Mechanical Field Engineer

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This is for you who wants to have a real impact on creating a healthier planet for our children every day. At Neste, you will be working for the world’s leading producer of sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel and a forerunner in developing renewable and circular feedstock solutions for polymers and chemicals. Let’s create transformation for a sustainable future together.

We are looking for you,

Mechanical Field Engineer

to our maintenance team in Tuas Refinery.

You will focus on mechanical maintenance execution. In this job you will work closely with Asset Management, Operation, Technical, HSSEQ etc.

In our team, you will provide direction and supervision of  Static, Rotating, Civil or Ad-hoc . contractors. This position is responsible for helping the organization achieve maintenance excellence/reliability improvements by providing direction and supervision for the execution of tasks.. Together with you and your expertise, we can make an impact today and keep our promises for tomorrow.
 

Reasons to join

Real impact right now. We work in an inspiring and evolving business environment, where everything we do serves one purpose: to create a healthier planet for our children. To drive a growing impact as a global leader in renewable and circular solutions we live by our values every day; we care, we have courage, we cooperate.

Safety and caring. We value safety always and everywhere. We want our work to feel good and do good. At Neste, we nurture a culture where everyone is welcome and feels safe, respected and encouraged to be their unique true selves. 

Exciting growth. Transformation brings new possibilities and fosters our courage and curiosity. As a global growing company we support personal development with versatile learning and career opportunities. Collaboration is the key, and we believe in flexible, smart ways of working. 

More about the job

Your role in our team / in creating a sustainable future

MAINTENANCE EXECUTION

• Ensure all aspects of Safety, Environmental, Quality and Cost are being met.

• Accountable for execution of all maintenance work in accordance with the local Authorities requirement, Industry and Neste rules and regulations.

• Ensures Neste and Contract Resources are available for scheduled jobs and special services. Manage, coach, and facilitate a team to execute maintenance activities. Distribute and discuss jobs daily. 

• Jointly discusses new job priority with Operation and Planners.

• Responsible for performing frontline troubleshooting of equipment.

• Shall attend the daily operational and co-ordination meetings.

• Responsible for crossed discipline coordination to complete the principle maintenance task.

• Participate actively in Neste HSSEQ programs to achieve own, contractors, and functional HSSEQ targets.

• Responsible to resource and deliver assigned Turnaround, Project maintenance activities. 

• Ensure compliance to the MOC, PHA, PSSR process.

• Understanding, supporting and applying Neste recommended practices for best in class results.

• Responsible for ensuring compliance with technical assurance and maintenance procedures.

• Setting a safety culture to ensure a personal and continuous care around the safety of anyone at site.

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

• Responsible for working closely with team members and solicits input from all team members on opportunities for improvement.

• Responsible to constantly look for opportunities to improve cost effectiveness.

• Provides feedback from execution work to the RCM focal point to improve preventative maintenance plans, optimize craft time, and drive reliability.

• Cooperates with reliability to continuously improve equipment and operational reliability and sustainable work flow processes and systems in a safe and cost effective manner

TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT

• Ensure the indirect reports team members have the proper skills to manage and execute the work they are assigned, work with the technical disciplines and competency development and assurance to develop training plans to supplement weak areas, improve techniques/skills and introduce new equipment.

• Accountable for assessing each indirect reports team member to provide assurance on competency. 

• Responsible for recruiting, selecting, managing, coaches and motivates the indirect reports maintenance execution team, provides guidance and direction on problems and issues; delegates work assignments considering personal skills and development needs.

• Manage craft issues (absenteeism, vacation, grievances, productivity, hourly performance evaluations)

• Promote craft flexibility.

• Identifying and justifying the need to adjust staffing levels by working through the Area Maintenance Lead

OTHER

• Ensure all documentation is maintained, history is being captured, and any feedback is effectively being utilized. Be prepared for audits of this documentation.

• Contribute to the development of work procedures.

• Responsible for the development and implementation of maintenance effectiveness programs and the tracking of these programs. Looks for opportunities to eliminate low value work and replace it with vital work.

• Participate in contract setup scoping, shop visits, and vendor selection.

• Works with engineering and/or assist to eliminate bad actors by repair, replacement, or re-engineering. Much of this will be to recognize repeat issues and understand the root cause of issues. To use Root Cause analysis, whether it be for everyday troubleshooting or as feedback to engineers or production.

• Understanding the maintenance budget and working with the PMCs and Maintenance Lead to meet these budgets. They should be able to identify and explain any discrepancy with their budget. Provide support to the Maintenance Lead for budget planning. Must demonstrate fiscal responsibility by being aware of and supportive of maintenance budget and cost performance expectations

• Contributes to the material management strategy setup and update.

Keys to success in this role / The best combination to succeed in this role

• Degree / Diploma in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent 

• At least 5 years relevant experience in refinery and petrochemical in the same position for 3 years. 

• Prior Experience in Projects and TAs execution

• Knowledgeable with international standards, petroleum /petrochemical plant equipment

• Experienced in maintenance work control, planning, reliability methodologies

• Good communication with strategic thinking, negotiation and business sense

• Responsible attitude and safety-oriented mindset

Let’s get you started

We look forward to receiving your CV and application (with a salary request) by end May 2025. We will do our best to contact you within 2 weeks after the application time has ended. The recruitment process will include interviews and a possible aptitude assessment. The first interviews are preliminarily scheduled to take place as soon as possible. (The person selected for the position must pass a health examination including a drug test. A security clearance is obtained with your consent.)

Neste in brief

Neste (NESTE, Nasdaq Helsinki) creates solutions for mitigating climate change and accelerating a shift to a circular economy. The company is the world’s leading producer of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel, enabling its customers to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Neste refines waste, residues and other renewable raw materials to high-quality renewable fuels at its refineries located on three continents. The company’s annual renewable fuels production capacity will be increased to 6.8 million tons in 2027.

Neste has high standards for sustainability and the company has consistently been recognized by several leading sustainability indices. In 2024, Neste's revenue stood at EUR 20.6 billion. Read more: neste.com