Job Description

Overview

INEOS Olefins & Polymers USA is seeking a Mechanical Technician for their Chocolate Bayou Works site in Alvin, Texas. The role involves ensuring the safe and reliable operation of process plants through maintenance and repair of mechanical systems.

Responsibilities

  • Safely perform maintenance and repairs according to safety procedures and maintenance schedules.
  • Inspect, troubleshoot, repair, overhaul, and install rotating equipment and associated systems.
  • Clean and lubricate machinery, perform diagnostic tests, and determine the necessity of major repairs.
  • Execute preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance to maximize equipment performance.
  • Identify opportunities to improve equipment reliability and reduce maintenance costs.
  • Participate in emergency repairs, outages, and turnaround activities.
  • Read and interpret equipment drawings, P&IDs, schematics, manuals, and engineering documents.
  • Document completed work and provide feedback to improve maintenance plans and procedures.
  • Complete assigned tasks independently and work proficiently as part of a team.
  • Repair and assemble machinery, position components for assembly, and replace defective parts.
  • Apply knowledge of load-bearing capabilities when lifting and moving machinery.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or GED equivalent.
  • A minimum of three years of directly related experience as a mechanical maintenance technician in petrochemical, refinery, pulp/paper or related industry.
  • OR completion of a two-year Industrial Maintenance Technology degree with proficiency in repairing industrial pumps, turbines, compressors, and gearboxes.
  • OR successful completion of an approved industrial maintenance technology program with proficiency in repairing industrial pumps, turbines, compressors, and gearboxes.
  • Must be able to acquire a TWIC card.

Additional Information

  • Location: Chocolate Bayou Works, Alvin, Texas.
  • Grade: Hourly.

How this job compares in Alvin, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Texas currently run a median of $31/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $25–$39/hr across 326 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Alvin, TX

Alvin, TX currently has 7 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,132 other active welding openings from 497 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Alvin, or widen the search to Texas.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Zachry Group (33), Austin Industries (30), and Welding Shop in Austin, TX (21). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Texas, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Arlington at $40/hr, Dallas at $39/hr, and Pasadena at $36/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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