New Permanent Opening - Operations & Maintenance Superintendent 

NES Fircroft is actively seeking candidates for an Operations & Maintenance Superintendent role for our client's facility in Magnolia, Arkansas.  This is a permanent role with our client with relocation options available. 

All interested candidates are encouraged to send their most updated resumes directly to gabriel.fox@nesfircroft.com along with their availability.  


Job Description
Our Client is seeking an Operations & Maintenance Superintendent (Brinefield Operations) with a mechanical engineering background to take charge of maintenance, reliability, and operational performance at our Bromine facilities in Magnolia, AR.
What You Will Do

• Lead group safety awareness and performance, setting clear expectations and accountability.
• Champion Brinefield improvement efforts to reduce maintenance cost and increase mechanical reliability and asset performance.
• MTBF improvements for downhole equipment, H-pumps, mechanical seals, and other rotating/fixed equipment.
• Regulatory liaison with ADEQ and AOGC
• Champion remediation of all spills working with the land office and landowners to develop work scopes
• Employee development, performance and satisfaction.
• Implement best practices for items like equipment inspections, planning & scheduling, proper BFJ torquing procedures and lubrication.
• Technical resource for root cause failure analysis, incident investigations, preventive and predictive maintenance, general maintenance, and mechanical design issues.
• Lead and manage an organization comprised of both operations and maintenance personnel.

What You Bring
 Required:

• B.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related engineering discipline.
• 8-10 years experience in maintenance, operations, and/or engineering.
• Supervisory skills & experience including safety awareness of staff, budget control, scheduling, and staff development.
• Functional use of the corporate computer systems including use of SAP modules for maintenance, projects, and purchasing.
• Understanding of safe work practices; excellent safety history.
• Leadership skills including setting goals, priorities, and performance evaluations.
• Good motivational skills; ability to influence and manage change; ability to work well with cross functional groups in a team environment.
• General understanding of Engineering Standards and Specifications.
• Experience and knowledge of the design, selection, and application of process equipment such as exchangers, vessels, centrifugal pumps, agitators, and compressors.
• Knowledge of maintenance work practices like planning and scheduling, rigging, pipe fitting, welding, alignments, lubrication, and work order handling.
• Capital project experience including generation of scope and estimate; design of items like plant layout and piping; equipment design and procurement; and construction.
• Strong technical and problem-solving skills for equipment operation, mechanical design, failure analysis, and maintenance best practices.
• Good communication skills at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to manage multiple projects with varied priorities and drive them to closure.

Preferred:

• Experience in brinefield, oilfield, chemical, or similar industrial discipline
• Knowledge of environmental regulatory requirements set forth by various state agencies.
• Knowledge of water/oil well construction and drilling techniques
• Knowledge of pump hydraulics, seals, and troubleshooting.
• Knowledge of material selection and corrosion.
• Knowledge of preventive and predictive technologies like vibration analysis, oil analysis, and thermography.
• Knowledge of best practices for fixed equipment inspections.
• Six sigma experience.
• Knowledge of RCFA methodology (Apollo or Taproot) and ability to facilitate these efforts.

With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.