At CF Industries, our mission is to provide clean energy to feed and fuel the world sustainably. Our employees are focused on safe and reliable operations, environmental stewardship, and disciplined capital and corporate management. By joining CF, you will be part of a team that brings their varied experiences, wide-ranging knowledge and diverse talents together to deliver important work and you'll be able to pursue complex, exciting opportunities that help you continue to grow and achieve your potential in different areas. You'll take pride in working for a company that lives its values and where you can be yourself at work, as part of an authentic team that encourages you to share your views and opinions. Our eight manufacturing complexes in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, an unparalleled storage, transportation and distribution network in North America, and logistics capabilities enabling a global reach underpin our strategy to leverage our unique capabilities to accelerate the world's transition to clean energy.
Function: Engineering and Engineering Services
Job Summary: The Plant Engineering Supervisor is responsible for overseeing the technical support and expertise provided by the Plant Engineering team on fixed equipment specification, design, operation, and mechanical integrity. This role ensures equipment reliability by leading a team of engineers in executing the mechanical integrity program. The Supervisor collaborates with other departments including Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, and EHS&S to develop and improve departmental standards and best practices. This position involves working with pressure vessels, compressors, turbines, heat exchangers, piping, storage tanks, valves, pressure relieving devices, boilers, and other process equipment. The successful candidate will possess proven experience with applicable codes and their respective requirements as they relate to chemical process equipment. Additionally, this position collaborates with other engineers throughout CF Industries to share best practices and execute a world-class mechanical integrity program.
Job Description: Job Responsibilities: - Provide strong leadership to the Plant Engineering team, which includes approximately seven direct and contract personnel with expertise in mechanical engineering, reliability, and inspection. Foster a collaborative and inclusive work environment by advising, mentoring, and training plant engineers. Offer guidance and support to Plant Engineers to enhance their technical skills and professional growth. Encourage continuous learning and development within the team, promoting the sharing of knowledge and best practices.
- Supervise the investigation, diagnosis, and formulation of equipment repair recommendations to enhance equipment on-stream reliability as requested by Operations, Maintenance, and Engineering per individual task, project, or turnaround schedule.
- Ensure collaboration with Unit Reliability Supervisors to develop pre-turnaround and turnaround equipment inspection plans specific to equipment design specifications and its process conditions per individual turnaround schedule. Actively participate in turnaround and/or plant shutdown activities.
- Lead select tasks from concept through execution, ensuring alignment with site priorities, engineering standards, and operational goals. Provide hands-on engineering work, coordinate cross-functional resources, and drive timely delivery of project milestones.
- Oversee the development of pressure vessel, heat exchanger, tank, and piping repair plans and communicate those plans to Maintenance, while ensuring that all applicable CF specifications and code requirements are met.
- Understand damage mechanisms that affect equipment in the ammonia, urea, nitric acid, and UAN processes and how those damage mechanisms affect equipment design, fabrication, and repair.
- Oversee the development of temporary equipment and piping repair plans per individual task or turnaround schedule. Evaluate and recommend eventual permanent corrective action per task or turnaround schedules.
- Provide technical expertise to plant personnel (e.g., plant engineers, designers, inspectors, maintenance, operations, project and process engineers, etc.) regarding design and fabrication specifications per individual project schedule.
- Oversee the review of equipment specifications and fabrication drawings in detail to approve suitability for reliable operation in the intended service and compliance with recognized codes and standards, such as API and ASME.
- Consider safety, quality, cost, and schedule when performing all job functions (e.g., development of repair plans, specifying equipment) and be able to articulate benefits and drawbacks of decisions to supervision and management. Be able to identify alternate courses of action in all cases.
- Identify and implement improvements to the mechanical integrity program.
- Develop and maintain engineering specifications, including, but not limited to, pressure vessel specifications, piping specifications, valve specifications, paint specifications, and insulation specifications.
- Act as a corporate resource on API, ANSI, ASME, and other applicable recognized standards for fixed equipment design, fabrication, inspection, repair, and alteration.
- Be self-motivated, able to prioritize tasks based on ever-changing plant needs, a good decision maker, and determined to continually expand knowledge of industry standards and practices for the benefit of oneself and the company.
- Support the corporate EHS Policy and Programs by incorporating the applicable requirements into Plant Engineering programs.
- Continually evaluate ways to improve site safety.
Position Requirements: - A B.S. degree in Engineering from an ABET accredited university is required. A Mechanical Engineering degree is preferred.
- A minimum of seven years of in-plant or ASME code fabrication shop experience, whether permanent or periodic temporary assignment.
- At least five years of engineering-related experience in the oil, gas, or chemical manufacturing industry.
- Louisiana Professional Engineer Registration is preferred.
- A thorough understanding of mechanical integrity requirements as defined in OSHA 1910.119.
- Experience with nitrogen fertilizer processes is preferred.
- A minimum of five years of experience with mechanical integrity is preferred.
- Familiarity with inspection management and RBI software, such as APM's mechanical integrity module, is desirable.
- Strong communication skills (both written and verbal) are required. Must be able to effectively communicate and interact with personnel of all backgrounds.
- Exceptional leadership skills, including team leading, decision making with minimal oversight, prioritizing, and mentoring less experienced personnel within the Plant Engineering group.
- Strong management skills, including leadership, team building, team member development, critical decision making, and time management.
- A keen sense of organization and prioritization when managing multiple tasks, projects, and deadlines in a dynamic environment, with occasional guidance from supervision.
- Physical ability to climb stairs and ladders, work at heights, and enter confined spaces.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office software.
- The ability to acquire Transportation Worker Identification Credentials (TWIC).
- The ability to prove drug and alcohol free at random or for cause.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by persons assigned to this job. These statements are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel in this position.
FMLA:
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Employee Polygraph Protection Act
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talentacquisition@cfindustries.com.
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