Ergon Inc. seeks a fulltime Plant Support Engineer to join our Corporate Engineering team. The Plant Support Engineer role supports a number of assigned facilities and is responsible for troubleshooting maintenance issues building relationships with facility personnel and executing maintenance and capital projects at those assigned facilities.
Plant Support Engineer Education and Experience Requirements:
- A technical bachelors degree is required. Mechanical or Civil Engineering is preferred.
- A minimum of three years as a maintenance/project/support engineer is preferred but not required
- Strong written verbal analytical and interpersonal skills are required.
Plant Support Engineer Responsibilities:
Regular responsibilities include proactive and reactive maintenance support systems design cost estimating project justification contractor review scheduling and construction management. Typical maintenance and project support will include tanks pumps mixers boilers heaters piping foundations electrical and instrumentation assets to maintain operation modify and/or expand processing or storage capabilities at existing plants. The engineer may be expected to selfperform certain aspects of projects including process equipment sizing/specification hydraulic calculations and heat transfer calculations.
Plant Support Engineer Duties:
- Provide technical support for Asphalt & Emulsions and Terminaling facilities and help facility personnel troubleshoot and assess maintenance issues
- Serve as project manager for planned and unplanned projects consisting of scope development detailed design budget development contractor selection and project oversight.
- Prepare and/or modify drawings specifications calculations etc.
- Design specify and/or select mechanical systems equipment and instrumentation related to asphalt process and/or storage applications
- Provide technical support and troubleshooting in response to breakdowns or unplanned maintenance issues
- Ensure compliance with environmental health and safety laws related to repairs or projects
- Develop scopes cost estimates and schedules for capital and maintenance projects
- Manage contractor selection process and oversee construction activities
- Participate in PSSR commissioning startup and troubleshooting activities
- Develop design standards department tools/procedures training material etc.
- Develop strong working relationships with coworkers facility managers consultants contractors etc.
Why Ergon Inc.
At Ergon we are a relationshipdriven familyowned company that values each employees growth and contributions. Headquarters in Flowood Mississippi we take pride in maintaining a closeknit smallcompany atmosphere while offering exceptional career opportunities. Our comprehensive benefits package includes:
- Competitive pay
- 401(k) matching & profit sharing
- Health Dental Vision and Life Insurance
- Short and LongTerm Disability Plans
- Additional voluntary benefits
- Paid holidays vacation and sick leave
- Tuition assistance
At Ergon Inc. we live by our core values:
- Empowered Service: Together were committed to delivering unparalleled service. We do whats right provide solutions and foster stronger relationships with our teams and customers. Employee safety is our top priority and the first consideration in all aspects of our service. Thats empowered service.
- Selfless Leadership: We lead with compassion and put those around us before ourselves. We dont say were experts; we demonstrate it through technical expertise category innovation and care for what we do. We call this selfless leadership.
- Purposeful Growth: We believe employee and company growth go hand in hand. We build our legacy together to ensure future success through purposeful growth. The company has continually reinvested tremendously back into the business not just growing for the sake of growing but growing carefully and strategically.
- Respectful Relationships: Together we foster a culture of respect acceptance and diversity of ideas and people. Our differences make us stronger. Were united by our shared values constantly forging respectful relationships.
Come and join the Ergon team!
Must be able to pass a preemployment drug screen and background check. A clean MVR is required.
We are an EEO/AAP employer.
Job Role: Plant Support Engineer
Location: Flowood MS
Employment offer contingent upon preemployment drug test background check and MVR.