Rotating Equipment Engineer

Channel Personnel Services

New Orleans, LA

$145,000 to $165,000 Yearly
Full-Time

Job Description

The Sr. Rotating Equipment Engineer will provide machinery engineering support and reliability improvements to the plant. This position is responsible for reviewing and implementing site-wide standards and improvements to obtain optimum asset performance from rotating equipment.

DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES

Ø Developing and applying machinery technical knowledge to support and improve overall equipment reliability including:

· Assisting the Maintenance Machinery Specialists with equipment troubleshooting and providing recommendations for identified machinery problems to assigned business teams.

· Elimination of repeat failures, including root cause analysis and risk analysis

· Evaluating current performance and improvements to develop and support short-term and long-term reliability plans, capital projects, and turnarounds through execution. This task will include interacting with internal and external personnel in scope development, cost-benefit analysis, procurement of machinery, and field execution.

Ø Responds to abnormal plant operational events and provides engineering support for daily operations.

Ø Reviews and develops operating and maintenance procedures.

Ø Initiates Management of Change (MOC) documents and completes associated engineering review(s) for rotating equipment changes in assigned area.

Ø Educates and mentors others on technical details of machinery and rotating equipment best practices.

Ø Works with internal customers and groups in the support of day-to-day troubleshooting and performance to ensure machinery operability, environmental compliance, and process safety.

Ø Provides scope and technical oversight to external vendor shops that occasionally execute machinery repairs.

Ø During occasional high maintenance events (Turnarounds, Project Execution, Overhauls), an altered work schedule over an extended period may be required.

QUALIFICATIONS / REQUIREMENTS

v Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering

v 10 years or greater experience in a petrochemical or equivalent industrial machinery design, repair, and maintenance

v Familiar with machinery performance analysis including compressor / pump efficiency evaluation, vibration analysis, and hydraulic analysis.

v Familiar with national codes and standards such as API, ANSI, and ASME

v Ability to manage a large workload and change priorities.

v Understanding of basic instrument design and low voltage applications, construction, and operating principles as they relate to machinery monitoring & protection systems.

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