Summary:  Provide engineering support to Field Operations for field rotating equipment and auxiliary systems.  

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

·       Support Division and Field Operations with mechanical and electrical problems & issues, troubleshoot, develop alternatives, perform forensic analysis, and propose & implement solutions for long-term equipment reliability.

·       Facilitate the development of standards to support the operation & maintenance activities of field rotating equipment and auxiliary systems.

·       Facilitate the development of Best Practice documents.

·       Technology development, assessment and deployment including influence within industry R&D consortiums to improve performance and efficiency of the maintenance and operations function.

·       Develop Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) that are used to measure or compare equipment performance.

·       Lead or participate in Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) investigations to determine the root cause of failures or incidents with equipment.

·       Assist engineering with the development of reliability project work scopes, cost estimates, schedules, material specs, and other required documentation.

·       Answer technical inquiries, make technical recommendations, improve design tools, & develop design procedures, and provide training.

·       Assist Engineering or Operations in the execution of capital projects related to rotating equipment.

·       Provide support for the Equipment Reliability (ER) program, including the tracking of unit hours and blowdowns.

·       Manage relationship with key vendors, to include facilitating high level commercial and technical discussions related to operating equipment.

Requirements:  Education and/or experience, knowledge, skills & abilities:  To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements for this position are listed below:

·       Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Chemical Engineering.

·       0-3 years of industry experience in supporting the reliability of rotating equipment.

·       Knowledge of engineering fundamentals related to motor, gas turbine and reciprocating engine operating principles.

·       Demonstrated experience with Microsoft Office.

·       Knowledge of induction/synchronous motor fundamentals and associated protection and control schemes.

·       Read, understand & develop drawings including one-lines, P&IDs, flow diagrams, schematics, state diagrams, cause and effect tables, and connection diagrams. 

·       Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. Capable of keeping clients updated and writing detailed technical reports. Communicate technical ideas to a wide range of groups.

·       Strong team player (i.e. capable of building strong and productive working relationships with all stakeholders as well as fostering collaboration across operating units).