Job Description

POSITION SUMMARY
This role will be responsible for leading efforts for Reliability Engineering with regards to fixed equipment in the North Dakota Bakken Asset in order to support maximizing equipment reliability.  This role will work across numerous organizational boundaries such as Operations; Maintenance, Reliability, and Integrity; Infrastructure; EHS and Global Supply Chain to support Wells & Pads, Gas/Oil/Water Gathering, and the Tioga Gas Plant.

The primary areas of focus will include the following:

Reliability Improvement

Develop and/or optimize equipment maintenance strategies, repair/spares strategies, and influence equipment standards for fixed equipment including valves, heat exchangers, furnaces, boilers, flares, and other fixed equipment.
Facilitate bad actor and root cause analysis related to fixed equipment.  Confirm implementation and effectiveness of countermeasures developed
Recommend and implement upgrades/modifications to equipment to increase reliability and reduce maintenance cost and operating issues
Analyze predictive maintenance data and initiate follow-on corrective work
Develop, review data, and report out on key performance indicators

Troubleshooting / Operational Support

Work with Operations and Maintenance personnel to troubleshoot fixed  equipment on an as-needed basis
Participate in scope development and repair of critical equipment
Act as an adviser to Process and Reliability Engineers concerning equipment/facilities capabilities and improvement opportunities

Maintenance in Projects

Support Infrastructure projects by providing reliability, maintainability, and operability input as a representative of the Maintenance, Reliability, and Integrity team to ensure that the best designs/philosophies are being implemented with new equipment installations/modifications
Provide technical advice, guidance, recommendations, and assurance for modification of existing assets carried out using the Management of Change (MOC) process
Evaluate proposed pilot initiatives for technical viability and coordinate implementation efforts for fixed equipment initiatives.

Core Behaviors

Strong Lean knowledge and/or demonstrates ability to learn following skills:

Teach/coach:  5-Whys, Mistake Proofing, 5S
Lead/facilitate: Standard Work Instruction, Structured Problem Solving (A3), Leader Standard Work, Spaghetti Diagrams, Swim Lane Mapping, Dashboards and Operating Rhythm, and Conditions of Satisfaction
Participate/use:  Rapid Improvement Events, Value Stream Mapping, Business Planning (A3)

Demonstrates Leading at Hess Competencies including but not limited to:

Able to influence without authority across organizational boundaries
Able to lead change with various stakeholders
Execution and results oriented and able to lead a team to deliver results
Team oriented and a great communicator; can support and enable a shared vision
Focus for and capability to coach/mentor/develop team members (e.g. MRI technicians, Reliability Operators, Foundation Engineers)

Robust problem-solving skills that focus on delivering data driven solutions

Able to quickly gather, rationalize data, and prioritize improvements
Utilize structured problem solving to formulate solutions

Holds safety, environmental, health, social and corporate responsibility as paramount

Work Environment 

Office Based role (Minot or Tioga) 5/2 (9/80) work schedule with field visits as needed

Experience/Skills 

5+ years of experience in fixed equipment or other technical discipline
Preferred history of utilizing Reliability Centered Maintenance tools to optimize asset performance / lifecycle
Experience in root cause failure analysis and FMEA

Strong knowledge in general plant and oil & gas equipment such as: 

Dump Valves
2 and 3 phase separators
Fire Tubes
Heat Exchangers
Boilers
Flares and Flare Systems
Manual and Automated Valves
Transmitters & Sensing elements
Flow Meters
Proficient in MS Office and SAP
Knowledge of Spotfire and Sequel a plus.

Education/Training    

Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering or equivalent