POSITION OVERVIEW
The Senior/Staff Engineer, Mechanical reports to the Superintendent, Mechanical and is the technical steward for fixed equipment, piping, heat exchangers, tanks, and mechanical systems, and is accountable for supporting maintenance and improving these systems including all associated documentation. The Senior/Staff Engineer, Mechanical will participate and provide discipline expertise to less experienced support staff in engineering design, maintenance, and production activities.
This is a Non-DOT position.
RESPONSIBILITIES AND ESSENTIAL DUTIES
Serves as the Static Equipment and Mechanical Systems technical specialist and provides Static Equipment and Mechanical Systems support to the plant to keep the plant systems safe and operational.
Utilizes sound engineering practices to provide guidance and application to plant standards and specifications to develop cost effective solutions for Static Equipment and Mechanical engineering issues.
Ensures that documentation for the Static Equipment and Mechanical systems are maintained properly. Provides guidance and development of documentation standards.
Participates in the Management of Change process.
Develops and utilizes computer assisted engineering and design software to perform engineering tasks and develop documentation.
Provides technical support for maintenance planning and maintenance teams.
Assists maintenance and operations groups on reliability issues when they occur; must be able to have vision and ability to create quality solutions for any problems.
Serves as a plant liaison on Static Equipment and Mechanical System engineering issues (not limited to risk engineering, system integrity and applicability to specifications, philosophies and standards).
Provides technical support to other groups, by understanding and interpreting codes, standards and regulations that are equipment related.
Coordinates and develops proposals for plant improvements including design basis and preliminary estimates and budgets for capital projects. Provide technical guidance during development and construction, support the Project Manager as assigned to minimize overruns in project-related spending.
Develops working relationships with other department personnel within the plant to seek out opportunities that will add value to each job completed.
Reinforces awareness of safety and environmental incidents through job observations. Ensure the development or collecting information in support of permit requirements as assigned.
The duties and responsibilities described are not a comprehensive list and additional tasks may be assigned to the employee from time to time; or the scope of the job may change as necessitated by business demands.
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
Knowledge:
Applies general knowledge of LNG production, transportation, storage and loading, including health, safety, maintenance, operations, governmental regulations and associated codes and standards. Practices and demonstrates in-depth knowledge of Static Equipment and Mechanical Systems, national codes, standards and regulations, and their implementation in operating facilities.
Skills:
Strong leadership and technical abilities are required.
An acute sensitivity to safety issues in a hazardous environment.
Exceptional written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
Ability to communicate effectively at all levels of an organization and with individuals and groups from different disciplines, industries and governmental agencies.
Able to work with a culturally diverse group of technical individuals whose skills cover the range required to engineer, operate and maintain the LNG terminal and Liquefaction production facilities.
Possess the personality and ability to relate to and to establish a mutually respectful relationship with 1) management, 2) peers and 3) the various facility level workers (Plant Management, plant supervision and plant workers) whom are all responsible for ensuring good operations.
Organized, planning skills, able to manage multiple activities and programs in timely fashion and with a high degree of accuracy, able to meet work deadlines.
Exceptional problem solving and analytical skills.
Accomplished public speaker, able to create and deliver industry-specific presentations.
Computer savvy including Microsoft Office Suite including Word, Excel, Access, Project and PowerPoint.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
Education, Training and Certifications:
Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering is required.
Experience:
Senior Engineer, Mechanical: Minimum of five (5)+ years of relevant experience in an industrial setting in engineering, operations, maintenance or other related technical function. LNG facility experience is preferred; however, petrochemical, NGL, cryogenic natural gas processing or other hydrocarbon processing experience is acceptable.
Staff Engineer, Mechanical: Minimum of ten (10) + years of relevant experience in an industrial setting in engineering, operations, maintenance or other related technical function. LNG facility experience is strongly preferred; however, petrochemical, NGL, cryogenic natural gas processing or other hydrocarbon processing experience may be acceptable.
DIRECT REPORTS
No direct reports
FREEDOM TO ACT
The Senior/Staff Engineer, Mechanical is an expert in their field and requires minimal supervision.
Ability to multi-task and function in a highly dynamic atmosphere; must exercise discretion independently.
WORK CONDITIONS
Job is performed in an industrial plant environment.
Occasionally, work may be performed from home, after normal work hours or on weekends.
Limited travel required, as business conditions dictate.
Subject to drug and alcohol testing, per applicable federal regulations or as required by Cheniere.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is often required to stand, walk, sit, climb stairs, work at height above ground on stairs and catwalks, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, talk, hear, smell, type and write.
Must be able to board a ship via a gangway, climb to the top of a tank (200+ steps), scale vertical steel ladder up to forty feet or more in height and lift and move objects weighting up to 50 pounds.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee will work indoors and outdoors, and be exposed to year-around weather conditions, ocean environment, and noise. There is a considerable number of outdoor activities involved.
Specific vision abilities required include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
Required to pass regularly scheduled physical examinations mandated by regulatory authorities.
Required to obtain mandated certification by attending Company-sponsored training in basic first aid, and CPR.
Must maintain a Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) card in good standing status.
ADA JOB REQUIREMENTS
Reasonable accommodations will be made to ensure that the essential functions of the job can be performed and not hinder the employees performance due to physical or mental disability.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
Cheniere Energy is an equal opportunity workplace. All employment decisions are made without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other legally protected categories. This includes providing reasonable accommodation if requested for disabilities or religious beliefs and practices.
Cheniere Energy is a global leader in LNG providing flexible, reliable and affordable energy to the world while powering the transition to a lower-carbon future.
We are a values-driven company that focuses on teamwork, respect, accountability, integrity, nimbleness, and above all, safety for our employees, our communities, and our assets.
Cheniere Energy's global impact is achieved through a diverse and passionate workforce that is invested in our company through our annual stock-grant program. Our high-performing employees are united by a shared mission, common goals and a culture of inclusion and caring.
Our comprehensive compensation and benefits offerings are competitive and strong, and they prioritize wellness and performance incentives that reward results. As an employee of Cheniere Energy, you will make an impact on our business and our communities.
A Fortune 500 company, Cheniere Energy is headquartered in Houston with U.S. offices in Lake Charles, Louisiana and Washington D.C.; production sites in Cameron, Louisiana and Gregory, Texas; and international offices in London, Singapore, Beijing and Tokyo.
Around the globe, countries, communities and companies want many of the same things: to be productive, healthy and safe. At Cheniere, we provide clean, secure and affordable energy to the world — energy that can reduce carbon emissions, help lead to cleaner air, and light homes and power factories — all manufactured and transported by modern energy infrastructure run by a world-class workforce.
The energy we make is liquified natural gas, or LNG. We began operations in 2016, and we’re already the largest producer of LNG in the United States and the second largest LNG operator in the world. Our LNG has reached dozens of markets on five continents, and the demand for our fuel is expected to grow as countries around the world seek cleaner ways to power their economies.
While you’ll find our headquarters in Houston, Texas, and our LNG facilities in Southwest Louisiana and South Texas, we are a global company with offices in London, Singapore, Washington, Beijing and Tokyo.
Cheniere’s energy infrastructure represents a more than $38 billion investment in the future of energy and is a demonstration of the company’s ability to execute. Cheniere established industry records for bringing new liquefaction units online ahead of schedule and is the fastest company to produce and export 1,000 cargoes of LNG.
Cheniere is operating, constructing and developing two LNG facilities on the U.S. Gulf Coast. These massive LNG facilities reliably and safely process billions of cubic feet of natural gas per day into LNG and load the liquid energy onto insulated ships that keep the product cold for their journeys around the world.
Cheniere’s Sabine Pass LNG facility, which is located in Cameron Parish in Southwest Louisiana, began export operations in 2016 and currently has six fully operational liquefaction units, or “trains.” With all six trains complete, the aggregate nominal production capacity of Sabine Pass is approximately 30 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of LNG.
Cheniere’s Corpus Christi LNG facility in South Texas is the first greenfield LNG export facility in the U.S. lower 48 and began operations in 2018. All three Trains are operating, and the aggregate nominal production capacity of the Corpus Christi facility is approximately 15 mtpa of LNG.
What we do is provide LNG to customers, but how we do it makes us different. Cheniere is a full-service LNG provider.
We purchase natural gas from the robust, transparent and liquid North American gas market, process the natural gas into LNG, and offer our customers the option to load the LNG onto their vessels at our terminals, or we will deliver the LNG to regasification facilities around the world.
Approximately 85% of Cheniere’s expected aggregate LNG production capacity, either completed or under construction, is contracted through long-term take-or-pay style agreements with creditworthy counterparties. The remaining volumes of LNG we can produce are available for our integrated marketing unit to sell into the market. That gives Cheniere the unique combination of stability and opportunity — long-term, contracted, stable cash flows, plus marketing opportunities driven by shorter-term natural gas supply and demand fundamentals in markets worldwide.
Natural gas is transported to Cheniere’s LNG facilities on third-party pipelines on which we own firm transportation capacity, as well as on pipelines Cheniere has constructed, owns and operates.