Rotating Equipment Engineer

PEMEX Deer Park is a highly complex refinery located 18 miles east of Houston in Deer Park, TX, and is a part of the PEMEX group which is a fully integrated oil company in the Americas, working across the entire value chain: exploration, production, industrial processing/refining, logistics and marketing. PEMEX Deer Park provides a diverse and inclusive work environment that employs approximately 1000 employees with another 1200 contractors on site. The refinery’s rated capacity is 340,000 barrels per day and has the feed flexibility to process multiple grades of crudes to produce the high-quality transportation fuels the world needs. The PEMEX Deer Park site is co-located with other 3rd party chemical facilities allowing for further integration and optimization of the refinery and its products. We set high standards of performance and ethical behaviors, and offer challenging and fulfilling job opportunities in a number of fields. We take great pride in our ability to ensure the health and safety of our workers and the environment while being a good neighbor and have a positive impact on the local community where we work.

SCOPE:

The primary purpose of this role is to provide rotating equipment technical assurance and support to maintenance and operations. The role will develop the long-term plan for rotating equipment in the assigned area, including upgrades and maintenance strategies. This role will provide key department functions such as proactive technical monitoring, RCM, and quality assurance.

ACCOUNTABILITES & RESPONSIBLITES

THE ROTATING ENGINEER IS EXPECTED TO DELIVER:

• Provide input to the Business Planning process for Capital and Expense budgets; develop and maintain a 10+ year schedule for major overhauls, upgrades, and repairs including expected cost and downtime
• Work with production teams and maintenance on outage planning, scheduling, and flawless startup.
• Improved performance and reliability of rotating equipment in assigned area
• Measure and track MTBF/R for equipment in the assigned area
• Provides Technical Authority for rotating equipment during Management of Change
• Provide input and continuous improvement to the RCM program and maintain equipment care history.

Below are the key areas for which the Rotating Equipment Engineer is responsible for.

• Operations Support
• Ensure operating procedures are in place for critical rotating equipment.
• Ensure operational rounds are clearly defined for rotating equipment integrity
• Rotating Equipment lead for critical machinery during operational upsets or planned/unplanned outages

• Critical Work Processes

• Identify and risk assess threats to safe, stable operation of rotating equipment
• Provide Tech Authority for Management of Change for rotating equipment
• Develop and continuously improve Equipment Care Strategies for rotating equipment
• Provide economic analysis for machinery upgrade or replacement
• Support the RCM process for rotating equipment
• Ensure future work aligns with Business Plan

• Problem Solving
• Provides rotating equipment expertise on root cause investigations.
• Champion the Learner Mindset when approaching technical issues.
• Seek to understand the cause to prevent a recurrence.

• Maintenance Support
• Develop work scope for critical rotating equipment.
• Develop the QA/QC plan. Provide Quality Assurance on critical repairs.
• Support the planning process for maintenance execution.
• Support operations in developing decontamination plans in order to preserve equipment.
• Responsible for auxiliary system plan and functional testing
• Provide assurance that learnings, changes, and repairs are properly documented in the Equipment Care Historian.

• Technical Delivery
• Engineering support for the Vibration Analysis program, providing technical assurance for the program and management overview of alarm settings.
• Provides engineering support to condition monitoring specialist on System 1/EVO
• Develop equipment monitoring requirements
• Develop monitoring templates and apply them to critical equipment
• Provide contract owner/holder responsibilities for various contractors
• Rotating Equipment
• Identify and eliminate performance and integrity issues
• Identify growth/margin projects, develop business proposals, and execute projects
• Maintain a technology implementation plan to improve the reliability, process safety and efficiency of the equipment. Identify opportunities to implement, develop business proposals, and execute projects
• Review and summarize the history of the critical machines
• Responsible for performance monitoring and testing. Develop, review, and verify performance programs and Models
• Ensures equipment files are up to date and complete
• Consult on investigations
• Participate in HAZOP and PHA.
• Perform technical proactive monitoring on critical equipment
• Support the Mechanical Specialist on updating Bill of Materials
• Support the Refinery Sr. Rotating Equipment Engineer on site level activities as needed
• Upgrade and repair equipment using industry standards, site standards and best practices.

BEHAVIORS:

• Safety Leadership – Safety is a value and is at the forefront of everything we do

• Follow all HSSE Policies, Procedures, and Safe Work Practices every day
• Champion Process Safety and the Management of Change (MOC) Process to identify hazards and develop mitigations
• Show up as a Safety Leader by respectfully Intervening and Stopping Work before incidents occur
• Maintain compliance on Process Safety actions items

• Commercial Mindset – We make decisions that deliver the best value
• Demonstrate a high degree of business acumen – how value is created and protected
• Adapt the business to changes in the environment thru innovation
• Make decisions with recognition of the impact to Deer Park’s reputation
• Set a direction that focuses on the sustainable commercial value

• Reliability Focused – We prioritize equipment functionality to drive safety and performance
• Measure the reliability performance of rotating equipment and improve the reliability

• Capable Leaders – We care about our people and take time to develop them
• People are Deer Park’s most valuable asset and we are committed to developing their talent
• Work across internal boundaries with speed and simplicity
• Influence without formal authority, embracing diversity in pursuit of business outcomes

DIMENSIONS

• Experienced rotating equipment engineer with the ability to provide strong technical support to operations and maintenance.
• Examples of potential rotating equipment types to be supported depending on the assigned area.
  • Reciprocating Compressors
  • Instrument Air Compressors
  • Centrifugal Compressors
  • API and ANSI Pumps
  • Fans and blowers
  • Steam Turbine Generators
  • Gas Turbine Generators – Cogen

JOB KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• Minimum Bachelors Engineering Degree or equivalent in technical/engineering discipline.
• Academic qualifications or equivalent minimum 7 years in the industry, preferably including work in Operating Units
• Vibration Diagnostics, ability to analyze and diagnose machinery vibration
• Experience with Rotating Equipment Support for Operation and Maintenance
• Surge Testing skills and experience
• Experience in Plant Turnarounds, Maintenance, Startup and Shutdown
• Experience with relationship and contract management of OEM’s and contractors
• Experience in HSSE and quality management

BENEFITS:
We value our employees’ time and efforts. Our commitment to your success is enhanced by our competitive compensation and an extensive benefits package including paid time off, medical, dental, and vision benefits, and future growth opportunities within the company. Plus, we work to maintain the best possible environment for our employees, where people can learn and grow with the company. We strive to provide a collaborative, creative environment where each person feels encouraged to contribute to our processes, decisions, planning and culture.