I&E Engineer

Company Overview for Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A.

Founded in 1978, Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A. (Formosa Plastics) is a growing, vertically-integrated supplier of plastic resins and petrochemicals. With annual revenues of more than $5 billion, we employ over 2,800 people who operate 20 production units in six business divisions - Olefins, Polyolefins, Vinyl, Specialty Polyvinyl Chloride, Chlor-Alkali, and Oil & Gas.

Formosa Plastics offers a full line of polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene and polypropylene resins, caustic soda and other petrochemicals that deliver the consistency, performance and quality that customers demand. We market our polypropylene and polyethylene resins under the Formolene® tradename; we market our suspension PVC and specialty (dispersion) PVC resins under the Formolon® tradename. We also produce and sell caustic soda, ethylene dichloride, commercial bleach and hydrochloric acid.

We are committed to supplying the highest quality products and services to our customers, providing a safe and healthy workplace for our employees and contributing to the quality of life in the communities where we operate. This commitment is made possible through our dedicated people, consistent products, continued protection of the environment and ongoing investments in new product development, quality control systems and safe, modern and energy-efficient production facilities.

Formosa Plastics is a privately held company headquartered in Livingston, New Jersey. Our core business, producing plastic resins and petrochemicals, takes place at three wholly-owned chemical manufacturing subsidiaries located in Delaware City, Delaware, Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Point Comfort, Texas.

The site I&E Engineer position exists in order to optimize the utilization of physical assets and technology resources within the hiring unit; to ensure plant equipment reliability and add value by integrating plant assets, personnel and technology; and work with other maintenance 
craft departments and operations departments, while sustaining a safe and healthful working environment that meets environmental, health and safety regulatory and Company requirements.

Major Areas of Accountability:

Equipment Reliability: Provide Maintenance support to the Unit, which will enable the Unit to achieve smooth operation, manufacture high-quality products and avoid unscheduled process interruptions. This will be achieved by utilizing  industries' best practices, benchmarking, and planning, abnormal analysis, and initiation and maintenance procedures.
 
Maintenance Performance: Communicate and work with Operations continuously to establish equipment criticality and providing standby equipment for critical equipment. Establish and maintain Historical files to correct diagnoses of equipment failures and performance of equipment maintenance. 
 
Maintenance Support: Provide support to Operations to ensure compliance with State and Federal Environmental Regulations in addition to Preventative Maintenance, backup up programs, supporting technician with calibrations and or scheduling training, and any other activity assigned by the Unit Manager.  

Lead and Facilitate:  Review abnormalities to improve the overall performance in the unit and work with other departments to enhance product quality and plant reliability

Previous Related Experience:
0-3 years of relative maintenance experience or other petrochemical plant experience

Education:
B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science Engineering preferred

Check Out Our Benefits

Health Coverage and Perks

Excellent medical, dental, and vision insurance plans

Flexible spending accounts for health, dependent care  

Short-term Disability 

Long-term Disability 

Group Term Life, Dependent and
Supplemental Life Insurance

Tuition Reimbursement 
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Work/Life Balance

10 Paid Holidays

Paid Time Off for a balanced life
(Vacation, Sick and Personal Time) 

FlexTime Available 

 Competitive Compensation

Competitive salary, incentive/bonus, 401(k) plan with company match, 
Cash Balance, Pension Plan