Houston, TX
6 hours ago
Rotating Equipment Engineer
DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES
    Provide technical leadership on maintenance, assessment and monitoring of all of the rotating equipment at plant
    Develop long and short-term improvement plans for the plant rotating equipment
    Lead rotating equipment reliability studies on existing equipment and recommend needed improvements to key stakeholders
    Manage the rotating equipment preventive/predictive monitoring program and maintenance techniques to drive reliability and cost reduction for the overall asset lifecycle
    Provide technical expertise in regard to job plan development, equipment critical path, job scopes, troubleshooting and diagnosing problems
    Define and approve repairs to service equipment, per RAGAGEPs, potentially including audit and evaluation of contracted repair organizations, and inspection of repair work
    Oversee the rotating equipment contracts including the annual seal consignment program
    Failure Analysis - 
•    Drive rotating equipment Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) to acceptable level   
•    Leadership accountability to ensure that data collected is accurate and addresses the appropriate failure modes for rotating equipment at the facility
•    Conduct root cause failure analysis (RCFA) on equipment failures and analyze data using appropriate reliability analysis tools to develop and implement corrective improvement plans
•    Providing the management team with well written and oral presentations with necessary information and supporting analysis to make appropriate business decisions.
•    Develop/approve equipment repairs per local/national codes and RAGAGEPs.
•    Evaluate failure areas to propose material of construction and other design changes to be used in the capital plans.
    Document Management - 
•    Leadership accountability to ensure that procedures are in place to define rotating equipment maintenance strategies based on evaluated or expected risks
•    Audit/evaluate contracted repair organizations and inspect repairs
•    Accountable to develop and maintain documentation of emergency/temporary repairs 
•    Properly managing the records associated with rotating equipment
•    Utilizing proper  documentation systems as the location for the rotating records
    HES Support and MOC Action Items - 
•    HSE responsibilities include but are not restricted to those outlined in Leadership expectations such as reporting any incident in a timely manner.
•    Ensuring safe procedures and processes followed by all team members.
•    Championing continuous improvement for the department in all areas of HES
•    Ensure static equipment reliability program meets/exceeds local/national regulatory compliance/RAGAGEPs.
    Communication - 
•    Working effectively with several cross-functional teams and communicating effectively with all levels of the organization
•    Accountable to assist plant management in establishing an acceptable level of risk for rotating equipment across the plant
•    Providing strategic insight to the site rotating equipment annual operating process, strategic plan, and capital budget
•    Being the recognized expert of rotating equipment repairs and inspection techniques
•    Accountable for communication of the status of rotating equipment to appropriate stakeholders
QUALIFICATIONS / REQUIREMENTS
    B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from an ABET accredited university.
    Minimum 8 years of work experience in the design, repair, maintenance, reliability, failure modes, and/or inspection of chemical process equipment.
    Experience with reliability tools such as RCFA, FMEA, Weibull analysis, statistical analysis, etc.
    Thorough understanding of rotating equipment maintenance, repairs, and reliability
    Knowledge of applicable RAGAGEPs including ASME API, ASTM, ANSI.
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