Formosa Plastics Group
Mechanical Maintenance Engineer - Mechanical Track
Formosa Plastics Group, Point Comfort, Texas, us, 77978
Mechanical Maintenance Engineer - Mechanical Track
201 Formosa Dr, Point Comfort, TX 77978, USA
Job Description Posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 5:00 AM | Expires Sunday, February 1, 2026 at 5:59 AM
Company Overview Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A. was founded in 1978 as a growing, vertically‑integrated supplier of plastic resins and petrochemicals. With annual revenues of more than $5 billion, we employ over 2,800 people who operate 20 production units in six business divisions—Olefins, Polyolefins, Vinyl, Specialty Polyvinyl Chloride, Chlor‑Alkali, and Oil & Gas.
We offer a full line of polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene and polypropylene resins, caustic soda and other petrochemicals that deliver the consistency, performance and quality that customers demand. We market our polypropylene and polyethylene resins under the Formolene® tradename; our suspension PVC and specialty (dispersion) PVC resins under the Formolon® tradename. We also produce and sell caustic soda, ethylene dichloride, commercial bleach and hydrochloric acid.
We are committed to supplying the highest quality products and services, providing a safe and healthy workplace for our employees, and contributing to the quality of life in the communities where we operate through consistent products, continued environmental protection, and ongoing investments in new product development, quality control systems and safe, modern and energy‑efficient production facilities.
Formosa Plastics is a privately held company headquartered in Livingston, New Jersey. Our core business takes place at three wholly‑owned chemical manufacturing subsidiaries located in Delaware City, Delaware; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; and Point Comfort, Texas.
Position Objective This position provides engineering expertise to optimize the utilization of physical assets and technology in support of efficient, cost‑effective, and high‑quality operations within the Rail Track and Rail Car Maintenance Departments. The Maintenance Engineer drives improvements in productivity, reliability, and cost reduction by analysing high‑cost or failure‑prone assets and collaborating with operations and maintenance teams to implement procedural or design enhancements. Additionally, this role is responsible for promoting and maintaining a safe, healthful work environment in full compliance with environmental, health, safety, and company regulations.
Major Areas of Accountability
Project Management
– Study the unit’s mechanical equipment and identify problem areas or improvements that will help the unit achieve best industry benchmarks for cost, production, and reliability. Develop, obtain approval, and manage projects. Use purchasing and contractor management skills, best practices, benchmarking, planning, root‑cause analysis, and troubleshooting to achieve project goals.
Equipment Reliability
– Ensure that all equipment is specified, designed, installed, and maintained to current industry and FPC standards. Apply data‑analysis techniques to develop engineering solutions to repetitive failures and other problems that adversely affect plant operations, including safety, environmental, capacity, quality, cost, and regulatory compliance issues. Historical files shall be established and well‑maintained to allow for correct diagnoses of equipment failures and performance of equipment maintenance. Provide maintenance support by communicating and working with operations to establish equipment criticality and provide standby equipment for critical equipment.
Unplanned Maintenance
– If an unexpected failure occurs within the respective unit, carry out unplanned corrective maintenance by assisting in identifying the cause of failure using strong analytical, troubleshooting skills, and diagnostic tools to select the most appropriate procedure to resolve the issue and restore functionality in the most efficient and effective manner.
PSM
– Assist with elements of process safety and projects such as MOCs and PSSRs.
Cost Control
– Manage Maintenance Unit costs as measured by monthly management reports, analysis of cost deviations and causes, initiation of cost efficiencies, identification of inefficiencies and recommendations to correct, analysis of budget trends, development and recommendation of budget requirements; control overtime to below 3 %.
THM
– Promote cleanliness and order through the implementation of the Total Housekeeping Maintenance program. Emphasize Nothing Touch Ground program and No Visual Pollution program. Maintain the plant in like‑new condition.
Qualifications
Education
– B.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering or B.S. in Civil Engineering; other related engineering disciplines considered.
Previous Related Experience Required
– No prior experience is required, but experience with railroad, rail track, and/or rail cars is a plus.
Technical Skills Required To Perform This Job
Computer skills, including, but not limited to, MS Office, Excel, Word, Outlook, etc.
Academic background: Heat Transfer, Kinetics, Thermodynamics, Fluid Statics and Dynamics, Solid Mechanics or Mechanics Materials, Structures, Transportation, Geotechnical, Stormwater Management, Hydrogeology, and Engineering Economics.
Knowledge of corporate “workflow” system, department responsibilities, and maintenance procedures preferred.
Health Coverage and Perks
Excellent medical, dental, and vision insurance plans.
Flexible spending accounts for health and dependent care.
Short‑term Disability.
Long‑term Disability.
Group Term Life, Dependent and Supplemental Life Insurance.
Tuition Reimbursement.
Work/Life Balance
10 Paid Holidays.
Paid Time Off for a balanced life (Vacation, Sick and Personal Time).
FlexTime Available.
Competitive Compensation
Competitive salary.
Incentive/bonus.
401(k) plan with company match.
Cash Balance.
Pension Plan.
201 Formosa Dr, Point Comfort, TX 77978, USA
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Job Description Posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 5:00 AM | Expires Sunday, February 1, 2026 at 5:59 AM
Company Overview Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A. was founded in 1978 as a growing, vertically‑integrated supplier of plastic resins and petrochemicals. With annual revenues of more than $5 billion, we employ over 2,800 people who operate 20 production units in six business divisions—Olefins, Polyolefins, Vinyl, Specialty Polyvinyl Chloride, Chlor‑Alkali, and Oil & Gas.
We offer a full line of polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene and polypropylene resins, caustic soda and other petrochemicals that deliver the consistency, performance and quality that customers demand. We market our polypropylene and polyethylene resins under the Formolene® tradename; our suspension PVC and specialty (dispersion) PVC resins under the Formolon® tradename. We also produce and sell caustic soda, ethylene dichloride, commercial bleach and hydrochloric acid.
We are committed to supplying the highest quality products and services, providing a safe and healthy workplace for our employees, and contributing to the quality of life in the communities where we operate through consistent products, continued environmental protection, and ongoing investments in new product development, quality control systems and safe, modern and energy‑efficient production facilities.
Formosa Plastics is a privately held company headquartered in Livingston, New Jersey. Our core business takes place at three wholly‑owned chemical manufacturing subsidiaries located in Delaware City, Delaware; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; and Point Comfort, Texas.
Position Objective This position provides engineering expertise to optimize the utilization of physical assets and technology in support of efficient, cost‑effective, and high‑quality operations within the Rail Track and Rail Car Maintenance Departments. The Maintenance Engineer drives improvements in productivity, reliability, and cost reduction by analysing high‑cost or failure‑prone assets and collaborating with operations and maintenance teams to implement procedural or design enhancements. Additionally, this role is responsible for promoting and maintaining a safe, healthful work environment in full compliance with environmental, health, safety, and company regulations.
Major Areas of Accountability
Project Management
– Study the unit’s mechanical equipment and identify problem areas or improvements that will help the unit achieve best industry benchmarks for cost, production, and reliability. Develop, obtain approval, and manage projects. Use purchasing and contractor management skills, best practices, benchmarking, planning, root‑cause analysis, and troubleshooting to achieve project goals.
Equipment Reliability
– Ensure that all equipment is specified, designed, installed, and maintained to current industry and FPC standards. Apply data‑analysis techniques to develop engineering solutions to repetitive failures and other problems that adversely affect plant operations, including safety, environmental, capacity, quality, cost, and regulatory compliance issues. Historical files shall be established and well‑maintained to allow for correct diagnoses of equipment failures and performance of equipment maintenance. Provide maintenance support by communicating and working with operations to establish equipment criticality and provide standby equipment for critical equipment.
Unplanned Maintenance
– If an unexpected failure occurs within the respective unit, carry out unplanned corrective maintenance by assisting in identifying the cause of failure using strong analytical, troubleshooting skills, and diagnostic tools to select the most appropriate procedure to resolve the issue and restore functionality in the most efficient and effective manner.
PSM
– Assist with elements of process safety and projects such as MOCs and PSSRs.
Cost Control
– Manage Maintenance Unit costs as measured by monthly management reports, analysis of cost deviations and causes, initiation of cost efficiencies, identification of inefficiencies and recommendations to correct, analysis of budget trends, development and recommendation of budget requirements; control overtime to below 3 %.
THM
– Promote cleanliness and order through the implementation of the Total Housekeeping Maintenance program. Emphasize Nothing Touch Ground program and No Visual Pollution program. Maintain the plant in like‑new condition.
Qualifications
Education
– B.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering or B.S. in Civil Engineering; other related engineering disciplines considered.
Previous Related Experience Required
– No prior experience is required, but experience with railroad, rail track, and/or rail cars is a plus.
Technical Skills Required To Perform This Job
Computer skills, including, but not limited to, MS Office, Excel, Word, Outlook, etc.
Academic background: Heat Transfer, Kinetics, Thermodynamics, Fluid Statics and Dynamics, Solid Mechanics or Mechanics Materials, Structures, Transportation, Geotechnical, Stormwater Management, Hydrogeology, and Engineering Economics.
Knowledge of corporate “workflow” system, department responsibilities, and maintenance procedures preferred.
Health Coverage and Perks
Excellent medical, dental, and vision insurance plans.
Flexible spending accounts for health and dependent care.
Short‑term Disability.
Long‑term Disability.
Group Term Life, Dependent and Supplemental Life Insurance.
Tuition Reimbursement.
Work/Life Balance
10 Paid Holidays.
Paid Time Off for a balanced life (Vacation, Sick and Personal Time).
FlexTime Available.
Competitive Compensation
Competitive salary.
Incentive/bonus.
401(k) plan with company match.
Cash Balance.
Pension Plan.
201 Formosa Dr, Point Comfort, TX 77978, USA
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