Rotating Equipment Engineer

Our client has an immediate need for a Rotating Equipment Engineer is responsible for maintaining the safe operation and reliability of the refinery rotating equipment by applying standard engineering principles, theories, concepts, and techniques in providing solutions to a variety of rotating equipment problems that develop during operation, maintenance repair and/or turnarounds, as well as performing root cause failure analysis in order to make recommendations for equipment that will eliminate the causes for equipment unreliability. [Note: Our client is not offering sponsorship for this position]

Additional duties include:

• Provide technical support to maintenance & operations to increase rotating equipment availability and reduce maintenance costs
• Apply standard engineering principles, theories, concepts, troubleshooting, scope development and other techniques to provide solutions to a variety of rotating equipment problems
• Participate in hazard and operability studies and work to resolve engineering action items
• Champion reliability of rotating equipment in assigned area by promoting, training, presentations and other activities to keep awareness high
• Utilize vibration and process data to troubleshoot and predict impending failures of rotating equipment in order to avoid secondary damage
• Establish guidelines for and monitor the performance of the preventative maintenance programs
• Provide technical assistance for rotating equipment systems on unit turnarounds and on equipment start-ups
• Provide maintenance department input on rotating equipment repair scopes and capital projects
• Identify and implement improvement ideas to improve operational performance, increase availability, and/or reduce costs

Candidate Qualifications

• B.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering
• 5 years minimum experience, 10 years preferred, of refinery or petrochemical plant experience with rotating equipment, especially pumps, motors, turbines, and compressors
• Experience with vibration analysis, preferred
• Strong PC skills with vibration software, preferred
• Good verbal and written communications skill
• Valid driver’s license required
• Active TWIC Card
• Must be a US Citizen or legally authorized to work in US without sponsorship.