Maintenance and Reliability Engineer

ISP Technologies Inc.

Maintenance and Reliability Engineer

Are you someone who thrives on solving problems, improving systems, and driving performance? Do you constantly seek better ways to maintain and optimize equipment? Are you passionate about reliability, teamwork, and continuous improvement?

Then we'd like to meet you-and we think you'll want to meet us.

Ashland has an exciting opportunity for a Maintenance and Reliability Engineer to join our Ashland, Inc., ISP Technologies, Inc. business at our Texas City, Texas plant. This is a highly visible and impactful role within the Company and the Life Sciences business unit. This position reports to the Maintenance and Reliability Manager.

The responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to, the following :

• Serve as a key member of the Texas City Maintenance Team, supporting plant operations and reliability initiatives.
• Commit to a Zero Incident Safety / Environmental Culture.
• Lead and implement reliability best practices, develop and optimize maintenance tasks, and support turnaround activities.
• Diagnose equipment failures and develop technical solutions to improve performance and reduce downtime.
• Manage maintenance KPIs such as MTTR, MTBF, and equipment availability.
• Lead equipment improvement projects focused on reliability, cost reduction, and performance optimization.
• Ensure compliance with safety, environmental, and quality standards.
• Coordinate technical teams and external contractors as needed.
• Collaborate with engineering, process, and project teams to resolve issues and improve plant reliability.
• Apply data analysis techniques to address recurring failures and operational inefficiencies.
• Maintain awareness of emerging technologies and assess their applicability to site operations.
• Participate and lead in incident investigations and root cause analyses.
• Utilize CMMS (Maximo) to improve documentation, repair records and PMs.
• Support the development of maintenance plans including :

Value-added preventive maintenance tasks

Secondary responsibilities include :

In order to be qualified for this role, you must possess the following :

The following skill sets are preferred by the business unit :

Perks of working at Ashland :

In more than 100 countries, the people of Ashland LLC. (NYSE : ASH) provide the specialty chemicals, technologies and insights to help customers create new and improved products for today and sustainable solutions for tomorrow. Our chemistry is at work every day in a wide variety of markets and applications, including architectural coatings, automotive, construction, energy, personal care and pharmaceutical. Visit www.ashland.com to see the innovations we offer.

At Ashland our vision is to be a leading, global specialty chemicals company whose inspired and engaged employees add value to all we touch. In fact our people, employees, customers and vendors define who we are. They are the driving force behind everything we do.

Not only do we value our customers but we value our employees, and we work to offer them a dynamic and challenging environment. We hold ourselves to high standards at Ashland, and we value integrity and honesty.

Ashland has a history of attracting the best people and keeping them. The reasons are simple : industry competitive salary and benefits, pay-for-performance incentive plans and a diverse work environment where employees feel challenged and valued. People come to Ashland and stay. As a growing Fortune 500 specialty chemicals company, we offer opportunities for development and advancement throughout our global organization. Our values define who we are and what we care about as a company. If you are looking for a relationship with a company instead of simply a job, this may be a great fit.

Ashland is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities / Women / Veterans / Disabled / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. NOTE : We do not accept resumes from external staffing agencies or independent recruiters for any of our openings unless we have a signed recruiting agreement in place to fill a specific position.