PBF Energy Inc. (NYSE:PBF) is one of the largest independent refiners in North America, operating, through its subsidiaries, oil refineries and related facilities. We are a growing organization seeking a talented Mechanical Engineer to join our team as a pivotal member here at PBF Energy. This role is located at Torrance Refining Company in Torrance, CA.

Job Summary

The Mechanical Reliability Engineer provides mechanical engineering support (primarily for fixed equipment) to their respective Business Team with the objectives of improving safety, environmental, reliability, profitability, and expense management.
Key deliverables include:

• Troubleshooting and emergency support for maintenance and operations
• Engineered solutions that include resolution of failure root cause meeting company and industry standards
• Documentation of all analysis and engineered changes (including updates of controlled documentation)
• Identification and resolution of reliability improvement opportunities including bad actors, risk based work selection for large turnarounds, and leadership of reliability subteams
• Incident investigations that identify root causes and result in effective recommendations to prevent recurrence

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain a vigilant focus on safety and enable others to do the same
• Perform engineering analysis of inspection findings ( e.g. Fitness for Service, T-min)
• Engineer safe, reliable, cost effective solutions
• Conduct field visits and verifications of engineering solutions
• Stay abreast of and apply industry codes, company standards, best practices, and programs in engineered solutions
• Keep an up-to date prioritized worklist, and use it to effectively communicate status of work and commitments
• Provide documentation and drawing updates for equipment revisions and repairs
• Maintain effective lines of communication across the plant including the inspection group, maintenance, operations, process engineering, etc.
• Provide leadership and compliance with Management of Change guidelines
• Utilize reliability engineering analysis including, but not limited to, RAM analysis, Weibull, Reliability growth model, and Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) to support recommendations and assist the organization in prioritization of work
• Provides mechanical engineering support to Capital Projects Department
• Participate in the effective planning and execution of turnarounds via participation in Risk Based Work Selection, meeting engineering milestones, and support during the downtime with timely and accurate engineering of discovery work
• Develop Capital Project Development Requests with clear justification (as assigned)
• Participate in/ lead incident investigations that get to the real root cause and provide relevant recommendations to prevent reoccurrence in a cost effective manner
• Clarify, reassess, and adjust Equipment Reliability Operating Envelopes as issues arise
• Contribute to effective PBF circuit-wide networking activities

Job Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering degree with 3 years or more work experience in refining industry preferred
• Ability to conduct site/field visits
• Good problem solving skills
• Strong communication skills (verbal and written)
• Ability to manage a large workload and changing priorities
• Basic understanding of engineering drawings
• Working knowledge of industry codes and company standards
• Understanding of fixed equipment design, construction, and operating principles
• Understanding of reliability tools, risk based decision making, and available tools and resources

The salary range for this position is $84,617.04- $142,857.98. The compensation range listed in this posting is in compliance with applicable state law. Factors such as scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate’s work experience, education/training, job-related skills and internal peer equity will be considered in determining the selected candidate’s compensation. Salaries at the time of hire are typically in the lower to middle portion of the above range in order to provide the opportunity to reflect future performance-based increases. In addition to salary, PBF offers a comprehensive and generous benefits package.

PBF Energy will only consider the candidates that meet the above requirement(s). Candidates should include their salary requirements in order to be seriously considered for this position.

Thanks to all candidates for being interested in careers offered at PBF Energy. Only the candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. Placement agencies or third-party recruiters need not respond.

PBF Energy is an equal opportunity employer. This position is subject to federally mandated drug/alcohol testing.