Maintenance Specialist

The INVISTA Nylon Intermediates manufacturing facility in Orange, Texas, is seeking entrepreneurial, innovative leaders to join our team as a Maintenance Specialist.

Our Team

Join INVISTA as a Maintenance Specialist as we are looking for a motivated person to provide precision maintenance support to maintain various fixed and rotating equipment in a chemical plant environment in accordance with our Environmental, Health, and Safety practices.

What You Will Do

• Troubleshoot and repair mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems, including piping and rotating equipment.
• Perform condition inspections and develop repair scopes for rotating and fixed equipment.
• Lead vibration monitoring and analysis for critical rotating assets, including data collection, trending, fault diagnosis, and actionable recommendations.
• Conduct lubrication analysis and manage lubrication health programs, including oil sampling, contamination control, and reporting.
• Review and improve asset strategies related to preventive and predictive maintenance.
• Identify and prioritize maintenance needs within operating units, collaborating with operations and reliability teams.
• Support operations during startup and shutdown of units, ensuring equipment readiness.
• Perform overhauls on pumps, compressors, gearboxes, and other rotating/fixed equipment.
• Diagnose issues using engineering drawings, blueprints, schematics, and OEM documentation.
• Perform root cause analyses (RCA) on equipment failures and recommend corrective and preventive actions.
• Develop and update maintenance procedures, standards, and best practices.
• Recommend upgrades and improvements to enhance equipment reliability and performance.
• Maintain accurate inspection reports, vibration/lubrication logs, and CMMS documentation.
• Train technicians and operators on basic condition monitoring and equipment care practices.
• Manage and calibrate condition monitoring tools (e.g., vibration analyzers, ultrasonic detectors, infrared cameras).
• Collaborate with reliability engineers on chronic failure elimination initiatives.
• Participate in equipment design reviews to ensure maintainability and monitoring access.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Minimum of six (6) years of experience in a manufacturing, industrial, or military environment performing mechanical or millwright duties.
• Hands-on experience with troubleshooting and inspecting process valves, pumps, and mechanical seals.
• Familiarity with mobile crane operations and basic lifting and rigging practices.
• Exposure to vibration monitoring tools and lubrication analysis techniques.
• Proficiency in CMMS platforms (e.g., SAP PM, Maximo) for managing condition-based maintenance.
• Experience with reciprocating compressors and condition-based maintenance programs.
• This role is not eligible for Visa sponsorship.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Minimum of ten (10) years of experience in a manufacturing, industrial, or military environment performing mechanical or millwright duties
• Associate degree or higher in mechanical maintenance, reliability, or a related field.
• Vibration analysis certification (e.g., ISO Category I or higher).
• Lubrication analysis certification (e.g., ICML Level I or II).
• Experience with online condition monitoring systems (e.g., Emerson, SKF, Bently Nevada).
• Knowledge of FMEA, RCM, and precision maintenance practices (e.g., laser alignment, balancing).
• Previous millwright and pipefitting experience.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to work a 10-hour shift. The work schedule is subject to change with notification, depending on business needs. Additionally, must be available to work scheduled (Planned) or unscheduled (unplanned/short-notice hours on nights and/or weekends, holidays as needed), to meet business needs.
• Required to wear any or all of the following PPE: safety glasses, hearing protection, goggles, hard hats, FRC, acid suits, breathing air, gloves, safety boots, respirators, ACR Flash suits, and encapsulated suits. PPE use is in accordance with the Job Safety Analysis (JSA) for a given task.
• Ability to lift a minimum of 50 lbs.
• Ability to work in hot, cold, and inclement climate conditions.
• Must be able to work in confined spaces with supplied breathing air and congested areas.
• Must be able to climb stairs, ladders, ladders on vessels and columns, ladders associated with scaffolds in excess of 80 feet.

This role is subject to a pre-hire physical abilities test.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

Who We Are

As a Koch company, INVISTA has a long history of working to make the world around you a better place. From parts for the automotive industry to medical equipment, airbags, food packaging, and clothing, our ingredients in the nylon 6,6 and polypropylene value chains help bring many of life's essential products to market.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aqui, or tu).

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