Reservoir Engineer jobs in Reading, PA

With more than 120 operations and approximately 20,000 employees worldwide, Precision Castparts Corp. is the market leader in manufacturing large, complex structural investment castings, airfoil castings, forged components, aerostructures and highly engineered, critical fasteners for aerospace applications. In addition, we are the leading producer of airfoil castings for the industrial gas turbine market. We also manufacture extruded seamless pipe, fittings, and forgings for power generation and oil & gas applications; commercial and military airframe aerostructures; and metal alloys and other materials for the casting and forging industries. With such critical applications, we insist on quality and dependability - not just in the materials and products we make, but in the people we recruit.

PCC is relentless in its dedication to being a high-quality, low-cost and on-time producer; delivering the highest value to its customers while continually pursuing strategic, profitable growth.

In 2016, Berkshire Hathaway, led by Chairman and CEO Warren E. Buffett, acquired Precision Castparts Corp.

Essential Functions:

• Responsible for safety design modifications and improvements to equipment and facilities.
• Responsible for safety investigations and corrective actions.
• Responsible for developing, documenting, and improving preventive maintenance programs in order to support the improvement of equipment availability and throughput.
• Responsible for developing, documenting, and improving predictive maintenance programs using predictive failure techniques such as vibration analysis, thermo-graphic imaging, etc.
• Provide technical support and troubleshooting for equipment failures and loss of production. Assist maintenance and provide technical guidance required to return equipment to operation so as to minimize downtime and lost production. Provide "on call" support.
• Responsible for analyzing production delay data for establishing and documenting or modifying preventive maintenance tasks. Generate continuous improvement projects based on production delay data.
• Prepare and review equipment failure/root cause analysis reports and determine/evaluate corrective action items and the impact of corrective action items to the preventive maintenance programs.
• Develop cost justifications for improvement projects and corrective actions.
• Develop work orders to detail work requests needed to implement improvements projects or corrective actions. Follow-up and audit to ensure proper completion.
• Coordinate outside contractor work activities with maintenance personnel or production personnel as required to minimize impacts to cost and production.
• Responsible for critical spare parts assessments and parts standardization.
• Responsible for developing and implementing standard operating procedures, training, and skill development for all personnel.
• Determine and install appropriate performance metrics that will promote long-term continuous improvement programs consistent with the operating objectives of the department.
• Provides support for problem resolution to facilitate faster improvements and improved working relationships.
• Perform Project Engineering duties.
• Fill in for the Supervisors or Department Manager as required.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering
• Formal training or experience with Preventive and Predictive Maintenance programs.
• Maintenance Engineering or Maintenance Supervisor position with a minimum of 3-5 years of proven experience