Furnace Engineer
- Tonawanda, NY Deer Park, NY
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Provide engineering support for furnaces and associated equipment throughout the fleet.
- Work closely with the Mechanical Integrity team to assess inspection findings, develop repair plans, and identify root causes to eliminate repetitive failures.
- Stay updated on applicable industry standards to ensure LGUS facilities are aligned with requirements. Revise internal standards and policies as needed to ensure compliance.
- Provide engineering support to facilities to close gaps in PSI and management systems. This includes performing engineering calculations or interfacing with other technical resources to secure required documentation of PSI.
- Complete calculations for reformer tube and pigtail creep, reformer tube and pigtail remaining life, refractory heat transfer, and maximum allowable temperature values
- Support furnace and associated equipment upgrades by managing small capital projects and/or providing technical expertise to Project Managers.
- Assist as needed during Fired equipment MI inspections and corrective action execution.
- support turnaround activities as necessary which may occasionally go beyond normal business hours
- Identify bad actors and chronic damage mechanisms and develop strategies to resolve.
- Lead or assist in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) activities for furnace failures.
- BS in Mechanical Engineering preferred and 10+ years’ experience as a fired equipment technical resource in a PSM regulated facility.
- Exceptional collaboration and communication skills, both verbal and written. Must be a self-starter and able to work independently as well as to lead and participate on cross-functional teams
- Able to manage multiple priorities, drive issues to completion, and obtain results.
- Understand the multi-disciplinary aspects of corrosion & materials selection
- Familiarity and experience with most engineering materials (metals & non-metals)
- Experience with most common NDE and NDT technologies and applications
- Working knowledge of ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel (Section I and Section VIII), Piping Codes (B31.3 and B31.12), API 560, API 530, API 941, API 510, API 570, API 579 etc.
- Experience with welding best practices for high nickel alloys including wrought and cast materials
- Experience with brick and monolithic refractory systems
- Experience with piping and vessel external insulation systems
- Experience working within or supporting OSHA PSM-regulated facilities or processes, and knowledge of how mechanical integrity program elements apply to fired equipment.