that allows you to deepen the impact of your contributions to qualified charities.

• Employee crisis support for when the unexpected happens

• Access to our BASF wine cellar, employee discounts, and much more!

About us

As one of the largest chemical companies in North America we have been finding solutions for your everyday needs and addressing the most complex economic, environmental, and sustainability challenges for more than 150 years!

At BASF we empower our employees with the tools, guidance and opportunities they need to advance and succeed in work and life. Giving you the support you need to be your best and fulfill your personal ambitions is what helps us create chemistry. After all, our success is linked to yours. Whatever path you envision, BASF is a great place to build a rewarding, successful career.

Belong to Something Bigger. #belongatBASF

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Equal employment opportunities

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, age, citizenship, color, religion, sex, marital status, national origin, disability status, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.